What time is sunset in Thimphu today?

Sunset in Thimphu is at 5:41 PM local time (Asia/Thimphu) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Thimphu?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:58 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:39 AM.

Moonrise in Thimphu is at 2:27 AM and moonset is at 3:39 PM local time.

Thimphu 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 Asia/Thimphu · 27.47°N, 89.64°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:56 AM
Sunset	5:41 PM
Day length	11 h 44 min
End of civil twilight	6:04 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:31 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:58 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 16 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 41 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:39 AM

Moonrise	2:27 AM
Moonset	3:39 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 120.93°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,601 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:37 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:51 AM	6:45 PM	1:19 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 8° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:55 AM	6:25 PM	1:10 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	12:43 AM	2:15 PM	7:29 AM	Visible about 4.3 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	1:57 AM	3:05 PM	8:31 AM	Visible about 3.3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:35 PM	5:50 AM	11:40 PM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 64° toward the S.

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