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: Friday, 2026-10-23, 03:40 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 87.38%, Maximal illumination for this day: 93.61%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-26, 06:13; remaining time: 3d 2h 32m 36s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:51
Moonset:	03:31

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 388 151 km
241 186 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 386 563 km
240 199 mi
View angle: 0.513°

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: 88.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 12 hours, 6 minutes. (≈11.504 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -172°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -1.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 266.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	13:51:00	14:50:00	15:51:00	16:54:00	18:00:00
Moonset:	02:34:00	03:03:00	03:31:00	04:00:00	04:30:00

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

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