What time is sunset in Kipushi today?

Sunset in Kipushi is at 6:06 PM local time (Africa/Lubumbashi) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Kipushi?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:17 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:39 AM.

Moonrise in Kipushi is at 3:23 AM and moonset is at 3:28 PM local time.

Kipushi 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/Lubumbashi · 11.76°S, 27.25°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:50 AM
Sunset	6:06 PM
Day length	12 h 16 min
End of civil twilight	6:28 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:52 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:17 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 43 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 22 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:39 AM

Moonrise	3:23 AM
Moonset	3:28 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.44°N, 132.93°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)	7:11 AM	7:45 PM	1:28 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:59 AM	7:39 PM	1:19 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:54 AM	1:23 PM	7:39 AM	Visible about 3.3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:51 AM	2:29 PM	8:40 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 36° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:49 PM	5:53 AM	11:49 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 76° toward the N.

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