Brits, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Brits (South Africa, North-West, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 17:39 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Brits local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 1h 45m 32s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:11
Moonset:	17:41

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 559 km
229 012 mi
Brits ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 742 km
227 883 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Brits on map:

Brits

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-25.63473°
Longitude:	27.78022°
Country:	South Africa North-West
Population:	122 497

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.04%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 4 hours, 28 minutes. (≈0.186 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 158°

Brits, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 0.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 287°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:06:00	05:07:00	06:11:00	07:19:00	08:29:00
Moonset:	16:27:00	17:02:00	17:41:00	18:23:00	19:14:00

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

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