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: Monday, 2026-08-17, 05:19 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 20.31%, Maximal illumination for this day: 29.12%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 11d 1h 0m 48s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:17
Moonset:	22:37

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 391 817 km
243 464 mi
Soweto ↔ Moon, nearest point: 394 569 km
245 174 mi
View angle: 0.508°

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: 22.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 14 hours, 39 minutes. (≈4.611 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 152°

Soweto, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -45.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 143.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18	2026-08-19
Day:	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Moonrise:	08:13:00	08:45:00	09:17:00	09:51:00	10:27:00
Moonset:	20:43:00	21:40:00	22:37:00	23:34:00	00:00:00

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

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