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, 2026-08-05, 06:31 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 52.02%, Maximal illumination for this day: 62.97%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 22d 23h 48m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:00
Moonset:	10:14

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 283 km
230 704 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 535 km
227 133 mi
View angle: 0.536°

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: 60.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 4 hours, 43 minutes. (≈21.196 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -22°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 38.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 328.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	22:03:00	23:04:00	00:00:00	00:09:00	01:17:00
Moonset:	09:09:00	09:40:00	10:14:00	10:54:00	11:42:00

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

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