Newcastle, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Newcastle (South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Amajuba District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 16:29 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Newcastle 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 55m 2s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:04
Moonset:	17:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 722 km
229 113 mi
Newcastle ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 620 km
227 186 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Newcastle on map:

Newcastle

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-27.75796°
Longitude:	29.9318°
Country:	South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Population:	404 838

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, 10 minutes. (≈0.132 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 145°

Newcastle, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 11.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 294.1°):

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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:	03:57:00	04:59:00	06:04:00	07:13:00	08:25:00
Moonset:	16:18:00	16:52:00	17:29:00	18:10:00	18:59:00

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

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