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: Monday, 2026-06-15, 23:54 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Richards Bay local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.97%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-30, 01:58; remaining time: 14d 2h 3m 30s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	07:06
Moonset:	17:17

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 364 011 km
226 186 mi
Richards Bay ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 534 km
228 996 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: 0.96%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 22 hours, 8 minutes. (≈0.922 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -157°

Richards Bay, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -79.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 267.1°):

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Richards Bay

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-13	2026-06-14	2026-06-15	2026-06-16	2026-06-17
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	04:41:00	05:55:00	07:06:00	08:10:00	09:04:00
Moonset:	15:11:00	16:09:00	17:17:00	18:29:00	19:42:00

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

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