What time is sunset in Nakuru today?

Sunset in Nakuru is at 6:26 PM local time (Africa/Nairobi) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Nakuru?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:35 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:10 AM.

Moonrise in Nakuru is at 3:37 AM and moonset is at 3:59 PM local time.

Nakuru 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/Nairobi · 0.31°S, 36.07°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:20 AM
Sunset	6:26 PM
Day length	12 h 07 min
End of civil twilight	6:47 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:11 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:35 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 53 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 35 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:10 AM

Moonrise	3:37 AM
Moonset	3:59 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.41°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)	7:50 AM	7:56 PM	1:53 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:42 AM	7:45 PM	1:44 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 13° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:02 AM	2:05 PM	8:03 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 51° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:04 AM	3:06 PM	9:05 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 40° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:13 PM	6:19 AM	12:18 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 88° toward the N.

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