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: Wednesday, 2026-05-27, 08:43 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 82.59%, Maximal illumination for this day: 89.38%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 4d 2h 3m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:42
Moonset:	03:22

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 319 km
245 640 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 398 102 km
247 369 mi
View angle: 0.504°

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: 85.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 1 hours, 23 minutes. (≈11.058 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 154°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -45.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 188.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-25	2026-05-26	2026-05-27	2026-05-28	2026-05-29
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	13:50:00	14:16:00	14:42:00	15:12:00	15:44:00
Moonset:	01:26:00	02:24:00	03:22:00	04:20:00	05:19:00

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

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