Wellington, South Africa Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Wellington (South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Winelands District Municipality). Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-25, 20:31 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Wellington local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 89.68%, Maximal illumination for this day: 94.84%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-08-28, 06:19; remaining time: 2d 9h 48m 10s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	15:48
Moonset:	05:37

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 400 669 km
248 964 mi
Wellington ↔ Moon, nearest point: 393 641 km
244 597 mi
View angle: 0.497°

Wellington on map:

Wellington

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-33.63981°
Longitude:	19.0112°
Country:	South Africa Western Cape
Population:	55 543

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 94.2%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 12 Day, 11 hours, 28 minutes. (≈12.478 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -150°

Wellington, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 55.9°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 78°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-23	2026-08-24	2026-08-25	2026-08-26	2026-08-27
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Moonrise:	13:50:00	14:48:00	15:48:00	16:49:00	17:50:00
Moonset:	04:11:00	04:57:00	05:37:00	06:11:00	06:42:00

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

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