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

Moon: 87.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 5, 2026 at 6:18:33 am
Moon Direction: 289° West
Moon Altitude: 34.5°
Moon Distance: 240,457 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 9:03 am

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 12:14 am (80°) 12:06 pm (277°) - 6:07 am (56.3°) 234,471 51.0%
2 12:47 am (87°) 1:03 pm (270°) - 6:52 am (62.8°) 237,657 40.0%
3 1:19 am (94°) 1:59 pm (263°) - 7:36 am (69.1°) 240,657 29.7%
4 1:50 am (100°) 2:55 pm (256°) - 8:19 am (75.1°) 243,366 20.6%
5 2:23 am (107°) 3:51 pm (250°) - 9:04 am (80.5°) 245,743 12.9%
6 2:58 am (112°) 4:48 pm (246°) - 9:50 am (85.1°) 247,773 6.9%
7 3:37 am (116°) 5:44 pm (242°) - 10:39 am (88.6°) 249,463 2.8%
8 4:20 am (119°) 6:40 pm (240°) - 11:29 am (89.0°) 250,806 0.6%
9 5:08 am (121°) 7:33 pm (239°) - 12:20 pm (88.1°) 251,794 0.3%
10 6:00 am (121°) 8:22 pm (240°) - 1:12 pm (88.5°) 252,386 2.0%
11 6:54 am (119°) 9:06 pm (242°) - 2:02 pm (89.8°) 252,526 5.4%
12 7:48 am (116°) 9:46 pm (246°) - 2:49 pm (86.8°) 252,142 10.6%
13 8:43 am (112°) 10:21 pm (251°) - 3:35 pm (82.8°) 251,163 17.3%
14 9:37 am (107°) 10:53 pm (256°) - 4:18 pm (78.0°) 249,532 25.3%
15 10:30 am (101°) 11:24 pm (262°) - 5:00 pm (72.6°) 247,221 34.4%
16 11:23 am (95°) 11:54 pm (269°) - 5:42 pm (66.7°) 244,259 44.3%
17 12:17 pm (88°) - - 6:24 pm (60.5°) 240,727 54.7%
18 - 12:24 am (275°) 1:13 pm (81°) 7:08 pm (54.3°) 236,801 65.3%
19 - 12:57 am (282°) 2:13 pm (74°) 7:56 pm (48.4°) 232,718 75.5%
20 - 1:34 am (289°) 3:17 pm (68°) 8:49 pm (43.0°) 228,813 84.8%
21 - 2:17 am (294°) 4:25 pm (63°) 9:49 pm (38.8°) 225,439 92.5%
22 - 3:08 am (299°) 5:36 pm (60°) 10:53 pm (36.4°) 222,982 97.7%
23 - 4:08 am (301°) 6:46 pm (59°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
24 - 5:17 am (301°) 7:49 pm (61°) 12:01 am (36.1°) 221,734 99.8%
25 - 6:30 am (298°) 8:44 pm (65°) 1:08 am (38.1°) 221,846 98.7%
26 - 7:42 am (293°) 9:31 pm (71°) 2:11 am (42.2°) 223,279 94.3%
27 - 8:51 am (286°) 10:11 pm (77°) 3:08 am (47.7°) 225,834 87.2%
28 - 9:55 am (279°) 10:46 pm (85°) 4:00 am (54.0°) 229,180 78.1%
29 - 10:55 am (272°) 11:19 pm (92°) 4:48 am (60.6°) 232,968 67.8%
30 - 11:53 am (265°) 11:52 pm (99°) 5:33 am (67.2°) 236,859 56.9%
31 - 12:50 pm (258°) - 6:18 am (73.4°) 240,576 46.1%
* All times are local time for Rustenburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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