Rustenburg, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Rustenburg (South Africa, North-West, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 18:48 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Rustenburg local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 0h 36m 40s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:13
Moonset:	17:43

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 400 km
228 913 mi
Rustenburg ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 148 km
228 756 mi
View angle: 0.541°

Rustenburg on map:

Rustenburg

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-25.66756°
Longitude:	27.24208°
Country:	South Africa North-West
Population:	124 064

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.07%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 5 hours, 46 minutes. (≈0.24 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 167°

Rustenburg, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -14°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 280.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:08:00	05:09:00	06:13:00	07:21:00	08:31:00
Moonset:	16:29:00	17:04:00	17:43:00	18:25:00	19:16:00

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

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