Arniston, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Arniston (South Africa, Western Cape, Overberg District Municipality). Current time: Monday, 2026-08-17, 14:40 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Arniston local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 20.31%, Maximal illumination for this day: 29.12%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 10d 15h 39m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:38
Moonset:	23:22

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 393 547 km
244 539 mi
Arniston ↔ Moon, nearest point: 386 380 km
240 086 mi
View angle: 0.506°

Arniston on map:

Arniston

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-34.66739°
Longitude:	20.23086°
Country:	South Africa Western Cape
Population:	1 267

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 25.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 23 hours, 41 minutes. (≈4.987 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -158°

Arniston, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 58.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 54.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	08:44:00	09:11:00	09:38:00	10:07:00	10:39:00
Moonset:	21:18:00	22:20:00	23:22:00	00:00:00	00:23:00

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

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