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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, April 2026

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 6:07:16 pm
Moon Direction: 314° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 20.7°
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, 8:11 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Pietermaritzburg, April 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Apr Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 5:22 am (268°) 5:28 pm (96°) 11:50 pm (66.5°) 244,186 99.9%
2 - 6:19 am (261°) 5:56 pm (102°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 7:16 am (254°) 6:27 pm (109°) 12:32 am (72.4°) 246,312 99.2%
4 - 8:13 am (248°) 7:00 pm (114°) 1:16 am (77.7°) 248,259 96.4%
5 - 9:11 am (243°) 7:36 pm (118°) 2:02 am (82.2°) 249,890 91.8%
6 - 10:09 am (240°) 8:18 pm (121°) 2:50 am (85.6°) 251,055 85.6%
7 - 11:04 am (238°) 9:05 pm (123°) 3:40 am (87.8°) 251,608 78.1%
8 - 11:57 am (237°) 9:57 pm (123°) 4:31 am (88.7°) 251,432 69.6%
9 - 12:45 pm (238°) 10:53 pm (121°) 5:23 am (88.1°) 250,453 60.2%
10 - 1:29 pm (241°) 11:52 pm (117°) 6:13 am (86.1°) 248,657 50.4%
11 - 2:07 pm (245°) - 7:03 am (82.8°) 246,098 40.3%
12 12:52 am (112°) 2:42 pm (251°) - 7:51 am (78.3°) 242,915 30.4%
13 1:52 am (106°) 3:14 pm (257°) - 8:37 am (72.8°) 239,307 21.1%
14 2:52 am (99°) 3:45 pm (264°) - 9:23 am (66.6°) 235,548 12.9%
15 3:54 am (92°) 4:16 pm (272°) - 10:09 am (59.8°) 231,942 6.2%
16 4:58 am (84°) 4:48 pm (280°) - 10:57 am (52.8°) 228,819 1.8%
17 6:04 am (76°) 5:23 pm (288°) - 11:47 am (46.0°) 226,449 0.1%
18 7:14 am (69°) 6:04 pm (294°) - 12:42 pm (40.0°) 225,054 1.5%
19 8:27 am (63°) 6:52 pm (299°) - 1:42 pm (35.2°) 224,727 5.9%
20 9:40 am (59°) 7:48 pm (302°) - 2:46 pm (32.2°) 225,424 13.2%
21 10:50 am (57°) 8:52 pm (303°) - 3:51 pm (31.4°) 226,997 22.7%
22 11:51 am (58°) 10:00 pm (301°) - 4:54 pm (32.7°) 229,216 33.6%
23 12:43 pm (61°) 11:09 pm (297°) - 5:54 pm (35.8°) 231,832 45.2%
24 1:26 pm (66°) - - 6:48 pm (40.4°) 234,608 56.7%
25 - 12:15 am (291°) 2:02 pm (72°) 7:37 pm (45.9°) 237,384 67.5%
26 - 1:18 am (284°) 2:34 pm (79°) 8:23 pm (52.0°) 240,036 77.2%
27 - 2:18 am (277°) 3:03 pm (86°) 9:06 pm (58.2°) 242,506 85.5%
28 - 3:15 am (270°) 3:31 pm (93°) 9:48 pm (64.5°) 244,758 92.0%
29 - 4:12 am (263°) 3:59 pm (100°) 10:30 pm (70.4°) 246,781 96.6%
30 - 5:08 am (256°) 4:28 pm (106°) 11:13 pm (75.9°) 248,554 99.2%
* All times are local time for Pietermaritzburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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