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Lunar phase today Cape Town

Lunar Day 26

Moon phase today March 2, 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 98.03% illumination, with an age of 13.44 days. The current distance between Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA and the moon is 378,705.77km.

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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.
Monday, March 2, 2026
06:36:04 AM
Lunar Day 26
Full Moon
98.03%
Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA
  • Location:
    SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town
  • Moon phase:
    🌕 Full Moon
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    13.44
  • Illumination:
    98.03%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    18:54/05:16
  • Altitude:
    -15.37°
  • Period:
    🕑 13 Hours and 38 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    30.13°
  • Distance to Cape Town:
    378,705.77km
  • Next full Moon:
    March 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    1 Days, 12 Hours and 45 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

March 3, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.63%
Rise
19:22
Set
06:21
March 4, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 99.78%
Rise
19:48
Set
07:24
March 5, 2026
Lunar Day 16
Full Moon
Illumination: 97.69%
Rise
20:13
Set
08:25
March 6, 2026
Lunar Day 17
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 93.63%
Rise
20:40
Set
09:25
March 7, 2026
Lunar Day 18
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 87.9%
Rise
21:09
Set
10:24
March 8, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 80.82%
Rise
21:41
Set
11:25
March 9, 2026
Lunar Day 19
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 72.73%
Rise
22:17
Set
12:24

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 MoonWednesday, February 18, 202607:1120:100.19%0.41
🌓 First QuarterMonday, February 23, 202612:4722:5132.13%5.66
🌕 Full MoonMonday, March 2, 202618:5405:1697.1%13.16
🌗 Last QuarterTuesday, March 10, 202623:0013:2363.91%20.82

Moon Phase Calendar for March, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
1Waxing Gibbous🌔 92.19%Age 12.1
2Full Moon🌕 97.1%Age 13.16
3Full Moon🌕 99.63%Age 14.19
4Full Moon🌕 99.78%Age 15.21
5Full Moon🌕 97.69%Age 16.2
6Waning Gibbous🌖 93.63%Age 17.16
7Waning Gibbous🌖 87.9%Age 18.11
8Waning Gibbous🌖 80.82%Age 19.03
9Waning Gibbous🌖 72.73%Age 19.93
10Last Quarter🌗 63.91%Age 20.82
11Last Quarter🌗 54.65%Age 21.71
12Last Quarter🌗 45.21%Age 22.6
13Last Quarter🌗 35.85%Age 23.5
14Waning Crescent🌘 26.85%Age 24.41
15Waning Crescent🌘 18.55%Age 25.35
16Waning Crescent🌘 11.3%Age 26.31
17Waning Crescent🌘 5.52%Age 27.3
18New Moon🌑 1.63%Age 28.33
19New Moon🌑 0.03%Age 29.38
20New Moon🌑 0.97%Age 0.93
21Waxing Crescent🌒 4.57%Age 2.02
22Waxing Crescent🌒 10.68%Age 3.13
23Waxing Crescent🌒 18.96%Age 4.23
24Waxing Crescent🌒 28.88%Age 5.33
25First Quarter🌓 39.84%Age 6.42
26First Quarter🌓 51.2%Age 7.5
27First Quarter🌓 62.36%Age 8.56
28Waxing Gibbous🌔 72.76%Age 9.6
29Waxing Gibbous🌔 81.92%Age 10.64
30Waxing Gibbous🌔 89.45%Age 11.66
31Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.06%Age 12.66