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Sunrise, Sunset & Moon Times — Cape Town

Here are today's Sun and Moon times for Cape Town, in local time: the Sun rises at 7:50 AM and sets at 5:44 PM, giving about 9h 54m of daylight. Below: every twilight phase, the golden and blue hour, and tonight's Moon.

TODAY'S SUN · CAPE TOWN
Sunrise7:50 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Day length9h 54m
Sun right nowbelow horizon

Computed for Cape Town (-33.92°, 18.42°), shown in local time (Africa/Johannesburg).

Twilight & the golden hour for Cape Town

EVENING (DUSK)
Golden hour5:05 PM – 6:01 PM
Blue hour6:01 PM – 6:12 PM
Civil dusk · Sun −6°6:12 PM
Nautical dusk · Sun −12°6:43 PM
Astronomical dusk · true dark7:13 PM
MORNING (DAWN)
Astronomical dawn · Sun −18°6:21 AM
Nautical dawn · Sun −12°6:51 AM
Civil dawn · Sun −6°7:22 AM
Sunrise · Sun −0.8°7:50 AM

Golden hour is the warm, soft light photographers love (Sun between about +6° and −4°); blue hour is the deep-blue window just after. Astronomical dusk is when the sky reaches true darkness and the faintest stars appear — the moment that matters for stargazing.

The Moon over Cape Town

Moonrise10:15 AM
Moonset8:30 PM
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illumination6%

The Moon is currently below the horizon at Cape Town. A bright Moon washes out faint stars — see the stargazing-conditions page for tonight's full verdict.

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