Home   Sun, Moon & Space   Makhaketsa
Flag for Lesotho

Makhaketsa, Lesotho — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 92.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 10:52:02 am
Sunrise Today: 5:41 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 7:03 pm 251° West
Moonrise Today: 8:43 pm 88° East
Moonset Today: 8:02 am 276° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 22 minutes (-1m 28s)
Location of Makhaketsa Location

Today's Sun Position in Makhaketsa

Time: 10:52 am
Altitude: 65.5°
Direction: 63° NE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 22m 2s (Feb 4, 2026)

1 minute, 28 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

3 hours, 4 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

38 minutes, 5 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Makhaketsa Today

12 am
2 am
4 am
6 am
8 am
10 am
12 pm
2 pm
4 pm
6 pm
8 pm
10 pm
Night 12:00 am – 4:14 am
Astro. Twilight 4:14 am – 4:46 am
Nautical Twilight 4:46 am – 5:16 am
Civil Twilight 5:16 am – 5:41 am
Daylight 5:41 am – 7:03 pm
Civil Twilight 7:03 pm – 7:28 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:28 pm – 7:58 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:58 pm – 8:30 pm
Night 8:30 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Makhaketsa - Next 7 Days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 5:41 am 7:03 pm 13:22:02 −1:28 12:22 pm (77.2°) 91.636
Feb 5 5:42 am 7:02 pm 13:20:33 −1:29 12:22 pm (76.9°) 91.650
Feb 6 5:43 am 7:02 pm 13:19:02 −1:30 12:22 pm (76.5°) 91.666
Feb 7 5:44 am 7:01 pm 13:17:30 −1:31 12:23 pm (76.2°) 91.681
Feb 8 5:44 am 7:00 pm 13:15:58 −1:32 12:23 pm (75.9°) 91.697
Feb 9 5:45 am 7:00 pm 13:14:24 −1:33 12:23 pm (75.6°) 91.714
Feb 10 5:46 am 6:59 pm 13:12:50 −1:34 12:23 pm (75.3°) 91.731
* All times are local time for Makhaketsa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

See full month's Sun


Today's Moon in Makhaketsa

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Makhaketsa - Next 7 days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 8:02 am 8:43 pm 2:04 am (53.5°) 236,602 94.8%
Feb 5 - 9:01 am 9:11 pm 2:48 am (60.0°) 239,973 88.9%
Feb 6 - 9:58 am 9:40 pm 3:31 am (66.4°) 243,289 81.4%
Feb 7 - 10:54 am 10:09 pm 4:13 am (72.3°) 246,276 72.7%
Feb 8 - 11:50 am 10:41 pm 4:56 am (77.7°) 248,710 63.4%
Feb 9 - 12:46 pm 11:17 pm 5:41 am (82.2°) 250,414 53.7%
Feb 10 - 1:43 pm 11:58 pm 6:28 am (85.8°) 251,284 44.0%
* All times are local time for Makhaketsa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

See full month's Moon

Planets Visible in the Sky in Makhaketsa This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:28 am Wed 7:40 pm Wed 1:04 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 6:13 am Wed 7:29 pm Wed 12:51 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 5:12 am Wed 6:45 pm Wed 11:59 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 5:14 pm Thu 3:30 am Wed 10:22 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:02 am Wed 9:16 pm Wed 3:09 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 1:33 pm Thu 12:07 am Wed 6:50 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:08 am Wed 9:17 pm Wed 3:13 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Makhaketsa.

More about the planets visible in the night sky in Makhaketsa