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: Friday, 2026-10-23, 05:43 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay 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 0h 29m 38s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:29
Moonset:	03:09

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 387 740 km
240 930 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 389 369 km
241 943 mi
View angle: 0.514°

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: 89%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 14 hours, 9 minutes. (≈11.589 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 165°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -32.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 247.9°):

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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:	13:33:00	14:30:00	15:29:00	16:30:00	17:34:00
Moonset:	02:09:00	02:39:00	03:09:00	03:40:00	04:12:00

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

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