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: Tuesday, 2026-08-25, 20:38 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.68%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 2d 9h 41m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:19
Moonset:	05:03

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 656 km
248 956 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 393 209 km
244 329 mi
View angle: 0.497°

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: 94.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 11 hours, 34 minutes. (≈12.482 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -144°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 63.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 70.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:21:00	14:18:00	15:19:00	16:19:00	17:19:00
Moonset:	03:37:00	04:23:00	05:03:00	05:38:00	06:09:00

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

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