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: Thursday, 2026-07-16, 05:01 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.3%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.77%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 13d 11h 35m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:20
Moonset:	19:38

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 159 km
230 628 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 373 673 km
232 190 mi
View angle: 0.537°

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: 4.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 22 hours, 51 minutes. (≈1.952 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 123°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -42.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 92.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-14	2026-07-15	2026-07-16	2026-07-17	2026-07-18
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	06:49:00	07:39:00	08:20:00	08:57:00	09:29:00
Moonset:	17:17:00	18:29:00	19:38:00	20:42:00	21:43:00

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

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