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: Friday, 2026-04-17, 19:10 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 0h 13m 55s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:24
Moonset:	17:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 348 km
228 881 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 666 km
229 078 mi
View angle: 0.541°

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: 0.08%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 6 hours, 12 minutes. (≈0.258 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 162°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -19.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 276.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:09:00	05:16:00	06:24:00	07:37:00	08:52:00
Moonset:	16:31:00	17:01:00	17:35:00	18:13:00	18:59:00

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