What time is sunset in Lijiang today?

Sunset in Lijiang is at 6:58 PM local time (Asia/Shanghai) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Lijiang?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 10% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:15 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:58 AM.

Moonrise in Lijiang is at 4:44 AM and moonset is at 5:28 PM local time.

Lijiang 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 · 26.87°N, 100.22°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	7:14 AM
Sunset	6:58 PM
Day length	11 h 43 min
End of civil twilight	7:21 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:48 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:15 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 17 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:58 AM

Moonrise	4:44 AM
Moonset	5:28 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.26°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:38 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	9:10 AM	8:03 PM	2:37 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 8° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	9:07 AM	7:39 PM	2:23 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:01 AM	3:30 PM	8:46 AM	Visible about 4.5 h after dark, highest 63° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:12 AM	4:19 PM	9:45 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 48° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:49 PM	7:03 AM	12:58 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 65° toward the S.

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