What time is sunset in Darwin today?

Sunset in Darwin is at 6:42 PM local time (Australia/Darwin) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Darwin?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:54 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:14 AM.

Moonrise in Darwin is at 4:29 AM and moonset is at 4:40 PM local time.

Darwin 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 Australia/Darwin · 12.46°S, 130.84°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:25 AM
Sunset	6:42 PM
Day length	12 h 17 min
End of civil twilight	7:04 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:29 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:54 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 42 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 20 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:14 AM

Moonrise	4:29 AM
Moonset	4:40 PM
Illumination	9%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.01°N, 157.33°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,604 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (20:07 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:46 AM	8:22 PM	2:04 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:30 AM	8:12 PM	1:51 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 15° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:30 AM	1:57 PM	8:13 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 42° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:25 AM	3:01 PM	9:13 AM	Visible about 2.3 h after dark, highest 33° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:22 PM	6:26 AM	12:26 AM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 76° toward the N.

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