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

Moon: 92.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 7, 2025 at 5:25:12 am
Moon Direction: 324° Northwest
Moon Altitude: 18.5°
Moon Distance: 226,027 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 20, 2025, 3:43 am
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 12:02 pm
Next Moonset: Today, 7:39 am
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for City of Cape Town, May 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
MayMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
111:41 am (55°)9:12 pm (305°)-4:26 pm(26.8°)230,11219.9%
212:37 pm (56°)10:20 pm (302°)-5:27 pm(28.4°)234,01730.0%
31:23 pm (60°)11:27 pm (298°)-6:23 pm(31.7°)237,96940.8%
42:01 pm (65°)--7:13 pm(36.2°)241,69651.6%
5-12:32 am (292°)2:32 pm (72°)7:59 pm(41.4°)244,97661.9%
6-1:33 am (285°)2:58 pm (78°)8:41 pm(47.1°)247,69171.5%
7-2:31 am (278°)3:23 pm (85°)9:21 pm(53.1°)249,77880.0%
8-3:28 am (271°)3:46 pm (92°)10:00 pm(59.0°)251,23987.2%
9-4:23 am (264°)4:09 pm (99°)10:40 pm(64.8°)252,10392.9%
10-5:19 am (257°)4:34 pm (106°)11:20 pm(70.2°)252,42397.0%
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°)252,25699.3%
13-8:13 am (240°)6:08 pm (121°)12:49 am(79.2°)251,64699.8%
14-9:12 am (237°)6:51 pm (124°)1:37 am(82.3°)250,62598.3%
15-10:10 am (235°)7:41 pm (125°)2:29 am(84.1°)249,20794.9%
16-11:03 am (235°)8:37 pm (124°)3:22 am(84.4°)247,39089.7%
17-11:50 am (237°)9:39 pm (121°)4:16 am(83.2°)245,17382.6%
18-12:32 pm (241°)10:43 pm (117°)5:09 am(80.5°)242,56574.0%
19-1:07 pm (247°)11:49 pm (110°)6:00 am(76.4°)239,61064.2%
20-1:39 pm (254°)-6:49 am(71.1°)236,39153.4%
2112:55 am (103°)2:08 pm (261°)-7:36 am(64.9°)233,05642.1%
222:01 am (95°)2:37 pm (269°)-8:24 am(58.0°)229,80930.9%
233:08 am (86°)3:06 pm (278°)-9:12 am(50.8°)226,92320.4%
244:19 am (78°)3:37 pm (286°)-10:02 am(43.8°)224,67311.4%
255:32 am (70°)4:14 pm (294°)-10:57 am(37.2°)223,3484.7%
266:49 am (63°)4:57 pm (300°)-11:56 am(31.9°)223,1570.9%
278:06 am (57°)5:50 pm (304°)-1:00 pm(28.3°)224,1740.4%
289:19 am (55°)6:52 pm (305°)-2:06 pm(26.8°)226,3393.0%
2910:23 am (55°)8:00 pm (304°)-3:10 pm(27.6°)229,4318.5%
3011:15 am (58°)9:10 pm (300°)-4:10 pm(30.2°)233,13416.1%
3111:57 am (63°)10:18 pm (294°)-5:05 pm(34.4°)237,07325.3%
* All times are local time for City of Cape Town. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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