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: Tuesday, 2026-06-16, 09:35 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Cape Town local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0.97%, Maximal illumination for this day: 4.86%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-30, 01:58; remaining time: 13d 16h 22m 37s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:22
Moonset:	19:11

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 364 645 km
226 580 mi
Cape Town ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 597 km
225 307 mi
View angle: 0.546°

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: 2.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 1 Day, 9 hours, 27 minutes. (≈1.394 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 123°

Cape Town, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 2.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 54.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-14	2026-06-15	2026-06-16	2026-06-17	2026-06-18
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	07:08:00	08:19:00	09:22:00	10:13:00	10:55:00
Moonset:	16:50:00	17:57:00	19:11:00	20:26:00	21:39:00

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

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