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: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 16:21 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Piet Retief local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.7%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 16d 3h 3m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:53
Moonset:	16:15

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 016 km
234 267 mi
Piet Retief ↔ Moon, nearest point: 375 346 km
233 229 mi
View angle: 0.528°

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: 4.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 10 hours, 36 minutes. (≈27.442 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 45°

Piet Retief, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -1.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 272.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	01:54:00	02:53:00	03:53:00	04:55:00	06:00:00
Moonset:	15:10:00	15:43:00	16:15:00	16:49:00	17:26:00

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

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