Sun & moon times today, Cape Town, South Africa

Moon: 90.7%

Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Day length today: 11h 42m 13s (Sep 10, 2025)

2 minutes, 2 seconds longer than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

1 hour, 48 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 42 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

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Sun in Cape Town - Next 7 Days

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2025	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
Sep	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. km
Sep	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. km
Sep 10	6:52 am	6:34 pm	11:42:13	+2:02	12:43 pm (51.3°)	150.629
Sep 11	6:50 am	6:35 pm	11:44:17	+2:03	12:42 pm (51.7°)	150.591
Sep 12	6:49 am	6:35 pm	11:46:20	+2:03	12:42 pm (52.1°)	150.553
Sep 13	6:48 am	6:36 pm	11:48:24	+2:03	12:42 pm (52.5°)	150.514
Sep 14	6:46 am	6:37 pm	11:50:28	+2:04	12:41 pm (52.9°)	150.475
Sep 15	6:45 am	6:37 pm	11:52:32	+2:04	12:41 pm (53.2°)	150.436
Sep 16	6:44 am	6:38 pm	11:54:37	+2:04	12:41 pm (53.6°)	150.397
* All times are local time for Cape Town. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

March equinox	Mar 20	11:01 am
June solstice	Jun 21	4:42 am
September equinox	Sep 22	8:19 pm
December solstice	Dec 21	5:03 pm
* All times are local Cape Town time.

Percent Illuminated:

90.7%

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2025	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
Sep	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (km)	Illumination
Sep 10	-	8:12 am	9:53 pm	2:31 am	(45.9°)	364,923	93.0%
Sep 11	-	8:45 am	11:06 pm	3:23 am	(39.2°)	364,963	85.5%
Sep 12	-	9:24 am	-	4:19 am	(33.6°)	366,215	75.9%
Sep 13	12:20 am	10:10 am	-	5:17 am	(29.4°)	368,438	64.9%
Sep 14	1:31 am	11:05 am	-	6:19 am	(27.1°)	371,346	53.1%
Sep 15	2:36 am	12:06 pm	-	7:21 am	(26.7°)	374,681	41.3%
Sep 16	3:32 am	1:13 pm	-	8:21 am	(28.3°)	378,221	30.3%
* 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.

	Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Thu 6:53 am	Thu 6:24 pm	Thu 12:38 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Venus	Wed 5:34 am	Wed 4:13 pm	Wed 10:54 am	Fairly good visibility
Mars	Wed 8:23 am	Wed 9:14 pm	Wed 2:49 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Wed 3:53 am	Wed 1:51 pm	Wed 8:52 am	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Wed 7:18 pm	Thu 7:35 am	Thu 1:26 am	Perfect visibility
Uranus	Thu 12:17 am	Thu 10:26 am	Thu 5:22 am	Average visibility
Neptune	Wed 7:27 pm	Thu 7:35 am	Thu 1:31 am	Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cape Town.