Overview
Moon phase and moonrise/moonset for Cape Town, South Africa: returns the moonrise, moonset, illumination percentage and phase name (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full) for Cape Town (33.93°S, 18.42°E) on a requested date (default: today in Cape Town). Use it to plan night photography, stargazing or tide-aware activities in Cape Town. Computed locally from astronomical algorithms; no external data.
Protocol
x402
Price
$0.0050
Payment Asset
USD Coin
Payment Network
eip155:8453
Category
media/images
Provider
cities-factory-live
Indexed
2026-11-13 12:08:21
Health
Status
unknown
Latency (p50)
—
Uptime (30d)
—
Reliability Score
—
Last Checked
Never
Last Healthy
Never
Consecutive Failures
0
Output Schema
{
"example": {
"alwaysDown": false,
"alwaysUp": false,
"city": {
"country": "South Africa",
"countryCode": "ZA",
"dataSource": {
"license": "CC BY 4.0",
"name": "GeoNames geographical database (cities15000)",
"url": "https://www.geonames.org",
"via": "GeoNames"
},
"name": "Cape Town",
"population": 4772846,
"slug": "cape-town",
"timezone": "Africa/Johannesburg"
},
"date": "2026-11-10",
"disclaimer": "Computed times are astronomical predictions for the given coordinates; local horizon and weather can shift what is actually visible.",
"illumination": 0.0157,
"illuminationPercent": 2,
"latitude": -33.92584,
"longitude": 18.42322,
"moonrise": "2026-11-10T03:56:46.860Z",
"moonset": "2026-11-10T18:53:47.804Z",
"phase": 0.0401,
"phaseName": "Waxing Crescent",
"source": {
"name": "Computed locally from astronomical algorithms (SunCalc method)",
"url": null,
"via": "No external data source"
}
},
"type": "json"
}