What time is sunset in Lanzhou today?

Sunset in Lanzhou is at 6:38 PM local time (Asia/Shanghai) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Lanzhou?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:03 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:40 AM.

Moonrise in Lanzhou is at 4:23 AM and moonset is at 5:16 PM local time.

Lanzhou 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 · 36.06°N, 103.84°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	7:05 AM
Sunset	6:38 PM
Day length	11 h 34 min
End of civil twilight	7:04 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:34 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:03 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 27 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 37 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:40 AM

Moonrise	4:23 AM
Moonset	5:16 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.22°N, 145.07°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:16 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	9:11 AM	7:33 PM	2:22 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 5° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	9:12 AM	7:05 PM	2:09 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:27 AM	3:35 PM	8:31 AM	Visible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:43 AM	4:18 PM	9:31 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:32 PM	6:51 AM	12:44 AM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the S.

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