What time is sunset in Lome today?

Sunset in Lome is at 5:43 PM local time (Africa/Lome) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Lome?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:53 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:32 AM.

Moonrise in Lome is at 2:55 AM and moonset is at 3:27 PM local time.

Lome 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/Lome · 6.13°N, 1.22°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:42 AM
Sunset	5:43 PM
Day length	12 h 02 min
End of civil twilight	6:04 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:28 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:53 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 58 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 40 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:32 AM

Moonrise	2:55 AM
Moonset	3:27 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.22°N, 145.30°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:17 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:17 AM	7:07 PM	1:12 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:11 AM	6:54 PM	1:03 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 11° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:12 AM	1:34 PM	7:23 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 57° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:16 AM	2:32 PM	8:24 AM	Visible about 2.8 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:31 PM	5:39 AM	11:33 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 86° toward the S.

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