Mossel Bay, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Mossel Bay (South Africa, Western Cape, Eden District Municipality). Current time: Saturday, 2026-10-24, 06:07 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Mossel Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 93.61%, Maximal illumination for this day: 97.93%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 06:13; remaining time: 2d 0h 5m 52s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	17:16
Moonset:	04:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 382 765 km
237 839 mi
Mossel Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 383 392 km
238 229 mi
View angle: 0.52°

Mossel Bay on map:

Mossel Bay

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-34.18307°
Longitude:	22.14605°
Country:	South Africa Western Cape
Population:	59 031

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 94.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 15 hours, 1 minutes. (≈12.625 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 171°

Mossel Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -22.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 260.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25	2026-10-26
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	15:09:00	16:11:00	17:16:00	18:23:00	19:35:00
Moonset:	03:25:00	03:51:00	04:18:00	04:47:00	05:20:00

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

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