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

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 6:08:58 pm
Moon Direction: 312° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 22.9°
Moon Distance: 227,967 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 Nelspruit, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:55 am (251°) 5:05 pm (111°) 11:55 pm (84.8°) 250,042 99.8%
2 - 6:51 am (246°) 5:42 pm (116°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 7:47 am (242°) 6:24 pm (119°) 12:42 am (88.6°) 251,195 98.4%
4 - 8:42 am (240°) 7:10 pm (121°) 1:31 am (88.8°) 251,937 95.2%
5 - 9:36 am (239°) 8:00 pm (121°) 2:22 am (87.5°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 10:26 am (239°) 8:54 pm (120°) 3:14 am (87.5°) 251,818 83.8%
7 - 11:11 am (241°) 9:50 pm (117°) 4:04 am (89.0°) 250,788 75.9%
8 - 11:53 am (245°) 10:46 pm (113°) 4:54 am (88.2°) 249,039 67.1%
9 - 12:30 pm (249°) 11:43 pm (108°) 5:41 am (84.2°) 246,573 57.3%
10 - 1:04 pm (255°) - 6:27 am (79.3°) 243,459 47.1%
11 12:39 am (102°) 1:37 pm (262°) - 7:11 am (73.5°) 239,828 36.6%
12 1:36 am (95°) 2:09 pm (269°) - 7:56 am (67.1°) 235,896 26.5%
13 2:35 am (88°) 2:42 pm (276°) - 8:42 am (60.4°) 231,939 17.1%
14 3:36 am (80°) 3:18 pm (283°) - 9:30 am (53.6°) 228,303 9.2%
15 4:41 am (73°) 3:59 pm (290°) - 10:23 am (47.1°) 225,318 3.4%
16 5:50 am (66°) 4:46 pm (296°) - 11:21 am (41.6°) 223,315 0.5%
17 7:03 am (62°) 5:41 pm (300°) - 12:24 pm (37.7°) 222,510 0.7%
18 8:15 am (59°) 6:45 pm (301°) - 1:30 pm (35.8°) 222,973 4.3%
19 9:23 am (59°) 7:54 pm (300°) - 2:37 pm (36.2°) 224,613 10.9%
20 10:21 am (61°) 9:03 pm (297°) - 3:41 pm (38.8°) 227,198 19.7%
21 11:11 am (66°) 10:11 pm (292°) - 4:39 pm (43.0°) 230,416 30.1%
22 11:53 am (71°) 11:14 pm (286°) - 5:31 pm (48.4°) 233,928 41.2%
23 12:29 pm (78°) - - 6:18 pm (54.4°) 237,471 52.4%
24 - 12:13 am (279°) 1:02 pm (85°) 7:03 pm (60.7°) 240,812 63.1%
25 - 1:09 am (272°) 1:32 pm (91°) 7:45 pm (66.9°) 243,814 72.9%
26 - 2:03 am (265°) 2:02 pm (98°) 8:27 pm (72.9°) 246,389 81.5%
27 - 2:57 am (259°) 2:33 pm (104°) 9:09 pm (78.5°) 248,510 88.6%
28 - 3:51 am (253°) 3:06 pm (110°) 9:53 pm (83.4°) 250,168 94.1%
29 - 4:45 am (248°) 3:42 pm (114°) 10:39 pm (87.5°) 251,379 97.8%
30 - 5:41 am (243°) 4:22 pm (118°) 11:27 pm (89.5°) 252,153 99.6%
31 - 6:36 am (240°) 5:07 pm (120°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Nelspruit. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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