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Cape Town, South Africa — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 2:26:38 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:50 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 6:56 pm 270° West
Moonrise Today: 9:22 am 71° East
Moonset Today: 8:10 pm 292° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 6 minutes (-2m 7s)

Today's Sun Position in Cape Town

Time: 2:26 pm
Altitude: 49.4°
Direction: 323° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 6m 4s (Mar 21, 2026)

2 minutes, 7 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

2 hours, 12 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 19 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cape Town Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:26 am
Astro. Twilight 5:26 am – 5:56 am
Nautical Twilight 5:56 am – 6:25 am
Civil Twilight 6:25 am – 6:50 am
Daylight 6:50 am – 6:56 pm
Civil Twilight 6:56 pm – 7:21 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:21 pm – 7:50 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:50 pm – 8:19 pm
Night 8:19 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cape Town - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:50 am 6:56 pm 12:06:04 −2:07 12:53 pm (55.8°) 92.598
Mar 22 6:50 am 6:54 pm 12:03:57 −2:07 12:53 pm (55.4°) 92.624
Mar 23 6:51 am 6:53 pm 12:01:50 −2:07 12:52 pm (55.0°) 92.649
Mar 24 6:52 am 6:52 pm 11:59:42 −2:07 12:52 pm (54.6°) 92.675
Mar 25 6:53 am 6:50 pm 11:57:35 −2:07 12:52 pm (54.2°) 92.701
Mar 26 6:53 am 6:49 pm 11:55:28 −2:06 12:51 pm (53.8°) 92.726
Mar 27 6:54 am 6:48 pm 11:53:22 −2:06 12:51 pm (53.4°) 92.752
* All times are local time for Cape Town. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Cape Town

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cape Town - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 9:22 am 8:10 pm - 2:50 pm (38.5°) 228,249 8.1%
Mar 22 10:34 am 8:49 pm - 3:45 pm (33.1°) 227,958 16.0%
Mar 23 11:48 am 9:37 pm - 4:45 pm (29.2°) 228,327 25.9%
Mar 24 12:59 pm 10:33 pm - 5:47 pm (27.1°) 229,235 37.1%
Mar 25 2:04 pm 11:37 pm - 6:50 pm (27.1°) 230,542 49.0%
Mar 26 2:59 pm - - 7:51 pm (29.1°) 232,124 60.7%
Mar 27 - 12:46 am 3:45 pm 8:48 pm (32.7°) 233,888 71.6%
* 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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Planets Visible in the Sky in Cape Town This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:09 am Sat 5:52 pm Sat 11:31 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:14 am Sat 7:44 pm Sat 1:59 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sat 5:34 am Sat 6:17 pm Sat 11:56 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 2:59 pm Sun 12:51 am Sat 7:55 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:06 am Sat 7:11 pm Sat 1:09 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 11:27 am Sat 9:41 pm Sat 4:34 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 6:56 am Sat 7:02 pm Sat 12:59 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Cape Town.

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