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, 2026-08-14, 05:43 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in East London local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 1.9%, Maximal illumination for this day: 6.2%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 14d 0h 35m 58s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:45
Moonset:	19:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 410 km
234 512 mi
East London ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 385 km
235 118 mi
View angle: 0.528°

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: 2.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 13 hours, 21 minutes. (≈1.556 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 144°

East London, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -25.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 98.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-12	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	06:37:00	07:14:00	07:45:00	08:13:00	08:41:00
Moonset:	17:26:00	18:35:00	19:42:00	20:45:00	21:47:00

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

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