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Lunar phase today Cape Town

Lunar Day 28

Moon phase today April 1, 2026

What is moon today in Cape Town?

Today's lunar phase in Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, the moon is in 🌕 the Full Moon phase, with 99.51% illumination, with an age of 14.1 days. The current distance between Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA and the moon is 391,350.10km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude -33.9248685 and longitude 18.4240553 also base on Time zone Africa/Maseru because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
11:22:45 AM
Lunar Day 28
Full Moon
99.51%
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
  • Location:
    SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town
  • Moon phase:
    🌕 Full Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    14.1
  • Illumination:
    99.51%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    18:15/06:12
  • Altitude:
    -44.38°
  • Period:
    🕑 12 Hours and 3 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    29.16°
  • Distance to Cape Town:
    391,350.10km
  • Next full Moon:
    April 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    1 Days, 7 Hours and 18 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

April 2, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.97%
Rise
18:41
Set
07:12
April 3, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.29%
Rise
19:09
Set
08:12
April 4, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 96.66%
Rise
19:40
Set
09:12
April 5, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92.3%
Rise
20:14
Set
10:12
April 6, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 86.43%
Rise
20:55
Set
11:11
April 7, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 79.3%
Rise
21:42
Set
12:08
April 8, 2026
Lunar Day 20
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 71.15%
Rise
22:34
Set
13:01

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonFriday, March 20, 202608:1219:370.97%0.93
🌓 First QuarterWednesday, March 25, 202614:0423:3839.84%6.42
🌕 Full MoonWednesday, April 1, 202618:1506:1298.58%13.64
🌗 Last QuarterThursday, April 9, 202623:3113:4962.25%20.98

Moon Phase Calendar for April, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
   
1Full Moon🌕 98.58%Age 13.64
2Full Moon🌕 99.97%Age 14.61
3Full Moon🌕 99.29%Age 15.56
4Full Moon🌕 96.66%Age 16.49
5Waning Gibbous🌖 92.3%Age 17.41
6Waning Gibbous🌖 86.43%Age 18.31
7Waning Gibbous🌖 79.3%Age 19.21
8Waning Gibbous🌖 71.15%Age 20.09
9Last Quarter🌗 62.25%Age 20.98
10Last Quarter🌗 52.82%Age 21.88
11Last Quarter🌗 43.15%Age 22.79
12Last Quarter🌗 33.51%Age 23.73
13Waning Crescent🌘 24.27%Age 24.69
14Waning Crescent🌘 15.83%Age 25.68
15Waning Crescent🌘 8.7%Age 26.72
16New Moon🌑 3.4%Age 27.79
17New Moon🌑 0.46%Age 28.89
18New Moon🌑 0.27%Age 0.49
19New Moon🌑 2.97%Age 1.63
20Waxing Crescent🌒 8.44%Age 2.77
21Waxing Crescent🌒 16.28%Age 3.9
22Waxing Crescent🌒 25.9%Age 5.02
23First Quarter🌓 36.63%Age 6.11
24First Quarter🌓 47.79%Age 7.17
25First Quarter🌓 58.8%Age 8.21
26Waxing Gibbous🌔 69.16%Age 9.23
27Waxing Gibbous🌔 78.43%Age 10.23
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 86.3%Age 11.2
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.51%Age 12.16
30Full Moon🌕 96.91%Age 13.1