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Durban, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 17.3%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 7:22:05 pm
Moon Direction: 303° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 7.7°
Moon Distance: 227,974 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 2, 2026, 4:11 am
Next New Moon: Apr 17, 2026, 1:51 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 8:08 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Durban, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:02 am (250°) 4:57 pm (112°) 11:55 pm (80.3°) 250,041 99.8%
2 - 7:00 am (245°) 5:32 pm (117°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 7:58 am (241°) 6:12 pm (120°) 12:42 am (84.1°) 251,195 98.4%
4 - 8:54 am (238°) 6:57 pm (122°) 1:31 am (86.8°) 251,937 95.2%
5 - 9:48 am (237°) 7:47 pm (123°) 2:22 am (88.1°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 10:38 am (238°) 8:42 pm (122°) 3:13 am (88.0°) 251,818 83.8%
7 - 11:23 am (240°) 9:39 pm (119°) 4:04 am (86.5°) 250,788 76.0%
8 - 12:02 pm (244°) 10:37 pm (114°) 4:53 am (83.7°) 249,039 67.1%
9 - 12:38 pm (249°) 11:36 pm (109°) 5:41 am (79.8°) 246,573 57.3%
10 - 1:10 pm (255°) - 6:27 am (74.8°) 243,459 47.1%
11 12:35 am (102°) 1:40 pm (261°) - 7:11 am (69.0°) 239,828 36.6%
12 1:34 am (95°) 2:09 pm (269°) - 7:56 am (62.6°) 235,897 26.5%
13 2:35 am (88°) 2:40 pm (276°) - 8:42 am (55.9°) 231,939 17.1%
14 3:40 am (80°) 3:13 pm (284°) - 9:30 am (49.1°) 228,303 9.2%
15 4:47 am (72°) 3:51 pm (291°) - 10:23 am (42.7°) 225,318 3.4%
16 6:00 am (65°) 4:36 pm (297°) - 11:20 am (37.2°) 223,315 0.5%
17 7:14 am (60°) 5:29 pm (301°) - 12:24 pm (33.2°) 222,511 0.7%
18 8:28 am (57°) 6:32 pm (303°) - 1:30 pm (31.4°) 222,973 4.3%
19 9:35 am (57°) 7:41 pm (302°) - 2:37 pm (31.8°) 224,613 10.9%
20 10:33 am (60°) 8:52 pm (298°) - 3:41 pm (34.4°) 227,197 19.7%
21 11:21 am (65°) 10:02 pm (293°) - 4:39 pm (38.6°) 230,416 30.1%
22 12:00 pm (71°) 11:08 pm (287°) - 5:31 pm (44.0°) 233,928 41.2%
23 12:34 pm (77°) - - 6:18 pm (50.0°) 237,470 52.4%
24 - 12:10 am (279°) 1:04 pm (84°) 7:02 pm (56.2°) 240,811 63.1%
25 - 1:08 am (272°) 1:32 pm (91°) 7:45 pm (62.5°) 243,814 72.9%
26 - 2:05 am (265°) 1:59 pm (98°) 8:26 pm (68.5°) 246,389 81.5%
27 - 3:01 am (258°) 2:28 pm (105°) 9:09 pm (74.0°) 248,509 88.6%
28 - 3:57 am (252°) 2:58 pm (110°) 9:53 pm (79.0°) 250,168 94.1%
29 - 4:54 am (247°) 3:32 pm (115°) 10:39 pm (83.0°) 251,379 97.8%
30 - 5:51 am (242°) 4:11 pm (119°) 11:27 pm (86.0°) 252,153 99.6%
31 - 6:48 am (239°) 4:54 pm (122°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Durban. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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