What time is sunset in Pikine today?

Sunset in Pikine is at 6:54 PM local time (Africa/Dakar) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Pikine?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:05 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:48 AM.

Moonrise in Pikine is at 4:05 AM and moonset is at 4:49 PM local time.

Pikine 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/Dakar · 14.76°N, 17.39°W

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:59 AM
Sunset	6:54 PM
Day length	11 h 55 min
End of civil twilight	7:16 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:41 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:05 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 05 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:48 AM

Moonrise	4:05 AM
Moonset	4:49 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.22°N, 145.41°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:18 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	8:42 AM	8:11 PM	2:27 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 12° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	8:39 AM	7:55 PM	2:17 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 8° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:13 AM	3:01 PM	8:37 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:20 AM	3:56 PM	9:38 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:44 PM	6:55 AM	12:51 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 77° toward the S.

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