What time is sunset in Bukavu today?

Sunset in Bukavu is at 5:56 PM local time (Africa/Lubumbashi) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Bukavu?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 10% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:05 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:38 AM.

Moonrise in Bukavu is at 3:09 AM and moonset is at 3:27 PM local time.

Bukavu is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-07 · times in Africa/Lubumbashi · 2.49°S, 28.84°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:48 AM
Sunset	5:56 PM
Day length	12 h 08 min
End of civil twilight	6:17 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:41 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:05 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 51 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 33 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:38 AM

Moonrise	3:09 AM
Moonset	3:27 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.66°N, 120.75°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,601 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:36 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:16 AM	7:27 PM	1:22 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:07 AM	7:18 PM	1:12 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:34 AM	1:31 PM	7:32 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 50° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:35 AM	2:32 PM	8:34 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 39° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:42 PM	5:48 AM	11:43 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 86° toward the N.

Aurora near poles only. Bukavu is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.