What time is sunset in Xining today?

Sunset in Xining is at 6:46 PM local time (Asia/Shanghai) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Xining?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 8:12 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:48 AM.

Moonrise in Xining is at 4:31 AM and moonset is at 5:25 PM local time.

Xining 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/Shanghai · 36.63°N, 101.76°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	7:13 AM
Sunset	6:46 PM
Day length	11 h 33 min
End of civil twilight	7:12 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:42 PM
End of astronomical twilight	8:12 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 28 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 36 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:48 AM

Moonrise	4:31 AM
Moonset	5:25 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.45°N, 132.63°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:25 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	9:20 AM	7:40 PM	2:31 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)	9:22 AM	7:12 PM	2:17 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:34 AM	3:44 PM	8:39 AM	Visible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:51 AM	4:28 PM	9:39 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:40 PM	6:59 AM	12:52 AM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 55° toward the S.

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