Soweto, South Africa Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Soweto, South Africa (Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 15:28 (GMT+02:00) Africa/Johannesburg . All times are shown in Soweto local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:12 (elapsed time: -3h 15m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 49.9°. Day Length: 11h 12m 43s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:36:31	12:12:52	17:49:14
Azimuth	75°	0°	284.9°
Day Length		11h 12m 43s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 472 662 km
94 120 749 mi
Soweto ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 773 975 km
93 686 604 mi

Soweto on map:

Soweto

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

	Zone Type	Start	End	Length
	Night	00:00:00	05:18:34	5h 18m 34s
	Astronomical Twilight	05:18:34	05:45:37	27m 3s
	Nautical Twilight	05:45:37	06:12:52	27m 15s
	Civil Twilight	06:12:52	06:36:31	23m 39s
	Daylight	06:36:31	17:49:14	11h 12m 43s
	Civil Twilight	17:49:14	18:12:53	23m 39s
	Nautical Twilight	18:12:53	18:40:08	27m 15s
	Astronomical Twilight	18:40:08	19:07:10	27m 2s
	Night	19:07:10	23:59:59	4h 52m 49s

Soweto Sun position Today

Azimuth 0-24, Current: 304.2° ( 15:28)

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Soweto

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