Balfour, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Balfour (South Africa, Mpumalanga, Gert Sibande District Municipality). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 21:39 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Balfour local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 12.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 20.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 8h 40m 8s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:42
Moonset:	21:38

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 390 348 km
242 551 mi
Balfour ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 572 km
241 447 mi
View angle: 0.51°

Balfour on map:

Balfour

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-26.66331°
Longitude:	28.59016°
Country:	South Africa Mpumalanga
Population:	46 008

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 19.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 7 hours, 11 minutes. (≈4.299 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -92°

Balfour, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -0.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 259.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	07:38:00	08:10:00	08:42:00	09:14:00	09:47:00
Moonset:	19:41:00	20:40:00	21:38:00	22:34:00	23:32:00

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

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