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: Friday, 2026-04-17, 18:32 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in East London 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 0h 52m 39s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:19
Moonset:	17:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 437 km
228 936 mi
East London ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 030 km
228 683 mi
View angle: 0.541°

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: 0.06%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 5 hours, 28 minutes. (≈0.228 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 158°

East London, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -12.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 280.4°):

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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:	04:04:00	05:10:00	06:19:00	07:32:00	08:47:00
Moonset:	16:25:00	16:55:00	17:29:00	18:07:00	18:53:00

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

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