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

Moon: 16.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 5:44:43 pm
Moon Direction: 320° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 28.8°
Moon Distance: 227,965 mi
Next Full Moon: Apr 2, 2026, 4:11 am
Next New Moon: Apr 17, 2026, 1:51 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 8:33 pm

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

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:11 am (251°) 5:20 pm (111°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 7:07 am (246°) 5:57 pm (116°) 12:10 am (84.6°) 250,055 99.8%
3 - 8:03 am (242°) 6:39 pm (119°) 12:58 am (88.4°) 251,205 98.4%
4 - 8:58 am (240°) 7:25 pm (121°) 1:47 am (89.0°) 251,942 95.2%
5 - 9:52 am (239°) 8:15 pm (121°) 2:38 am (87.6°) 252,175 90.2%
6 - 10:42 am (239°) 9:09 pm (120°) 3:29 am (87.7°) 251,811 83.7%
7 - 11:27 am (241°) 10:05 pm (117°) 4:20 am (89.2°) 250,773 75.9%
8 - 12:08 pm (245°) 11:02 pm (113°) 5:09 am (87.9°) 249,017 67.0%
9 - 12:46 pm (249°) 11:58 pm (108°) 5:56 am (84.0°) 246,544 57.2%
10 - 1:20 pm (255°) - 6:42 am (79.0°) 243,424 47.0%
11 12:55 am (102°) 1:52 pm (262°) - 7:27 am (73.2°) 239,788 36.5%
12 1:52 am (95°) 2:24 pm (269°) - 8:11 am (66.8°) 235,855 26.4%
13 2:50 am (88°) 2:58 pm (276°) - 8:57 am (60.1°) 231,899 17.0%
14 3:52 am (80°) 3:33 pm (283°) - 9:46 am (53.3°) 228,268 9.1%
15 4:57 am (73°) 4:14 pm (290°) - 10:38 am (46.9°) 225,292 3.4%
16 6:07 am (66°) 5:01 pm (296°) - 11:36 am (41.4°) 223,300 0.5%
17 7:19 am (61°) 5:56 pm (300°) - 12:39 pm (37.4°) 222,509 0.8%
18 8:31 am (59°) 7:00 pm (302°) - 1:46 pm (35.6°) 222,984 4.4%
19 9:39 am (59°) 8:09 pm (300°) - 2:53 pm (36.0°) 224,636 11.0%
20 10:37 am (61°) 9:19 pm (297°) - 3:56 pm (38.6°) 227,228 19.8%
21 11:27 am (66°) 10:26 pm (292°) - 4:54 pm (42.9°) 230,452 30.2%
22 12:09 pm (71°) 11:29 pm (286°) - 5:46 pm (48.3°) 233,966 41.4%
23 12:45 pm (78°) - - 6:34 pm (54.3°) 237,507 52.5%
24 - 12:28 am (279°) 1:17 pm (85°) 7:18 pm (60.5°) 240,845 63.2%
25 - 1:25 am (272°) 1:48 pm (91°) 8:00 pm (66.8°) 243,843 73.0%
26 - 2:19 am (265°) 2:18 pm (98°) 8:42 pm (72.8°) 246,414 81.6%
27 - 3:12 am (259°) 2:48 pm (104°) 9:24 pm (78.4°) 248,529 88.7%
28 - 4:06 am (253°) 3:21 pm (110°) 10:08 pm (83.3°) 250,183 94.1%
29 - 5:01 am (247°) 3:57 pm (115°) 10:54 pm (87.3°) 251,389 97.8%
30 - 5:57 am (243°) 4:37 pm (118°) 11:43 pm (89.7°) 252,158 99.6%
31 - 6:52 am (240°) 5:21 pm (121°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* 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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