Welkom, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Welkom (South Africa, Orange Free State, Lejweleputswa District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 16:58 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Welkom local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 2h 26m 33s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:18
Moonset:	17:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 655 km
229 072 mi
Welkom ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 895 km
227 357 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Welkom on map:

Welkom

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-27.97742°
Longitude:	26.73506°
Country:	South Africa Orange Free State
Population:	431 944

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.03%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 42 minutes. (≈0.154 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 149°

Welkom, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 8.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 292.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:10:00	05:13:00	06:18:00	07:27:00	08:39:00
Moonset:	16:31:00	17:05:00	17:42:00	18:23:00	19:12:00

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

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