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: Tuesday, 2026-06-16, 00:24 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.97%, Maximal illumination for this day: 4.86%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-30, 01:58; remaining time: 14d 1h 33m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:10
Moonset:	18:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 364 039 km
226 203 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 654 km
229 071 mi
View angle: 0.547°

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: 1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 22 hours, 43 minutes. (≈0.947 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 163°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -85.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 256.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-14	2026-06-15	2026-06-16	2026-06-17	2026-06-18
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	05:55:00	07:06:00	08:10:00	09:04:00	09:49:00
Moonset:	16:09:00	17:17:00	18:29:00	19:42:00	20:51:00

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

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