What time is sunset in Ndola today?

Sunset in Ndola is at 6:01 PM local time (Africa/Lusaka) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Ndola?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:13 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:33 AM.

Moonrise in Ndola is at 3:19 AM and moonset is at 3:22 PM local time.

Ndola 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/Lusaka · 12.96°S, 28.64°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:44 AM
Sunset	6:01 PM
Day length	12 h 17 min
End of civil twilight	6:23 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:48 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:13 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 42 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 20 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:33 AM

Moonrise	3:19 AM
Moonset	3:22 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.19°N, 146.83°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:23 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:04 AM	7:41 PM	1:23 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:51 AM	7:35 PM	1:13 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:50 AM	1:16 PM	7:33 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 42° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:47 AM	2:22 PM	8:34 AM	Visible about 2.3 h after dark, highest 32° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:44 PM	5:47 AM	11:44 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 75° toward the N.

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