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

Moon: 87.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: 14 jun 2025 23:31:01
Sunrise Today: 07:49 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 17:43 298° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 20:37 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:31 240° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 55 minutes (-19s)
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Today's Sun Position in Cape Town

Time:23:31
Altitude:-70,3°
Direction:242° SW
Phase:Night

Day length today: 9h 54m 31s (14 jun 2025)

19 seconds shorter than yesterday (13 jun 2025)

1 minute longer than winter solstice (20 jun 2024)

4 hours, 30 minutes shorter than summer solstice (21 dec 2024)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cape Town Today

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Night00:00 – 06:19
Astro. Twilight06:19 – 06:50
Nautical Twilight06:50 – 07:21
Civil Twilight07:21 – 07:49
Daylight07:49 – 17:43
Civil Twilight17:43 – 18:11
Nautical Twilight18:11 – 18:42
Astro. Twilight18:42 – 19:13
Night19:13 – 23:59

Sun in Cape Town - Next 7 Days

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthSolar Noon
junSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.TimeMil. km
14 jun07:4917:439:54:31−0:1912:46 (32,8°)151,935
15 jun07:4917:439:54:14−0:1612:46 (32,8°)151,950
16 jun07:5017:449:54:00−0:1312:47 (32,7°)151,964
17 jun07:5017:449:53:49−0:1112:47 (32,7°)151,977
18 jun07:5017:449:53:40−0:0812:47 (32,7°)151,991
19 jun07:5017:449:53:34−0:0512:47 (32,7°)152,003
20 jun07:5117:449:53:31−0:0312:47 (32,7°)152,015
* All times are local time for Cape Town. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The June solstice (winter solstice) in Cape Town is at 04:42 on zaterdag 21 juni 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 32 minutes shorter than the December solstice. In locations south of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

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Today's Moon in Cape Town

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Cape Town - Next 7 days

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
junMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (km)Illumination
14 jun-10:3120:3703:05(81,3°)391.35592,6%
15 jun-11:0921:4203:57(77,5°)387.67486,1%
16 jun-11:4122:4704:46(72,6°)383.80577,8%
17 jun-12:1123:5205:34(66,7°)379.80468,0%
18 jun-12:39-06:20(60,1°)375.77557,1%
19 jun00:5713:06-07:06(53,2°)371.87945,5%
20 jun02:0413:36-07:54(46,3°)368.36433,9%
* 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, zat 14 jun 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
Mercuryzon 09:14zon 18:57zon 14:05Slightly difficult to see
Venuszon 04:09zon 15:09zon 09:39Good visibility
Marszon 11:49zon 22:43zon 17:16Average visibility
Jupiterzon 08:20zon 18:11zon 13:15Difficult to see
Saturnzon 01:13zon 13:25zon 07:19Average visibility
Uranuszon 05:51zon 16:04zon 10:57Very difficult to see
Neptunezon 01:18zon 13:23zon 07:20Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cape Town.

More about the planets visible in the night sky in Cape Town