Pretoria, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Pretoria (South Africa, Gauteng, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 16:39 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Pretoria local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 0%, Maximal illumination for this day: 0.46%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-01, 19:24; remaining time: 14d 2h 45m 21s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:09
Moonset:	17:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 699 km
229 099 mi
Pretoria ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 564 km
227 151 mi
View angle: 0.54°

Pretoria on map:

Pretoria

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-25.74486°
Longitude:	28.18783°
Country:	South Africa Gauteng
Population:	1 619 438

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 20 minutes. (≈0.139 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 148°

Pretoria, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 12.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 293.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	04:04:00	05:05:00	06:09:00	07:17:00	08:27:00
Moonset:	16:25:00	17:00:00	17:39:00	18:21:00	19:12:00

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

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