Richards Bay, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Richards Bay (South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, uThungulu District Municipality). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 07:46 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 77.5%, Maximal illumination for this day: 85.14%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 18:50; remaining time: 4d 11h 3m 43s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	13:52
Moonset:	03:05

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 987 km
249 162 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 403 316 km
250 609 mi
View angle: 0.497°

Richards Bay on map:

Richards Bay

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-28.78301°
Longitude:	32.03768°
Country:	South Africa KwaZulu-Natal
Population:	252 968

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 80.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 10 hours, 1 minutes. (≈10.418 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 149°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -40°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 191.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	11:56:00	12:53:00	13:52:00	14:49:00	15:48:00
Moonset:	01:43:00	02:26:00	03:05:00	03:40:00	04:11:00

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

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