Mthatha, South Africa Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Mthatha, South Africa (Eastern Cape, OR Tambo District Municipality). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 12:06 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Mthatha local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:01 (elapsed time: -5m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 38.5°. Day Length: 10h 25m 4s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:48:52	12:01:24	17:13:56
Azimuth	67°	0°	293.1°
Day Length		10h 25m 4s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 392 057 km
94 070 663 mi
Mthatha ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 692 394 km
93 635 912 mi

Mthatha on map:

Mthatha

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

	Zone Type	Start	End	Length
	Night	00:00:00	05:24:07	5h 24m 7s
	Astronomical Twilight	05:24:07	05:53:14	29m 7s
	Nautical Twilight	05:53:14	06:22:52	29m 38s
	Civil Twilight	06:22:52	06:48:52	26m 0s
	Daylight	06:48:52	17:13:56	10h 25m 4s
	Civil Twilight	17:13:56	17:39:56	26m 0s
	Nautical Twilight	17:39:56	18:09:35	29m 39s
	Astronomical Twilight	18:09:35	18:38:41	29m 6s
	Night	18:38:41	23:59:59	5h 21m 18s

Mthatha Sun position Today

Azimuth 0-24, Current: 358.5° ( 12:06)

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