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: Monday, 2026-07-27, 11:00 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Upington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.31%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.28%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 2d 5h 36m 34s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:05
Moonset:	05:52

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 404 650 km
251 438 mi
Upington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 481 km
252 576 mi
View angle: 0.492°

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: 95.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 17 hours, 14 minutes. (≈12.718 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 153°

Upington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -34.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 178.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-25	2026-07-26	2026-07-27	2026-07-28	2026-07-29
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	14:19:00	15:11:00	16:05:00	17:03:00	18:00:00
Moonset:	04:09:00	05:02:00	05:52:00	06:36:00	07:16:00

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

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