Potchefstroom, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Potchefstroom (South Africa, North-West, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 21:59 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Potchefstroom 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: 13d 21h 25m 26s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:15
Moonset:	17:42

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 969 km
228 645 mi
Potchefstroom ↔ Moon, nearest point: 371 452 km
230 809 mi
View angle: 0.541°

Potchefstroom on map:

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Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-26.71667°
Longitude:	27.1°
Country:	South Africa North-West
Population:	123 669

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.17%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 9 hours, 23 minutes. (≈0.391 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 177°

Potchefstroom, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -55.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 259.8°):

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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:	04:08:00	05:10:00	06:15:00	07:23:00	08:34:00
Moonset:	16:30:00	17:04:00	17:42:00	18:24:00	19:14:00

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

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