Mthatha, South Africa Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Mthatha, South Africa (Eastern Cape, OR Tambo District Municipality). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-03, 17:43 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Mthatha local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:09 (elapsed time: -5h 34m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 35.4°. Day Length: 10h 8m 15s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:05:00	12:09:07	17:13:15
Azimuth	63.3°	0°	296.7°
Day Length		10h 8m 15s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 152 097 107 km
94 508 761 mi
Mthatha ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 402 137 km
94 076 926 mi

Mthatha on map:

Mthatha

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	-31.58893°
Longitude:	28.78443°
Country:	South Africa Eastern Cape
Population:	78 663

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Mthatha

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:38:24	5h 38m 24s
Astronomical Twilight	05:38:24	06:08:01	29m 37s
Nautical Twilight	06:08:01	06:38:18	30m 17s
Civil Twilight	06:38:18	07:05:00	26m 42s
Daylight	07:05:00	17:13:15	10h 8m 15s
Civil Twilight	17:13:15	17:39:57	26m 42s
Nautical Twilight	17:39:57	18:10:14	30m 17s
Astronomical Twilight	18:10:14	18:39:51	29m 37s
Night	18:39:51	23:59:59	5h 20m 8s

Mthatha Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -6.6° ( 17:43)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 293° ( 17:43)

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Mthatha

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	07:05:05	07:05:03	07:05:00	07:04:56	07:04:50
Solar noon:	12:08:45	12:08:56	12:09:07	12:09:18	12:09:29
Sunset:	17:12:25	17:12:50	17:13:15	17:13:41	17:14:07
Day Length:	10h 7m 20s	10h 7m 47s	10h 8m 15s	10h 8m 45s	10h 9m 17s

Mthatha sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):