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

Moon: 93.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:56:53 am
Moon Direction: 263° West
Moon Altitude: -25.5°
Moon Distance: 237,668 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:40 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Pretoria, May 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:07 am (251°) 5:16 pm (111°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 7:03 am (246°) 5:53 pm (116°) 12:07 am (84.5°) 250,052 99.8%
3 - 7:59 am (242°) 6:34 pm (119°) 12:54 am (88.3°) 251,203 98.4%
4 - 8:54 am (240°) 7:21 pm (121°) 1:43 am (89.0°) 251,941 95.2%
5 - 9:48 am (239°) 8:11 pm (121°) 2:34 am (87.7°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 10:38 am (239°) 9:05 pm (120°) 3:25 am (87.8°) 251,812 83.7%
7 - 11:24 am (241°) 10:01 pm (117°) 4:16 am (89.3°) 250,777 75.9%
8 - 12:05 pm (245°) 10:57 pm (113°) 5:05 am (87.9°) 249,023 67.0%
9 - 12:42 pm (249°) 11:54 pm (108°) 5:53 am (83.9°) 246,551 57.3%
10 - 1:16 pm (255°) - 6:38 am (78.9°) 243,433 47.0%
11 12:51 am (102°) 1:49 pm (262°) - 7:23 am (73.2°) 239,798 36.6%
12 1:48 am (95°) 2:21 pm (269°) - 8:07 am (66.8°) 235,865 26.4%
13 2:46 am (88°) 2:54 pm (276°) - 8:53 am (60.0°) 231,909 17.0%
14 3:48 am (80°) 3:29 pm (283°) - 9:42 am (53.2°) 228,277 9.1%
15 4:53 am (73°) 4:10 pm (290°) - 10:34 am (46.8°) 225,298 3.4%
16 6:03 am (66°) 4:57 pm (296°) - 11:32 am (41.3°) 223,303 0.5%
17 7:15 am (61°) 5:52 pm (300°) - 12:35 pm (37.4°) 222,509 0.8%
18 8:28 am (59°) 6:56 pm (302°) - 1:42 pm (35.5°) 222,981 4.4%
19 9:35 am (59°) 8:05 pm (301°) - 2:49 pm (36.0°) 224,630 10.9%
20 10:34 am (61°) 9:15 pm (297°) - 3:52 pm (38.5°) 227,221 19.8%
21 11:23 am (66°) 10:22 pm (292°) - 4:50 pm (42.8°) 230,443 30.2%
22 12:05 pm (71°) 11:25 pm (286°) - 5:42 pm (48.2°) 233,956 41.3%
23 12:41 pm (78°) - - 6:30 pm (54.2°) 237,498 52.5%
24 - 12:24 am (279°) 1:13 pm (85°) 7:14 pm (60.5°) 240,836 63.2%
25 - 1:21 am (272°) 1:44 pm (91°) 7:56 pm (66.7°) 243,836 73.0%
26 - 2:15 am (265°) 2:14 pm (98°) 8:38 pm (72.7°) 246,408 81.5%
27 - 3:09 am (259°) 2:44 pm (104°) 9:20 pm (78.3°) 248,524 88.6%
28 - 4:03 am (253°) 3:17 pm (110°) 10:04 pm (83.2°) 250,179 94.1%
29 - 4:57 am (247°) 3:53 pm (115°) 10:50 pm (87.2°) 251,387 97.8%
30 - 5:53 am (243°) 4:33 pm (118°) 11:39 pm (89.8°) 252,157 99.6%
31 - 6:49 am (240°) 5:17 pm (121°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Pretoria. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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