What time is sunset in Yaounde today?

Sunset in Yaounde is at 6:03 PM local time (Africa/Douala) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Yaounde?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:12 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:50 AM.

Moonrise in Yaounde is at 3:15 AM and moonset is at 3:43 PM local time.

Yaounde 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/Douala · 3.87°N, 11.52°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:59 AM
Sunset	6:03 PM
Day length	12 h 04 min
End of civil twilight	6:24 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:48 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:12 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 56 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 38 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:50 AM

Moonrise	3:15 AM
Moonset	3:43 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.44°N, 132.95°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:26 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:33 AM	7:29 PM	1:31 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 15° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:26 AM	7:17 PM	1:21 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 12° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:34 AM	1:49 PM	7:42 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 53° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:37 AM	2:48 PM	8:43 AM	Visible about 2.5 h after dark, highest 41° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:50 PM	5:58 AM	11:52 PM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 88° toward the S.

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