What time is sunset in Gao today?

Sunset in Gao is at 5:44 PM local time (Africa/Bamako) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Gao?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:56 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:39 AM.

Moonrise in Gao is at 2:52 AM and moonset is at 3:38 PM local time.

Gao 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/Bamako · 16.27°N, 0.04°W

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:51 AM
Sunset	5:44 PM
Day length	11 h 54 min
End of civil twilight	6:06 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:31 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:56 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 06 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:39 AM

Moonrise	2:52 AM
Moonset	3:38 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.44°N, 133.03°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:26 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:35 AM	7:00 PM	1:17 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 12° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:32 AM	6:43 PM	1:08 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 8° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:01 AM	1:54 PM	7:28 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:09 AM	2:49 PM	8:29 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:34 PM	5:46 AM	11:38 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 76° toward the S.

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