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: Saturday, 2026-06-13, 00:18 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Grahamstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 2.28%, Maximal illumination for this day: 7.36%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-30, 01:58; remaining time: 17d 1h 39m 28s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	05:16
Moonset:	15:21

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 556 km
227 146 mi
Grahamstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 369 259 km
229 447 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: 7.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 26 Day, 23 hours, 7 minutes. (≈26.963 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -41°

Grahamstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -58.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 100.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-11	2026-06-12	2026-06-13	2026-06-14	2026-06-15
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	02:50:00	04:01:00	05:16:00	06:31:00	07:44:00
Moonset:	13:57:00	14:35:00	15:21:00	16:18:00	17:25:00

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

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