What time is sunset in Taiping today?

Sunset in Taiping is at 7:05 PM local time (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Taiping?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:15 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:54 AM.

Moonrise in Taiping is at 4:54 AM and moonset is at 5:20 PM local time.

Taiping is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · 4.85°N, 100.73°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	7:03 AM
Sunset	7:05 PM
Day length	12 h 03 min
End of civil twilight	7:26 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:50 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:15 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 57 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 39 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:54 AM

Moonrise	4:54 AM
Moonset	5:20 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 121.26°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:38 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	8:38 AM	8:31 PM	2:35 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 15° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	8:27 AM	8:15 PM	2:21 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 11° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:34 AM	2:53 PM	8:43 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 57° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:37 AM	3:50 PM	9:43 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:50 PM	6:58 AM	12:56 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 87° toward the S.

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