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: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 18:47 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 12.51%, Maximal illumination for this day: 20.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 11h 32m 25s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:46
Moonset:	21:50

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 389 787 km
242 203 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 384 170 km
238 712 mi
View angle: 0.511°

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: 18.5%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 4 hours, 21 minutes. (≈4.181 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -97°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 37.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 284.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	07:48:00	08:17:00	08:46:00	09:15:00	09:45:00
Moonset:	19:46:00	20:49:00	21:50:00	22:50:00	23:50:00

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

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