Soweto, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Soweto (South Africa, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 13:59 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 13.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 22.91%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 10:46; remaining time: 10d 20h 47m 0s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:36
Moonset:	21:15

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 366 396 km
227 668 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 361 225 km
224 455 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Soweto on map:

Soweto

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-26.26781°
Longitude:	27.85849°
Country:	South Africa Gauteng
Population:	1 695 047

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 18.9%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 5 hours, 32 minutes. (≈4.231 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 176°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 32.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 27.7°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:30:00	09:38:00	10:36:00	11:26:00	12:08:00
Moonset:	18:56:00	20:05:00	21:15:00	22:23:00	23:27:00

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

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