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

Moon: 89.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 3:53:11 pm
Moon Direction: 146° Southeast
Moon Altitude: -66.3°
Moon Distance: 226,662 mi
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, May 2025

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
1 11:41 am (55°) 9:12 pm (305°) - 4:26 pm (26.8°) 230,112 19.9%
2 12:37 pm (56°) 10:20 pm (302°) - 5:27 pm (28.4°) 234,016 30.0%
3 1:23 pm (60°) 11:27 pm (298°) - 6:23 pm (31.7°) 237,969 40.8%
4 2:01 pm (65°) - - 7:13 pm (36.2°) 241,696 51.6%
5 - 12:32 am (292°) 2:32 pm (72°) 7:59 pm (41.4°) 244,976 61.9%
6 - 1:33 am (285°) 2:58 pm (78°) 8:41 pm (47.1°) 247,691 71.5%
7 - 2:31 am (278°) 3:23 pm (85°) 9:21 pm (53.0°) 249,778 80.0%
8 - 3:28 am (271°) 3:46 pm (92°) 10:00 pm (59.0°) 251,239 87.2%
9 - 4:23 am (264°) 4:09 pm (99°) 10:40 pm (64.8°) 252,103 92.9%
10 - 5:19 am (257°) 4:34 pm (106°) 11:20 pm (70.2°) 252,423 97.0%
11 - 6:15 am (251°) 5:01 pm (112°) Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
12 - 7:14 am (245°) 5:32 pm (117°) 12:03 am (75.1°) 252,256 99.3%
13 - 8:13 am (240°) 6:08 pm (121°) 12:49 am (79.2°) 251,646 99.8%
14 - 9:12 am (237°) 6:51 pm (124°) 1:37 am (82.3°) 250,625 98.3%
15 - 10:10 am (235°) 7:41 pm (125°) 2:29 am (84.1°) 249,207 94.9%
16 - 11:03 am (235°) 8:37 pm (124°) 3:22 am (84.4°) 247,390 89.7%
17 - 11:50 am (237°) 9:39 pm (121°) 4:16 am (83.2°) 245,173 82.6%
18 - 12:32 pm (241°) 10:43 pm (117°) 5:09 am (80.5°) 242,565 74.0%
19 - 1:07 pm (247°) 11:49 pm (110°) 6:00 am (76.4°) 239,610 64.2%
20 - 1:39 pm (254°) - 6:49 am (71.1°) 236,391 53.4%
21 12:55 am (103°) 2:08 pm (261°) - 7:36 am (64.9°) 233,056 42.1%
22 2:01 am (95°) 2:37 pm (269°) - 8:24 am (58.0°) 229,809 30.9%
23 3:08 am (86°) 3:06 pm (278°) - 9:12 am (50.8°) 226,923 20.4%
24 4:19 am (78°) 3:37 pm (286°) - 10:02 am (43.7°) 224,673 11.4%
25 5:32 am (70°) 4:14 pm (294°) - 10:57 am (37.2°) 223,348 4.7%
26 6:49 am (63°) 4:57 pm (300°) - 11:56 am (31.9°) 223,157 0.9%
27 8:06 am (57°) 5:50 pm (304°) - 1:00 pm (28.3°) 224,174 0.4%
28 9:19 am (55°) 6:52 pm (305°) - 2:06 pm (26.8°) 226,339 3.0%
29 10:23 am (55°) 8:00 pm (304°) - 3:10 pm (27.5°) 229,431 8.5%
30 11:15 am (58°) 9:10 pm (300°) - 4:10 pm (30.2°) 233,134 16.1%
31 11:57 am (63°) 10:18 pm (294°) - 5:05 pm (34.4°) 237,073 25.3%
* 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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