What time is sunset in Kitwe today?

Sunset in Kitwe is at 6:03 PM local time (Africa/Lusaka) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Kitwe?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:14 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:34 AM.

Moonrise in Kitwe is at 3:20 AM and moonset is at 3:23 PM local time.

Kitwe 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/Lusaka · 12.80°S, 28.21°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:46 AM
Sunset	6:03 PM
Day length	12 h 17 min
End of civil twilight	6:24 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:49 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:14 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 42 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 20 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:34 AM

Moonrise	3:20 AM
Moonset	3:23 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.23°N, 144.89°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:15 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:06 AM	7:43 PM	1:24 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:53 AM	7:36 PM	1:15 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:52 AM	1:18 PM	7:35 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 42° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:49 AM	2:24 PM	8:36 AM	Visible about 2.3 h after dark, highest 32° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:46 PM	5:49 AM	11:45 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 75° toward the N.

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