Piet Retief, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Piet Retief (South Africa, Mpumalanga, Gert Sibande District Municipality). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 13:20 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Piet Retief local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 12.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 20.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 16h 59m 49s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:33
Moonset:	21:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 708 km
241 532 mi
Piet Retief ↔ Moon, nearest point: 381 455 km
237 025 mi
View angle: 0.512°

Piet Retief on map:

Piet Retief

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-27.00706°
Longitude:	30.81323°
Country:	South Africa Mpumalanga
Population:	84 349

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 16.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 22 hours, 57 minutes. (≈3.956 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -163°

Piet Retief, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 59.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 53.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	07:29:00	08:01:00	08:33:00	09:04:00	09:38:00
Moonset:	19:31:00	20:30:00	21:29:00	22:26:00	23:23:00

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

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