What time is sunset in Chennai today?

Sunset in Chennai is at 5:54 PM local time (Asia/Kolkata) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Chennai?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 9% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:04 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:47 AM.

Moonrise in Chennai is at 3:45 AM and moonset is at 4:16 PM local time.

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

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Kolkata · 13.09°N, 80.28°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:58 AM
Sunset	5:54 PM
Day length	11 h 56 min
End of civil twilight	6:15 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:40 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:04 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 04 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:47 AM

Moonrise	3:45 AM
Moonset	4:16 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.22°N, 145.44°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:18 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:40 AM	7:12 PM	1:27 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 13° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:32 AM	6:53 PM	1:13 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 8° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:14 AM	1:57 PM	7:35 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:19 AM	2:51 PM	8:35 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:40 PM	5:51 AM	11:43 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 79° toward the S.

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