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: Friday, 2026-04-17, 16:22 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto 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 3h 2m 10s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	06:11
Moonset:	17:39

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 368 739 km
229 124 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 365 238 km
226 948 mi
View angle: 0.54°

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: 0.02%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 0 Day, 3 hours, 1 minutes. (≈0.126 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 144°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 15.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 295.8°):

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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:	04:05:00	05:07:00	06:11:00	07:19:00	08:30:00
Moonset:	16:27:00	17:01:00	17:39:00	18:22:00	19:12:00

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

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