Volksrust, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Volksrust (South Africa, Mpumalanga, Gert Sibande District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 17:31 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Volksrust 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 1h 53m 29s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:04
Moonset:	17:29

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 578 km
229 024 mi
Volksrust ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 833 km
227 939 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Volksrust on map:

Volksrust

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-27.36541°
Longitude:	29.88175°
Country:	South Africa Mpumalanga
Population:	43 378

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.04%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 4 hours, 19 minutes. (≈0.18 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 155°

Volksrust, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -0.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 286.9°):

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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:	03:57:00	04:59:00	06:04:00	07:13:00	08:24:00
Moonset:	16:18:00	16:52:00	17:29:00	18:11:00	19:01:00

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

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