What time is sunset in Dodoma today?

Sunset in Dodoma is at 6:30 PM local time (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Dodoma?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:40 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:09 AM.

Moonrise in Dodoma is at 3:43 AM and moonset is at 3:57 PM local time.

Dodoma 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/Dar_es_Salaam · 6.17°S, 35.74°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:19 AM
Sunset	6:30 PM
Day length	12 h 11 min
End of civil twilight	6:51 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:15 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:40 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 48 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 29 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:09 AM

Moonrise	3:43 AM
Moonset	3:57 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.12°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:37 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:44 AM	8:04 PM	1:54 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:34 AM	7:56 PM	1:45 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 15° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:12 AM	1:58 PM	8:05 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 48° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:11 AM	3:01 PM	9:06 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 38° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:15 PM	6:20 AM	12:19 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 82° toward the N.

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