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, 2026-07-03, 18:24 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 86.17%, Maximal illumination for this day: 92.26%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 25d 22h 12m 52s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:39
Moonset:	09:20

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 394 003 km
244 822 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 395 072 km
245 486 mi
View angle: 0.505°

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: 87.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 18 Day, 3 hours, 6 minutes. (≈18.129 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 6°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -26.5°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 123.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	18:47:00	19:43:00	20:39:00	21:34:00	22:29:00
Moonset:	08:05:00	08:44:00	09:20:00	09:52:00	10:22:00

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

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