Fort Beaufort, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Fort Beaufort (South Africa, Eastern Cape, Amathole District Municipality). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-02, 02:25 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 81.95%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.26%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 26d 3h 54m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:28
Moonset:	09:02

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 565 km
239 579 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 328 km
235 082 mi
View angle: 0.517°

Fort Beaufort on map:

Fort Beaufort

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-32.77477°
Longitude:	26.63376°
Country:	South Africa Eastern Cape
Population:	58 419

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 88.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 18 Day, 0 hours, 4 minutes. (≈18.003 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -55°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 59.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 10.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	19:28:00	20:27:00	21:28:00	22:29:00	23:33:00
Moonset:	08:07:00	08:35:00	09:02:00	09:29:00	09:57:00

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

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