What time is sunset in Kunming today?

Sunset in Kunming is at 6:49 PM local time (Asia/Shanghai) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Kunming?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:05 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:48 AM.

Moonrise in Kunming is at 4:35 AM and moonset is at 5:17 PM local time.

Kunming 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/Shanghai · 25.04°N, 102.72°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	7:03 AM
Sunset	6:49 PM
Day length	11 h 45 min
End of civil twilight	7:12 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:38 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:05 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 15 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:48 AM

Moonrise	4:35 AM
Moonset	5:17 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.23°N, 144.64°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:14 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	8:57 AM	7:56 PM	2:27 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 9° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	8:53 AM	7:33 PM	2:13 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:54 AM	3:17 PM	8:36 AM	Visible about 4.3 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:05 AM	4:06 PM	9:35 AM	Visible about 3.3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:39 PM	6:53 AM	12:48 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 67° toward the S.

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