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: Wednesday, 2026-08-05, 08:38 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in East London local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 52.02%, Maximal illumination for this day: 62.97%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 22d 21h 40m 58s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	10:23

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 370 944 km
230 494 mi
East London ↔ Moon, nearest point: 367 009 km
228 049 mi
View angle: 0.537°

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: 59.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 6 hours, 55 minutes. (≈21.288 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 0°

East London, Moon position Today

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

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 307°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	22:24:00	23:28:00	00:00:00	00:35:00	01:46:00
Moonset:	09:23:00	09:52:00	10:23:00	11:01:00	11:47:00

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

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