| Current Time: | Aug 13, 2025 at 4:20:41 pm |
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| Sunrise Today: | 7:27 am↑ 73° East |
| Sunset Today: | 6:15 pm↑ 287° West |
| Moonrise Today: | 10:56 pm↑ 77° East |
| Moonset Today: | 9:41 am↑ 278° West |
| Daylight Hours: | 10 hours, 48 minutes (+1m 45s) |
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cape Town Today
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| Night | 12:00 am – 6:02 am |
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| Astro. Twilight | 6:02 am – 6:31 am |
| Nautical Twilight | 6:31 am – 7:01 am |
| Civil Twilight | 7:01 am – 7:27 am |
| Daylight | 7:27 am – 6:15 pm |
| Civil Twilight | 6:15 pm – 6:41 pm |
| Nautical Twilight | 6:41 pm – 7:10 pm |
| Astro. Twilight | 7:10 pm – 7:39 pm |
| Night | 7:39 pm – 11:59 pm |
Today's Moon in Cape Town
Moon in Cape Town - Next 7 days
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| 2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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| Aug | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Aug 13 | - | 9:41 am | 10:56 pm | 3:49 am | (50.2°) | 230,043 | 83.3% | |||
| Aug 14 | - | 10:11 am | - | 4:38 am | (43.4°) | 229,546 | 73.5% | |||
| Aug 15 | 12:05 am | 10:45 am | - | 5:29 am | (37.2°) | 229,495 | 62.4% | |||
 Aug 16 | 1:17 am | 11:25 am | - | 6:24 am | (32.1°) | 229,829 | 50.5% | |||
| Aug 17 | 2:29 am | 12:13 pm | - | 7:23 am | (28.5°) | 230,503 | 38.6% | |||
| Aug 18 | 3:39 am | 1:10 pm | - | 8:25 am | (26.8°) | 231,496 | 27.5% | |||
| Aug 19 | 4:41 am | 2:14 pm | - | 9:27 am | (27.0°) | 232,801 | 17.7% | |||
| * All times are local time for Cape Town. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
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