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

Moon: 16.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 5:46:55 pm
Moon Direction: 322° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 23.0°
Moon Distance: 227,966 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 2, 2026, 4:11 am
Next New Moon: Apr 17, 2026, 1:51 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 8:18 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:27 am (249°) 5:08 pm (113°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 7:27 am (244°) 5:42 pm (118°) 12:13 am (76.9°) 250,058 99.8%
3 - 8:26 am (240°) 6:20 pm (122°) 1:01 am (80.7°) 251,207 98.4%
4 - 9:24 am (237°) 7:05 pm (124°) 1:50 am (83.3°) 251,943 95.1%
5 - 10:18 am (236°) 7:55 pm (124°) 2:41 am (84.6°) 252,174 90.2%
6 - 11:07 am (236°) 8:50 pm (123°) 3:32 am (84.5°) 251,809 83.7%
7 - 11:51 am (239°) 9:48 pm (120°) 4:23 am (83.0°) 250,770 75.8%
8 - 12:29 pm (243°) 10:48 pm (115°) 5:12 am (80.2°) 249,013 66.9%
9 - 1:03 pm (248°) 11:49 pm (110°) 5:59 am (76.2°) 246,538 57.2%
10 - 1:33 pm (254°) - 6:45 am (71.2°) 243,417 46.9%
11 12:50 am (103°) 2:01 pm (261°) - 7:30 am (65.5°) 239,781 36.5%
12 1:51 am (95°) 2:28 pm (269°) - 8:14 am (59.1°) 235,847 26.3%
13 2:55 am (87°) 2:56 pm (277°) - 9:00 am (52.3°) 231,891 17.0%
14 4:01 am (79°) 3:27 pm (284°) - 9:49 am (45.5°) 228,261 9.1%
15 5:12 am (71°) 4:03 pm (292°) - 10:41 am (39.1°) 225,287 3.4%
16 6:27 am (64°) 4:45 pm (298°) - 11:39 am (33.7°) 223,297 0.5%
17 7:43 am (59°) 5:37 pm (303°) - 12:42 pm (29.7°) 222,508 0.8%
18 8:58 am (56°) 6:39 pm (304°) - 1:49 pm (27.9°) 222,986 4.4%
19 10:05 am (56°) 7:49 pm (303°) - 2:56 pm (28.3°) 224,640 11.0%
20 11:01 am (59°) 9:02 pm (299°) - 3:59 pm (30.9°) 227,234 19.9%
21 11:47 am (64°) 10:14 pm (294°) - 4:57 pm (35.2°) 230,458 30.3%
22 12:24 pm (70°) 11:21 pm (287°) - 5:49 pm (40.6°) 233,973 41.4%
23 12:56 pm (77°) - - 6:37 pm (46.6°) 237,514 52.6%
24 - 12:25 am (280°) 1:24 pm (84°) 7:21 pm (52.8°) 240,851 63.2%
25 - 1:26 am (272°) 1:50 pm (91°) 8:03 pm (59.1°) 243,849 73.0%
26 - 2:25 am (265°) 2:15 pm (99°) 8:45 pm (65.1°) 246,419 81.6%
27 - 3:23 am (258°) 2:42 pm (105°) 9:27 pm (70.6°) 248,533 88.7%
28 - 4:21 am (251°) 3:10 pm (111°) 10:11 pm (75.5°) 250,186 94.1%
29 - 5:20 am (246°) 3:43 pm (117°) 10:57 pm (79.5°) 251,391 97.8%
30 - 6:19 am (241°) 4:19 pm (121°) 11:46 pm (82.5°) 252,159 99.6%
31 - 7:17 am (238°) 5:02 pm (123°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Grahamstown. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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