What time is sunset in Kikwit today?

Sunset in Kikwit is at 5:37 PM local time (Africa/Kinshasa) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Kikwit?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:47 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:17 AM.

Moonrise in Kikwit is at 2:52 AM and moonset is at 3:07 PM local time.

Kikwit 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/Kinshasa · 5.04°S, 18.82°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:27 AM
Sunset	5:37 PM
Day length	12 h 11 min
End of civil twilight	5:58 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:22 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:47 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 49 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 30 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:17 AM

Moonrise	2:52 AM
Moonset	3:07 PM
Illumination	9.7%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.66°N, 120.59°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,601 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:35 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	6:53 AM	7:11 PM	1:02 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:43 AM	7:01 PM	12:52 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:18 AM	1:07 PM	7:12 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 49° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:18 AM	2:10 PM	8:14 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 38° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:22 PM	5:28 AM	11:23 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 83° toward the N.

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