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, 2026-09-25, 12:20 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Fort Beaufort local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 96.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 99.28%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 18:50; remaining time: 1d 6h 29m 51s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:07
Moonset:	05:06

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 325 km
241 294 mi
Fort Beaufort ↔ Moon, nearest point: 391 373 km
243 188 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: 98.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 13 Day, 11 hours, 26 minutes. (≈13.477 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 141°

Fort Beaufort, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -49°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 149.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-23	2026-09-24	2026-09-25	2026-09-26	2026-09-27
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	15:06:00	16:06:00	17:07:00	18:09:00	19:14:00
Moonset:	04:08:00	04:38:00	05:06:00	05:34:00	06:02:00

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

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