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

Moon: 98.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Dec 5, 2025 at 7:52:27 pm
Moon Direction: 62° Northeast
Moon Altitude: -9.9°
Moon Distance: 222,826 mi
Next New Moon: Dec 20, 2025, 3:43 am
Next Full Moon: Jan 3, 2026, 12:02 pm
Next Moonrise: Today, 8:44 pm
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Moonrise, Moonset, and Phase Calendar for South Africa, December 2025

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2025Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
DecMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
1-2:33 am (279°)3:48 pm (77°)9:31 pm(45.2°)225,81285.6%
2-3:07 am (287°)4:59 pm (69°)10:26 pm(38.9°)223,36193.1%
3-3:46 am (294°)6:15 pm (63°)11:27 pm(33.8°)222,00798.0%
4-4:33 am (300°)7:31 pm (58°)Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
5-5:30 am (303°)8:44 pm (56°)12:32 am(30.6°)221,94899.8%
6-6:36 am (304°)9:47 pm (57°)1:40 am(29.6°)223,23098.2%
7-7:47 am (302°)10:40 pm (61°)2:46 am(30.9°)225,71493.6%
8-8:59 am (297°)11:23 pm (66°)3:47 am(34.2°)229,11686.4%
9-10:08 am (291°)11:59 pm (73°)4:42 am(39.0°)233,05477.5%
10-11:12 am (284°)-5:32 am(44.6°)237,16267.5%
1112:29 am (80°)12:12 pm (277°)-6:17 am(50.7°)241,10957.1%
1212:56 am (87°)1:09 pm (270°)-6:59 am(56.8°)244,64246.7%
131:22 am (94°)2:05 pm (263°)-7:40 am(62.9°)247,58236.8%
141:48 am (100°)3:00 pm (256°)-8:20 am(68.7°)249,83927.6%
152:15 am (107°)3:56 pm (250°)-9:02 am(74.0°)251,38319.4%
162:45 am (112°)4:52 pm (245°)-9:45 am(78.7°)252,24112.3%
173:18 am (117°)5:50 pm (241°)-10:31 am(82.5°)252,4756.7%
183:57 am (121°)6:47 pm (238°)-11:20 am(85.2°)252,1652.8%
194:41 am (123°)7:42 pm (236°)-12:11 pm(86.7°)251,3970.6%
205:31 am (124°)8:33 pm (237°)-1:03 pm(86.7°)250,2450.3%
216:27 am (122°)9:19 pm (239°)-1:55 pm(85.3°)248,7652.0%
227:26 am (119°)9:59 pm (243°)-2:46 pm(82.4°)246,9855.8%
238:27 am (115°)10:34 pm (248°)-3:34 pm(78.3°)244,92211.4%
249:28 am (109°)11:06 pm (254°)-4:21 pm(73.3°)242,57618.8%
2510:28 am (102°)11:35 pm (261°)-5:06 pm(67.4°)239,96427.7%
2611:28 am (95°)--5:50 pm(61.0°)237,11737.9%
27-12:03 am (269°)12:30 pm (87°)6:35 pm(54.4°)234,13149.0%
28-12:32 am (276°)1:33 pm (80°)7:22 pm(47.7°)231,14460.4%
29-1:03 am (284°)2:40 pm (72°)8:13 pm(41.4°)228,37071.5%
30-1:38 am (291°)3:50 pm (65°)9:08 pm(36.0°)226,05481.8%
31-2:20 am (297°)5:04 pm (60°)10:09 pm(31.9°)224,48890.3%
* All times are local time for South Africa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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