What time is sunset in Nampula today?

Sunset in Nampula is at 5:20 PM local time (Africa/Maputo) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Nampula?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:32 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 3:48 AM.

Moonrise in Nampula is at 2:37 AM and moonset is at 2:36 PM local time.

Nampula 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 · 15.12°S, 39.27°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:01 AM
Sunset	5:20 PM
Day length	12 h 19 min
End of civil twilight	5:41 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:07 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:32 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 40 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 17 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	3:48 AM

Moonrise	2:37 AM
Moonset	2:36 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.14°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:37 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	6:19 AM	7:02 PM	12:40 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:05 AM	6:56 PM	12:31 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:11 AM	12:30 PM	6:51 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 40° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:07 AM	1:37 PM	7:52 AM	Visible about 2 h after dark, highest 32° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:02 PM	5:05 AM	11:01 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 73° toward the N.

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