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: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 13:04 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Pretoria local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 77.5%, Maximal illumination for this day: 85.14%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 18:50; remaining time: 4d 5h 45m 52s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:13
Moonset:	03:14

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 329 km
248 753 mi
Pretoria ↔ Moon, nearest point: 400 001 km
248 549 mi
View angle: 0.497°

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: 81.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 14 hours, 55 minutes. (≈10.621 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 151°

Pretoria, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -13.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 119.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-20	2026-09-21	2026-09-22	2026-09-23	2026-09-24
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	12:20:00	13:17:00	14:13:00	15:10:00	16:06:00
Moonset:	01:50:00	02:34:00	03:14:00	03:51:00	04:24:00

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

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