Cape Town, South Africa Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Cape Town, South Africa (Western Cape, City of Cape Town). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 16:12 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Cape Town local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:50 (elapsed time: -3h 22m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 42.3°. Day Length: 10h 53m 17s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:23:58	12:50:36	18:17:15
Azimuth	73.9°	0°	286°
Day Length		10h 53m 17s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 471 804 km
94 120 215 mi
Cape Town ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 773 673 km
93 686 417 mi

Cape Town on map:

Cape Town

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Cape Town

	Zone Type	Start	End	Length
	Night	00:00:00	05:59:48	5h 59m 48s
	Astronomical Twilight	05:59:48	06:28:55	29m 7s
	Nautical Twilight	06:28:55	06:58:20	29m 25s
	Civil Twilight	06:58:20	07:23:58	25m 38s
	Daylight	07:23:58	18:17:15	10h 53m 17s
	Civil Twilight	18:17:15	18:42:53	25m 38s
	Nautical Twilight	18:42:53	19:12:18	29m 25s
	Astronomical Twilight	19:12:18	19:41:25	29m 7s
	Night	19:41:25	23:59:59	4h 18m 34s

Cape Town Sun position Today

Azimuth 0-24, Current: 306° ( 16:12)

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Cape Town

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