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: Tuesday, 2026-09-22, 06:21 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto 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 12h 29m 12s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:13
Moonset:	03:17

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 401 157 km
249 267 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 402 815 km
250 297 mi
View angle: 0.496°

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: 79.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 10 Day, 8 hours, 43 minutes. (≈10.363 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 164°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -32.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 218.6°):

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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	16:07:00
Moonset:	01:53:00	02:37:00	03:17:00	03:53:00	04:26:00

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

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