What time is sunset in Tanga today?

Sunset in Tanga is at 6:16 PM local time (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Tanga?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:26 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:56 AM.

Moonrise in Tanga is at 3:28 AM and moonset is at 3:43 PM local time.

Tanga 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/Dar_es_Salaam · 5.07°S, 39.10°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:06 AM
Sunset	6:16 PM
Day length	12 h 11 min
End of civil twilight	6:37 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:01 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:26 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 49 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 30 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:56 AM

Moonrise	3:28 AM
Moonset	3:43 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.20°N, 146.22°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:21 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:32 AM	7:49 PM	1:41 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:22 AM	7:41 PM	1:32 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 14° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:57 AM	1:46 PM	7:51 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 49° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:57 AM	2:49 PM	8:53 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 38° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:01 PM	6:07 AM	12:06 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 83° toward the N.

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