What time is sunset in Samba today?

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

What phase is the Moon tonight in Samba?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:12 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:37 AM.

Moonrise in Samba is at 3:19 AM and moonset is at 3:28 PM local time.

Samba 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/Luanda · 8.88°S, 13.20°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:48 AM
Sunset	6:01 PM
Day length	12 h 14 min
End of civil twilight	6:22 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:47 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:12 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 46 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 26 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:37 AM

Moonrise	3:19 AM
Moonset	3:28 PM
Illumination	8.7%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	6.74°N, 172.09°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,605 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (21:08 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:11 AM	7:38 PM	1:24 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:00 AM	7:30 PM	1:15 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 15° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:46 AM	1:24 PM	7:35 AM	Visible about 3.3 h after dark, highest 47° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:44 AM	2:28 PM	8:36 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 37° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:45 PM	5:49 AM	11:45 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 79° toward the N.

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