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Cape Town, South Africa — Moonrise, Moonset, and Moon Phases, April 2026

Moon: 88.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 5, 2026 at 4:21:05 am
Moon Direction: 337° North
Moon Altitude: 53.2°
Moon Distance: 240,189 mi
Next New Moon: Feb 17, 2026, 2:01 pm
Next Full Moon: Mar 3, 2026, 1:37 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 9:40 am

Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for Cape Town, April 2026

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Apr Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 - 6:12 am (268°) 6:15 pm (96°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
2 - 7:12 am (260°) 6:41 pm (103°) 12:39 am (62.3°) 244,258 99.9%
3 - 8:12 am (253°) 7:08 pm (110°) 1:22 am (68.2°) 246,380 99.1%
4 - 9:12 am (247°) 7:39 pm (115°) 2:06 am (73.5°) 248,319 96.3%
5 - 10:12 am (242°) 8:14 pm (120°) 2:51 am (77.9°) 249,937 91.6%
6 - 11:11 am (238°) 8:54 pm (123°) 3:39 am (81.3°) 251,084 85.4%
7 - 12:08 pm (236°) 9:41 pm (125°) 4:29 am (83.5°) 251,615 77.9%
8 - 1:01 pm (235°) 10:33 pm (124°) 5:21 am (84.3°) 251,413 69.3%
9 - 1:48 pm (237°) 11:30 pm (122°) 6:12 am (83.6°) 250,407 59.9%
10 - 2:30 pm (240°) - 7:03 am (81.6°) 248,584 50.1%
11 12:30 am (119°) 3:06 pm (244°) - 7:52 am (78.3°) 246,001 40.0%
12 1:32 am (113°) 3:38 pm (250°) - 8:40 am (73.7°) 242,801 30.1%
13 2:35 am (107°) 4:08 pm (257°) - 9:26 am (68.2°) 239,183 20.8%
14 3:39 am (100°) 4:36 pm (264°) - 10:12 am (62.0°) 235,425 12.6%
15 4:43 am (92°) 5:03 pm (273°) - 10:58 am (55.2°) 231,829 6.1%
16 5:50 am (83°) 5:33 pm (281°) - 11:46 am (48.2°) 228,727 1.7%
17 7:00 am (75°) 6:06 pm (289°) - 12:37 pm (41.5°) 226,386 0.1%
18 8:13 am (67°) 6:44 pm (296°) - 1:32 pm (35.4°) 225,026 1.6%
19 9:29 am (61°) 7:29 pm (301°) - 2:32 pm (30.7°) 224,734 6.1%
20 10:44 am (57°) 8:24 pm (304°) - 3:36 pm (27.8°) 225,463 13.5%
21 11:54 am (55°) 9:28 pm (305°) - 4:41 pm (27.0°) 227,062 23.0%
22 12:54 pm (56°) 10:37 pm (302°) - 5:44 pm (28.4°) 229,298 34.0%
23 1:44 pm (60°) 11:48 pm (298°) - 6:43 pm (31.6°) 231,923 45.6%
24 2:24 pm (65°) - - 7:37 pm (36.2°) 234,701 57.1%
25 - 12:57 am (292°) 2:58 pm (72°) 8:26 pm (41.7°) 237,474 67.9%
26 - 2:03 am (285°) 3:27 pm (79°) 9:12 pm (47.8°) 240,122 77.5%
27 - 3:05 am (278°) 3:53 pm (86°) 9:55 pm (54.1°) 242,584 85.7%
28 - 4:05 am (270°) 4:18 pm (94°) 10:37 pm (60.3°) 244,829 92.2%
29 - 5:04 am (263°) 4:44 pm (101°) 11:19 pm (66.2°) 246,844 96.7%
30 - 6:03 am (256°) 5:10 pm (107°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* 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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