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, 2026-08-25, 18:28 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.68%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 2d 11h 51m 5s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:05
Moonset:	04:30

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 917 km
249 118 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 884 km
245 370 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: 93.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 9 hours, 34 minutes. (≈12.399 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -161°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 42.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 93.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:11:00	14:07:00	15:05:00	16:04:00	17:02:00
Moonset:	03:02:00	03:49:00	04:30:00	05:08:00	05:42:00

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

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