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: Saturday, 2026-06-13, 01:26 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 2.28%, Maximal illumination for this day: 7.36%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-06-30, 01:58; remaining time: 17d 0h 31m 11s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	04:52
Moonset:	15:35

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 448 km
227 079 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 368 078 km
228 713 mi
View angle: 0.545°

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: 7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 27 Day, 0 hours, 26 minutes. (≈27.018 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -76°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -43.6°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 81.9°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-06-11	2026-06-12	2026-06-13	2026-06-14	2026-06-15
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	02:36:00	03:42:00	04:52:00	06:05:00	07:16:00
Moonset:	14:02:00	14:44:00	15:35:00	16:34:00	17:42:00

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

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