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, 2026-10-23, 05:24 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Newcastle local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 87.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 93.61%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 06:13; remaining time: 3d 0h 48m 35s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:38
Moonset:	03:18

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 803 km
240 970 mi
Newcastle ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 921 km
241 664 mi
View angle: 0.514°

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: 88.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 13 hours, 50 minutes. (≈11.576 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 170°

Newcastle, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -27°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 252.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	13:43:00	14:40:00	15:38:00	16:38:00	17:42:00
Moonset:	02:16:00	02:47:00	03:18:00	03:49:00	04:22:00

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

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