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: Saturday, 2026-08-01, 14:12 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.26%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.77%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 26d 16h 7m 8s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:27
Moonset:	08:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 954 km
241 064 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 174 km
243 064 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 91.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 12 hours, 10 minutes. (≈17.507 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 34°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -51.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 185.1°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-30	2026-07-31	2026-08-01	2026-08-02	2026-08-03
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	18:28:00	19:28:00	20:27:00	21:28:00	22:29:00
Moonset:	07:38:00	08:07:00	08:35:00	09:02:00	09:29:00

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

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