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Johannesburg, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2026

Moon: 93.0%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 10:06:08 am
Moon Direction: 262° West
Moon Altitude: -27.2°
Moon Distance: 237,689 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:41 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Johannesburg, December 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:11 am (80°) 12:02 pm (277°) - 6:04 am (55.8°) 234,464 51.1%
2 12:44 am (87°) 1:00 pm (270°) - 6:49 am (62.2°) 237,650 40.0%
3 1:15 am (94°) 1:56 pm (263°) - 7:33 am (68.6°) 240,651 29.8%
4 1:46 am (101°) 2:52 pm (256°) - 8:16 am (74.5°) 243,360 20.6%
5 2:19 am (107°) 3:49 pm (250°) - 9:01 am (79.9°) 245,738 13.0%
6 2:54 am (112°) 4:45 pm (246°) - 9:47 am (84.5°) 247,769 7.0%
7 3:33 am (116°) 5:42 pm (242°) - 10:35 am (88.1°) 249,459 2.8%
8 4:16 am (119°) 6:38 pm (240°) - 11:26 am (89.6°) 250,804 0.6%
9 5:03 am (121°) 7:31 pm (239°) - 12:17 pm (88.6°) 251,792 0.3%
10 5:55 am (121°) 8:20 pm (240°) - 1:08 pm (89.0°) 252,385 1.9%
11 6:49 am (119°) 9:04 pm (242°) - 1:58 pm (89.2°) 252,526 5.4%
12 7:44 am (116°) 9:43 pm (246°) - 2:46 pm (86.2°) 252,144 10.6%
13 8:39 am (112°) 10:19 pm (251°) - 3:32 pm (82.3°) 251,166 17.3%
14 9:33 am (107°) 10:51 pm (256°) - 4:15 pm (77.5°) 249,536 25.3%
15 10:26 am (101°) 11:21 pm (262°) - 4:57 pm (72.0°) 247,227 34.3%
16 11:20 am (95°) 11:51 pm (269°) - 5:38 pm (66.2°) 244,266 44.2%
17 12:14 pm (88°) - - 6:20 pm (60.0°) 240,735 54.7%
18 - 12:21 am (275°) 1:10 pm (81°) 7:05 pm (53.8°) 236,810 65.3%
19 - 12:54 am (282°) 2:10 pm (74°) 7:53 pm (47.8°) 232,727 75.5%
20 - 1:30 am (289°) 3:15 pm (68°) 8:46 pm (42.5°) 228,822 84.8%
21 - 2:13 am (294°) 4:23 pm (63°) 9:45 pm (38.3°) 225,445 92.4%
22 - 3:03 am (299°) 5:34 pm (60°) 10:50 pm (35.8°) 222,986 97.7%
23 - 4:04 am (301°) 6:44 pm (59°) 11:57 pm (35.5°) 221,735 99.8%
24 - 5:12 am (301°) 7:47 pm (61°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
25 - 6:25 am (298°) 8:42 pm (65°) 1:04 am (37.6°) 221,844 98.7%
26 - 7:37 am (293°) 9:28 pm (71°) 2:07 am (41.6°) 223,274 94.3%
27 - 8:47 am (286°) 10:08 pm (77°) 3:04 am (47.1°) 225,828 87.2%
28 - 9:51 am (279°) 10:43 pm (85°) 3:56 am (53.4°) 229,172 78.1%
29 - 10:52 am (272°) 11:16 pm (92°) 4:44 am (60.1°) 232,960 67.8%
30 - 11:50 am (265°) 11:48 pm (99°) 5:30 am (66.7°) 236,851 56.9%
31 - 12:47 pm (258°) - 6:14 am (72.9°) 240,568 46.1%
* All times are local time for Johannesburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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