Polokwane, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Polokwane (South Africa, Limpopo, Capricorn District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 18:06 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Polokwane 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 1h 18m 13s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:02
Moonset:	17:36

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 496 km
228 973 mi
Polokwane ↔ Moon, nearest point: 367 439 km
228 316 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Polokwane on map:

Polokwane

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-23.90449°
Longitude:	29.46885°
Country:	South Africa Limpopo
Population:	123 749

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.05%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 4 hours, 59 minutes. (≈0.208 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 164°

Polokwane, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -6.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 283.9°):

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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:	03:59:00	04:59:00	06:02:00	07:08:00	08:18:00
Moonset:	16:20:00	16:57:00	17:36:00	18:20:00	19:11:00

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

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