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: Thursday, 2026-07-16, 06:59 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Balfour local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.3%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.77%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 13d 9h 37m 23s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:31
Moonset:	19:55

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 488 km
230 832 mi
Balfour ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 855 km
231 060 mi
View angle: 0.536°

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: 4.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 2 Day, 1 hours, 3 minutes. (≈2.044 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 126°

Balfour, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -19.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 80.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17	2026-07-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	06:58:00	07:49:00	08:31:00	09:09:00	09:42:00
Moonset:	17:36:00	18:47:00	19:55:00	20:57:00	21:57:00

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

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