Upington, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Upington (South Africa, Northern Cape, Siyanda District Municipality). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 09:58 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Upington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 11d 0h 47m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:10
Moonset:	21:38

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 968 km
227 402 mi
Upington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 543 km
227 138 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Upington on map:

Upington

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-28.44776°
Longitude:	21.25612°
Country:	South Africa Northern Cape
Population:	71 373

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 17.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 1 hours, 3 minutes. (≈4.044 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 120°

Upington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -12.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 66.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	09:05:00	10:12:00	11:10:00	11:58:00	12:38:00
Moonset:	19:17:00	20:26:00	21:38:00	22:46:00	23:51:00

Upington moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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