What time is sunset in Nacala today?

Sunset in Nacala is at 5:14 PM local time (Africa/Maputo) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Nacala?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:26 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 3:43 AM.

Moonrise in Nacala is at 2:31 AM and moonset is at 2:30 PM local time.

Nacala 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/Maputo · 14.56°S, 40.69°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	4:56 AM
Sunset	5:14 PM
Day length	12 h 18 min
End of civil twilight	5:35 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:00 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:26 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 41 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 17 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	3:43 AM

Moonrise	2:31 AM
Moonset	2:30 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.37°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)	6:14 AM	6:55 PM	12:34 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:01 AM	6:50 PM	12:25 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:05 AM	12:25 PM	6:45 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 41° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:01 AM	1:32 PM	7:46 AM	Visible about 2 h after dark, highest 32° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	4:56 PM	4:59 AM	10:56 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 74° toward the N.

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