Queenstown, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Queenstown (South Africa, Eastern Cape, Chris Hani District Municipality). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 09:42 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 11d 1h 4m 5s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:56
Moonset:	21:05

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 940 km
227 384 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 518 km
227 123 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Queenstown on map:

Queenstown

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-31.89756°
Longitude:	26.87533°
Country:	South Africa Eastern Cape
Population:	105 309

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 17.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 0 hours, 45 minutes. (≈4.031 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 124°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -12.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 66.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:52:00	09:59:00	10:56:00	11:43:00	12:21:00
Moonset:	18:43:00	19:52:00	21:05:00	22:15:00	23:23:00

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

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