East London, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in East London (South Africa, Eastern Cape, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality). Current time: Thursday, 2026-08-06, 22:07 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in East London local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 40.75%, Maximal illumination for this day: 52.02%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 21d 8h 12m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:35
Moonset:	11:01

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 014 km
227 430 mi
East London ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 599 km
229 037 mi
View angle: 0.544°

East London on map:

East London

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-33.01529°
Longitude:	27.91162°
Country:	South Africa Eastern Cape
Population:	478 676

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 41.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 22 Day, 22 hours, 32 minutes. (≈22.939 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -7°

East London, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -43.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 86.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	23:28:00	00:00:00	00:35:00	01:46:00	02:57:00
Moonset:	09:52:00	10:23:00	11:01:00	11:47:00	12:41:00

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

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