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Cape Town, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, December 2025

Moon: 90.0%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 1:32:24 pm
Moon Direction: 226° Southwest
Moon Altitude: -62.1°
Moon Distance: 364,775 km
Next New Moon: Sep 21, 2025, 9:54 pm
Next Full Moon: Oct 7, 2025, 5:47 am
Next Moonrise: Today, 9:53 pm

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Cape Town, December 2025

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
1 - 2:30 am (279°) 3:51 pm (76°) 9:31 pm (42.5°) 363,410 85.6%
2 - 3:02 am (287°) 5:04 pm (68°) 10:26 pm (36.3°) 359,465 93.1%
3 - 3:40 am (295°) 6:21 pm (62°) 11:26 pm (31.2°) 357,285 98.0%
4 - 4:25 am (301°) 7:39 pm (57°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5 - 5:21 am (304°) 8:52 pm (55°) 12:32 am (27.9°) 357,190 99.8%
6 - 6:27 am (305°) 9:56 pm (56°) 1:39 am (26.9°) 359,253 98.2%
7 - 7:39 am (303°) 10:47 pm (60°) 2:46 am (28.3°) 363,251 93.6%
8 - 8:52 am (298°) 11:29 pm (65°) 3:47 am (31.6°) 368,726 86.5%
9 - 10:02 am (292°) - 4:42 am (36.3°) 375,062 77.5%
10 12:02 am (72°) 11:08 am (285°) - 5:32 am (41.9°) 381,675 67.5%
11 12:31 am (79°) 12:10 pm (277°) - 6:17 am (48.0°) 388,027 57.1%
12 12:57 am (86°) 1:09 pm (270°) - 6:59 am (54.2°) 393,713 46.7%
13 1:21 am (94°) 2:06 pm (263°) - 7:39 am (60.3°) 398,443 36.8%
14 1:45 am (101°) 3:03 pm (256°) - 8:20 am (66.0°) 402,076 27.6%
15 2:11 am (107°) 4:00 pm (250°) - 9:01 am (71.4°) 404,561 19.4%
16 2:39 am (113°) 4:58 pm (244°) - 9:45 am (76.0°) 405,942 12.3%
17 3:11 am (118°) 5:57 pm (240°) - 10:31 am (79.8°) 406,318 6.7%
18 3:49 am (122°) 6:55 pm (237°) - 11:19 am (82.6°) 405,820 2.8%
19 4:32 am (124°) 7:50 pm (235°) - 12:10 pm (84.0°) 404,585 0.6%
20 5:22 am (125°) 8:41 pm (236°) - 1:03 pm (84.1°) 402,730 0.3%
21 6:19 am (123°) 9:26 pm (238°) - 1:55 pm (82.6°) 400,349 2.0%
22 7:19 am (120°) 10:05 pm (242°) - 2:46 pm (79.8°) 397,484 5.8%
23 8:21 am (116°) 10:39 pm (248°) - 3:34 pm (75.7°) 394,165 11.4%
24 9:23 am (110°) 11:09 pm (254°) - 4:21 pm (70.6°) 390,388 18.8%
25 10:25 am (103°) 11:37 pm (261°) - 5:06 pm (64.8°) 386,185 27.7%
26 11:27 am (95°) - - 5:50 pm (58.4°) 381,603 37.9%
27 - 12:03 am (269°) 12:30 pm (87°) 6:35 pm (51.7°) 376,799 48.9%
28 - 12:30 am (277°) 1:35 pm (79°) 7:22 pm (45.1°) 371,991 60.4%
29 - 1:00 am (284°) 2:44 pm (71°) 8:12 pm (38.8°) 367,527 71.5%
30 - 1:33 am (292°) 3:56 pm (64°) 9:08 pm (33.3°) 363,800 81.8%
31 - 2:13 am (298°) 5:12 pm (59°) 10:09 pm (29.3°) 361,279 90.3%
* 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.

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