Cape Town, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Cape Town (South Africa, Western Cape, City of Cape Town). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-08-05, 06:31 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Cape Town local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 52.02%, Maximal illumination for this day: 62.97%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 22d 23h 48m 31s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	00:09
Moonset:	11:01

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 371 283 km
230 704 mi
Cape Town ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 553 km
227 144 mi
View angle: 0.536°

Cape Town on map:

Cape Town

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-33.92584°
Longitude:	18.42322°
Country:	South Africa Western Cape
Population:	3 433 441

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 60.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 21 Day, 4 hours, 43 minutes. (≈21.196 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -30°

Cape Town, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 38.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 345.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06	2026-08-07
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	23:04:00	00:00:00	00:09:00	01:17:00	02:28:00
Moonset:	10:01:00	10:29:00	11:01:00	11:38:00	12:23:00

Cape Town moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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