Grahamstown, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Grahamstown (South Africa, Eastern Cape, Cacadu District Municipality). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 05:11 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Grahamstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 11d 5h 35m 21s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:01
Moonset:	21:02

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 495 km
227 108 mi
Grahamstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 369 593 km
229 654 mi
View angle: 0.545°

Grahamstown on map:

Grahamstown

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-33.30422°
Longitude:	26.53276°
Country:	South Africa Eastern Cape
Population:	91 548

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 15.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 19 hours, 41 minutes. (≈3.82 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 106°

Grahamstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -66.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 99.1°):

North

Grahamstown

0⁰⁰

1⁰⁰

2⁰⁰

3⁰⁰

4⁰⁰

5⁰⁰

6⁰⁰

7⁰⁰

8⁰⁰

9⁰⁰

10⁰⁰

11⁰⁰

12⁰⁰

13⁰⁰

14⁰⁰

15⁰⁰

16⁰⁰

17⁰⁰

18⁰⁰

19⁰⁰

20⁰⁰

21⁰⁰

22⁰⁰

23⁰⁰

24⁰⁰

99°

South

Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:58:00	10:05:00	11:01:00	11:48:00	12:25:00
Moonset:	18:39:00	19:49:00	21:02:00	22:14:00	23:22:00

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

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December