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: Wednesday, 2026-04-15, 14:21 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 3.4%, Maximal illumination for this day: 8.7%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 16d 5h 3m 8s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	03:48
Moonset:	16:09

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 377 407 km
234 510 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 373 126 km
231 850 mi
View angle: 0.528°

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: 5.3%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 8 hours, 28 minutes. (≈27.353 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 34°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 23.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 286°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-13	2026-04-14	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	01:47:00	02:46:00	03:48:00	04:51:00	05:57:00
Moonset:	15:07:00	15:38:00	16:09:00	16:42:00	17:19:00

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

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