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, 2026-07-03, 17:37 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Queenstown local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 86.17%, Maximal illumination for this day: 92.26%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 25d 23h 0m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:35
Moonset:	09:33

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 394 138 km
244 906 mi
Queenstown ↔ Moon, nearest point: 395 659 km
245 851 mi
View angle: 0.505°

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: 87.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 18 Day, 2 hours, 22 minutes. (≈18.099 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 11°

Queenstown, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -31.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 136.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	18:37:00	19:37:00	20:35:00	21:34:00	22:32:00
Moonset:	08:23:00	09:00:00	09:33:00	10:02:00	10:29:00

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

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