What time is sunset in Sokoto today?

Sunset in Sokoto is at 6:24 PM local time (Africa/Lagos) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Sokoto?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:35 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:18 AM.

Moonrise in Sokoto is at 3:33 AM and moonset is at 4:15 PM local time.

Sokoto 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/Lagos · 13.06°N, 5.24°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:28 AM
Sunset	6:24 PM
Day length	11 h 56 min
End of civil twilight	6:46 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:10 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:35 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 04 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 42 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:18 AM

Moonrise	3:33 AM
Moonset	4:15 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.42°N, 133.83°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:30 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	8:10 AM	7:43 PM	1:56 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 13° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	8:06 AM	7:27 PM	1:46 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 9° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:45 AM	2:28 PM	8:07 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 59° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:52 AM	3:24 PM	9:08 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:14 PM	6:24 AM	12:21 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 79° toward the S.

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