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: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 17:20 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Balfour local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 10d 17h 26m 27s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:34
Moonset:	21:11

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 775 km
227 903 mi
Balfour ↔ Moon, nearest point: 361 493 km
224 622 mi
View angle: 0.543°

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: 20.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 9 hours, 15 minutes. (≈4.385 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -140°

Balfour, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 33.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 335.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:28:00	09:36:00	10:34:00	11:24:00	12:05:00
Moonset:	18:52:00	20:01:00	21:11:00	22:19:00	23:23:00

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

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