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, 2026-05-20, 06:18 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 11d 4h 27m 59s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:26
Moonset:	20:51

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 602 km
227 174 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 570 km
229 019 mi
View angle: 0.545°

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: 16%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 20 hours, 57 minutes. (≈3.873 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 104°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -47.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 81°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:20:00	09:28:00	10:26:00	11:14:00	11:55:00
Moonset:	18:31:00	19:40:00	20:51:00	22:00:00	23:06:00

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

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