Further understanding of the soil water movement in moistube-irrigation can be guidance for engineering design. A mathematical model of soil water movement in vertical moistube-irrigation was established based on the unsaturated soil water movement theory. The model was then solved by the SWMS-2D software. The simulated indexes, including the infiltration capacity per unit length, movement of the soil wetting front and moisture content in the soil profiles were verified by indoor moistube-irrigation experiments. It shows that the simulated results agreed well with measured values, indicating that the model can truly reflect soil water movement during moistube-irrigation. It is feasible to simulate soil water movement for the vertical moistube-irrigation is proved by SWMS-2D.