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Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Cape Town, South Africa

Current local time 9:09:59 AM (UTC+2)

May 2026 — Moon in Cape Town

Date		Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Moon phase	Illumination
May 1	Fri	—	6:41 AM	5:51 PM	Full moon	100%
May 2	Sat	—	7:44 AM	6:29 PM	Waning gibbous	100%
May 3	Sun	—	8:46 AM	7:11 PM	Waning gibbous	97%
May 4	Mon	—	9:48 AM	8:00 PM	Waning gibbous	94%
May 5	Tue	—	10:47 AM	8:53 PM	Waning gibbous	88%
May 6	Wed	—	11:41 AM	9:52 PM	Waning gibbous	81%
May 7	Thu	—	12:29 PM	10:53 PM	Waning gibbous	73%
May 8	Fri	—	1:13 PM	11:56 PM	Waning gibbous	65%
May 9	Sat	—	1:51 PM	—	Third quarter	55%
May 10	Sun	12:59 AM	2:25 PM	—	Waning crescent	45%
May 11	Mon	2:00 AM	2:58 PM	—	Waning crescent	35%
May 12	Tue	3:02 AM	3:29 PM	—	Waning crescent	25%
May 13	Wed	4:03 AM	4:00 PM	—	Waning crescent	16%
May 14	Thu	5:04 AM	4:33 PM	—	Waning crescent	8%
May 15	Fri	6:06 AM	5:08 PM	—	Waning crescent	3%
May 16	Sat	7:09 AM	5:47 PM	—	New moon	0%
May 17	Sun	8:11 AM	6:32 PM	—	Waxing crescent	1%
May 18	Mon	9:12 AM	7:21 PM	—	Waxing crescent	4%
May 19	Tue	10:10 AM	8:17 PM	—	Waxing crescent	10%
May 20	Wed	11:02 AM	9:16 PM	—	Waxing crescent	18%
May 21	Thu	11:49 AM	10:18 PM	—	Waxing crescent	28%
May 22	Fri	12:31 PM	11:21 PM	—	Waxing crescent	39%
May 23	Sat	—	—	1:08 PM	First quarter	50%
May 24	Sun	—	12:23 AM	1:42 PM	Waxing gibbous	60%
May 25	Mon	—	1:25 AM	2:13 PM	Waxing gibbous	70%
May 26	Tue	—	2:26 AM	2:44 PM	Waxing gibbous	79%
May 27	Wed	—	3:27 AM	3:16 PM	Waxing gibbous	86%
May 28	Thu	—	4:29 AM	3:49 PM	Waxing gibbous	92%
May 29	Fri	—	5:31 AM	4:26 PM	Waxing gibbous	97%
May 30	Sat	—	6:34 AM	5:06 PM	Waxing gibbous	99%
May 31	Sun	—	7:36 AM	5:52 PM	Full moon	100%

Cape Town