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: Sunday, 2026-07-26, 19:21 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 87.79%, Maximal illumination for this day: 93.31%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 16:37; remaining time: 2d 21h 15m 26s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	14:49
Moonset:	04:28

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 405 279 km
251 829 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 398 280 km
247 479 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: 92.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 3 hours, 10 minutes. (≈12.132 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -26°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 55.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 101.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-24	2026-07-25	2026-07-26	2026-07-27	2026-07-28
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Moonrise:	13:12:00	13:59:00	14:49:00	15:44:00	16:40:00
Moonset:	02:40:00	03:35:00	04:28:00	05:18:00	06:04:00

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

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