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Moon Phase Tonight — Cape Town

Tonight the Moon is a waxing gibbous, 81% lit. Here's when it rises and sets over Cape Town in local time, and whether its light will brighten the sky for stargazing there.

THE MOON TONIGHT · CAPE TOWN
PhaseWaxing Gibbous
Illuminated81% · waxing
Moonrise2:16 PM
Moonset4:41 AM

Computed for Cape Town (-33.9°, 18.4°) · rise/set times in local time.

The Moon is above the horizon over Cape Town right now. A bright Moon (81% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

Will the Moon spoil stargazing tonight?

Dark by7:01 PM
Sunrise7:46 AM
Moon up nowYes
Lit fraction81%

A bright Moon (81% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

A bright, high Moon drowns out faint stars, nebulae and the Milky Way. The best deep-sky nights are around the new Moon, or when the Moon has set — for Cape Town that's after 4:41 AM tonight.

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