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

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 6:07:15 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, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:05 am (250°) 5:00 pm (112°) 11:58 pm (80.6°) 250,044 99.8%
2 - 7:02 am (245°) 5:35 pm (117°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
3 - 8:00 am (241°) 6:15 pm (120°) 12:45 am (84.4°) 251,197 98.4%
4 - 8:56 am (238°) 7:00 pm (122°) 1:34 am (87.0°) 251,938 95.2%
5 - 9:50 am (237°) 7:51 pm (123°) 2:25 am (88.4°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 10:40 am (238°) 8:45 pm (121°) 3:16 am (88.3°) 251,817 83.7%
7 - 11:25 am (240°) 9:42 pm (119°) 4:07 am (86.8°) 250,785 75.9%
8 - 12:04 pm (244°) 10:40 pm (114°) 4:56 am (84.0°) 249,035 67.0%
9 - 12:40 pm (249°) 11:39 pm (109°) 5:43 am (80.0°) 246,568 57.3%
10 - 1:12 pm (255°) - 6:29 am (75.1°) 243,454 47.1%
11 12:38 am (102°) 1:42 pm (261°) - 7:14 am (69.3°) 239,822 36.6%
12 1:37 am (95°) 2:12 pm (269°) - 7:58 am (62.9°) 235,890 26.4%
13 2:38 am (88°) 2:43 pm (276°) - 8:44 am (56.2°) 231,933 17.1%
14 3:42 am (80°) 3:16 pm (284°) - 9:33 am (49.4°) 228,297 9.2%
15 4:50 am (72°) 3:54 pm (291°) - 10:25 am (43.0°) 225,314 3.4%
16 6:02 am (65°) 4:39 pm (297°) - 11:23 am (37.5°) 223,312 0.5%
17 7:16 am (60°) 5:32 pm (301°) - 12:26 pm (33.5°) 222,510 0.8%
18 8:30 am (58°) 6:35 pm (303°) - 1:33 pm (31.6°) 222,975 4.3%
19 9:37 am (57°) 7:44 pm (302°) - 2:40 pm (32.1°) 224,617 10.9%
20 10:35 am (60°) 8:56 pm (298°) - 3:43 pm (34.6°) 227,203 19.8%
21 11:23 am (65°) 10:05 pm (293°) - 4:41 pm (38.9°) 230,422 30.2%
22 12:02 pm (71°) 11:11 pm (286°) - 5:33 pm (44.2°) 233,934 41.3%
23 12:36 pm (77°) - - 6:21 pm (50.2°) 237,476 52.4%
24 - 12:12 am (279°) 1:06 pm (84°) 7:05 pm (56.5°) 240,817 63.1%
25 - 1:11 am (272°) 1:34 pm (91°) 7:47 pm (62.8°) 243,819 72.9%
26 - 2:07 am (265°) 2:02 pm (98°) 8:29 pm (68.8°) 246,393 81.5%
27 - 3:03 am (258°) 2:31 pm (105°) 9:11 pm (74.3°) 248,513 88.6%
28 - 3:59 am (252°) 3:01 pm (110°) 9:55 pm (79.2°) 250,170 94.1%
29 - 4:56 am (247°) 3:35 pm (115°) 10:41 pm (83.3°) 251,380 97.8%
30 - 5:53 am (242°) 4:14 pm (119°) 11:30 pm (86.3°) 252,154 99.6%
31 - 6:50 am (239°) 4:57 pm (122°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* 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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