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, 2026-11-13, 00:49 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 11.85%, Maximal illumination for this day: 18.61%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-11-24, 16:55; remaining time: 11d 16h 5m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	08:02
Moonset:	22:25

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 392 km
251 899 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 406 689 km
252 705 mi
View angle: 0.491°

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: 12.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 3 Day, 8 hours, 0 minutes. (≈3.334 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -159°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -28.8°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 210.5°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-11-11	2026-11-12	2026-11-13	2026-11-14	2026-11-15
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	06:20:00	07:10:00	08:02:00	08:57:00	09:52:00
Moonset:	20:46:00	21:38:00	22:25:00	23:08:00	23:46:00

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

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