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: Friday, 2026-04-17, 16:31 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Grahamstown 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 2h 53m 8s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:25
Moonset:	17:34

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 718 km
229 111 mi
Grahamstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 627 km
227 190 mi
View angle: 0.54°

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: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 12 minutes. (≈0.133 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 138°

Grahamstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 11.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 296.9°):

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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:	04:10:00	05:16:00	06:25:00	07:38:00	08:53:00
Moonset:	16:31:00	17:01:00	17:34:00	18:12:00	18:58:00

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