What time is sunset in Kuching today?

Sunset in Kuching is at 6:28 PM local time (Asia/Kuching) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Kuching?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:37 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:14 AM.

Moonrise in Kuching is at 4:16 AM and moonset is at 4:39 PM local time.

Kuching is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Kuching · 1.55°N, 110.33°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:23 AM
Sunset	6:28 PM
Day length	12 h 05 min
End of civil twilight	6:49 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:13 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:37 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 54 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 36 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:14 AM

Moonrise	4:16 AM
Moonset	4:39 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.21°N, 146.01°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:20 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:56 AM	7:57 PM	1:56 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:44 AM	7:42 PM	1:43 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 12° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:01 AM	2:09 PM	8:05 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 52° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:02 AM	3:08 PM	9:05 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 41° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:12 PM	6:19 AM	12:18 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 89° toward the W.

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