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, 2026-11-13, 00:51 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 11.85%, Maximal illumination for this day: 18.61%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-11-24, 16:55; remaining time: 11d 16h 3m 44s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:38
Moonset:	22:15

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 393 km
251 900 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 665 km
252 690 mi
View angle: 0.491°

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: 12.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 8 hours, 2 minutes. (≈3.335 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -164°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -28.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 205.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14	2026-11-15
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	05:56:00	06:45:00	07:38:00	08:33:00	09:29:00
Moonset:	20:36:00	21:28:00	22:15:00	22:57:00	23:34:00

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

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