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Pretoria, South Africa — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:51:21 am
Sunrise Today: 5:44 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 6:56 pm 252° West
Moonrise Today: 8:40 pm 88° East
Moonset Today: 8:02 am 276° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 12 minutes (-1m 16s)

Today's Sun Position in Pretoria

Time: 9:51 am
Altitude: 53.9°
Direction: 82° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 12m 6s (Feb 4, 2026)

1 minute, 16 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

2 hours, 40 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

33 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Pretoria Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:21 am
Astro. Twilight 4:21 am – 4:51 am
Nautical Twilight 4:51 am – 5:20 am
Civil Twilight 5:20 am – 5:44 am
Daylight 5:44 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 – 8:20 pm
Night 8:20 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Pretoria - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 5:44 am 6:56 pm 13:12:06 −1:16 12:21 pm (80.4°) 91.636
Feb 5 5:45 am 6:56 pm 13:10:48 −1:17 12:21 pm (80.1°) 91.650
Feb 6 5:46 am 6:55 pm 13:09:29 −1:18 12:21 pm (79.8°) 91.666
Feb 7 5:47 am 6:55 pm 13:08:10 −1:19 12:21 pm (79.5°) 91.681
Feb 8 5:47 am 6:54 pm 13:06:49 −1:20 12:21 pm (79.2°) 91.697
Feb 9 5:48 am 6:53 pm 13:05:28 −1:21 12:21 pm (78.9°) 91.714
Feb 10 5:49 am 6:53 pm 13:04:06 −1:21 12:21 pm (78.5°) 91.731
* All times are local time for Pretoria. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Pretoria

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Pretoria - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 8:02 am 8:40 pm 2:02 am (56.8°) 236,598 94.8%
Feb 5 - 8:59 am 9:11 pm 2:46 am (63.3°) 239,969 88.9%
Feb 6 - 9:54 am 9:41 pm 3:29 am (69.7°) 243,285 81.4%
Feb 7 - 10:48 am 10:12 pm 4:11 am (75.6°) 246,273 72.7%
Feb 8 - 11:42 am 10:46 pm 4:54 am (81.0°) 248,707 63.4%
Feb 9 - 12:37 pm 11:23 pm 5:39 am (85.5°) 250,413 53.7%
Feb 10 - 1:33 pm - 6:26 am (89.1°) 251,283 44.0%
* All times are local time for Pretoria. 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 Pretoria This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:30 am Wed 7:34 pm Wed 1:03 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 6:16 am Wed 7:23 pm Wed 12:50 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 5:16 am Wed 6:37 pm Wed 11:57 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 5:05 pm Thu 3:36 am Wed 10:20 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:01 am Wed 9:14 pm Wed 3:08 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 1:26 pm Thu 12:11 am Wed 6:48 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:07 am Wed 9:15 pm Wed 3:11 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Pretoria.

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