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: Monday, 2026-08-17, 05:18 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Rustenburg local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 20.31%, Maximal illumination for this day: 29.12%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 1h 1m 13s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:21
Moonset:	22:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 391 815 km
243 463 mi
Rustenburg ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 636 km
245 216 mi
View angle: 0.508°

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: 22.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 14 hours, 39 minutes. (≈4.61 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 152°

Rustenburg, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -46°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 143.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	08:16:00	08:48:00	09:21:00	09:55:00	10:31:00
Moonset:	20:45:00	21:42:00	22:39:00	23:35:00	00:00:00

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

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