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: Friday, 2026-10-23, 03:35 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Balfour local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 87.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 93.61%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 06:13; remaining time: 3d 2h 37m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:44
Moonset:	03:23

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 167 km
241 196 mi
Balfour ↔ Moon, nearest point: 386 679 km
240 271 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 88.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 1 minutes. (≈11.501 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -171°

Balfour, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -2.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 266.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	13:50:00	14:46:00	15:44:00	16:43:00	17:46:00
Moonset:	02:20:00	02:52:00	03:23:00	03:55:00	04:28:00

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

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