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Grahamstown, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, May 2025

Moon: 1.4%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Dec 21, 2025 at 7:45:34 am
Moon Direction: 109° East
Moon Altitude: 20.6°
Moon Distance: 400,984 km
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 12:02 pm
Next New Moon: Jan 18, 2026, 9:51 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 8:51 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Grahamstown, May 2025

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
1 11:05 am (55°) 8:40 pm (305°) - 3:52 pm (27.4°) 370,192 19.7%
2 12:02 pm (57°) 9:48 pm (302°) - 4:53 pm (29.0°) 376,469 29.8%
3 12:48 pm (60°) 10:55 pm (298°) - 5:49 pm (32.2°) 382,833 40.6%
4 1:26 pm (65°) 11:59 pm (292°) - 6:40 pm (36.7°) 388,844 51.3%
5 1:58 pm (72°) - - 7:25 pm (41.9°) 394,141 61.7%
6 - 1:00 am (286°) 2:25 pm (78°) 8:08 pm (47.6°) 398,532 71.3%
7 - 1:58 am (279°) 2:49 pm (85°) 8:48 pm (53.5°) 401,914 79.8%
8 - 2:54 am (271°) 3:13 pm (92°) 9:27 pm (59.5°) 404,288 87.0%
9 - 3:49 am (264°) 3:37 pm (99°) 10:06 pm (65.3°) 405,699 92.8%
10 - 4:44 am (258°) 4:01 pm (105°) 10:47 pm (70.7°) 406,234 96.9%
11 - 5:41 am (251°) 4:29 pm (111°) 11:30 pm (75.6°) 405,980 99.3%
12 - 6:38 am (245°) 5:00 pm (117°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
13 - 7:38 am (241°) 5:36 pm (121°) 12:15 am (79.7°) 405,014 99.8%
14 - 8:37 am (237°) 6:19 pm (124°) 1:04 am (82.8°) 403,386 98.4%
15 - 9:34 am (235°) 7:09 pm (125°) 1:55 am (84.7°) 401,118 95.0%
16 - 10:27 am (236°) 8:06 pm (124°) 2:49 am (85.1°) 398,209 89.8%
17 - 11:15 am (238°) 9:07 pm (121°) 3:42 am (83.9°) 394,655 82.8%
18 - 11:57 am (242°) 10:11 pm (116°) 4:35 am (81.2°) 390,471 74.2%
19 - 12:33 pm (247°) 11:16 pm (110°) 5:26 am (77.1°) 385,727 64.4%
20 - 1:05 pm (253°) - 6:15 am (71.8°) 380,554 53.6%
21 12:21 am (103°) 1:35 pm (261°) - 7:03 am (65.6°) 375,188 42.3%
22 1:27 am (95°) 2:04 pm (269°) - 7:50 am (58.8°) 369,955 31.1%
23 2:34 am (87°) 2:33 pm (277°) - 8:38 am (51.6°) 365,292 20.6%
24 3:44 am (78°) 3:05 pm (286°) - 9:29 am (44.5°) 361,643 11.6%
25 4:57 am (70°) 3:42 pm (293°) - 10:23 am (38.0°) 359,473 4.8%
26 6:13 am (63°) 4:26 pm (299°) - 11:22 am (32.6°) 359,122 1.0%
27 7:30 am (58°) 5:18 pm (303°) - 12:26 pm (28.9°) 360,715 0.3%
28 8:43 am (55°) 6:20 pm (305°) - 1:32 pm (27.4°) 364,161 2.9%
29 9:47 am (56°) 7:28 pm (303°) - 2:36 pm (28.1°) 369,108 8.3%
30 10:40 am (59°) 8:38 pm (300°) - 3:36 pm (30.8°) 375,052 15.9%
31 11:22 am (63°) 9:46 pm (294°) - 4:31 pm (34.9°) 381,389 25.0%
* 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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