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East London, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2026

Moon: 80.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 6, 2026 at 6:01:17 am
Moon Direction: 300° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 46.2°
Moon Distance: 243,613 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 10:00 am

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for East London, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:21 am (250°) 5:03 pm (113°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 7:20 am (244°) 5:37 pm (118°) 12:08 am (77.2°) 250,053 99.8%
3 - 8:19 am (240°) 6:16 pm (122°) 12:55 am (80.9°) 251,203 98.4%
4 - 9:17 am (237°) 7:00 pm (124°) 1:44 am (83.6°) 251,941 95.2%
5 - 10:11 am (236°) 7:50 pm (124°) 2:35 am (84.9°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 11:01 am (237°) 8:45 pm (123°) 3:26 am (84.8°) 251,812 83.7%
7 - 11:45 am (239°) 9:43 pm (120°) 4:17 am (83.3°) 250,776 75.9%
8 - 12:23 pm (243°) 10:43 pm (115°) 5:06 am (80.5°) 249,021 67.0%
9 - 12:56 pm (248°) 11:43 pm (109°) 5:54 am (76.5°) 246,549 57.2%
10 - 1:27 pm (254°) - 6:39 am (71.5°) 243,430 47.0%
11 12:44 am (103°) 1:55 pm (261°) - 7:24 am (65.8°) 239,795 36.6%
12 1:46 am (95°) 2:23 pm (269°) - 8:09 am (59.4°) 235,862 26.4%
13 2:49 am (87°) 2:51 pm (277°) - 8:54 am (52.6°) 231,906 17.0%
14 3:55 am (79°) 3:22 pm (284°) - 9:43 am (45.9°) 228,274 9.1%
15 5:06 am (71°) 3:58 pm (292°) - 10:36 am (39.5°) 225,296 3.4%
16 6:20 am (64°) 4:40 pm (298°) - 11:33 am (34.0°) 223,302 0.5%
17 7:37 am (59°) 5:32 pm (302°) - 12:37 pm (30.0°) 222,509 0.8%
18 8:51 am (56°) 6:34 pm (304°) - 1:43 pm (28.2°) 222,982 4.4%
19 9:58 am (56°) 7:44 pm (303°) - 2:50 pm (28.6°) 224,632 10.9%
20 10:55 am (59°) 8:57 pm (299°) - 3:54 pm (31.2°) 227,223 19.8%
21 11:41 am (64°) 10:08 pm (294°) - 4:51 pm (35.5°) 230,445 30.2%
22 12:18 pm (70°) 11:16 pm (287°) - 5:44 pm (40.8°) 233,959 41.3%
23 12:50 pm (77°) - - 6:31 pm (46.8°) 237,500 52.5%
24 - 12:20 am (280°) 1:18 pm (84°) 7:15 pm (53.1°) 240,839 63.2%
25 - 1:20 am (272°) 1:44 pm (91°) 7:57 pm (59.3°) 243,838 73.0%
26 - 2:19 am (265°) 2:10 pm (99°) 8:39 pm (65.3°) 246,410 81.5%
27 - 3:17 am (258°) 2:36 pm (105°) 9:22 pm (70.9°) 248,526 88.6%
28 - 4:15 am (251°) 3:05 pm (111°) 10:05 pm (75.8°) 250,180 94.1%
29 - 5:14 am (246°) 3:38 pm (116°) 10:52 pm (79.8°) 251,387 97.8%
30 - 6:12 am (241°) 4:15 pm (120°) 11:40 pm (82.8°) 252,157 99.6%
31 - 7:10 am (238°) 4:57 pm (123°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for East London. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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