What time is sunset in Zaria today?

Sunset in Zaria is at 6:15 PM local time (Africa/Lagos) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Zaria?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:25 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:07 AM.

Moonrise in Zaria is at 3:24 AM and moonset is at 4:03 PM local time.

Zaria 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/Lagos · 11.11°N, 7.72°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:17 AM
Sunset	6:15 PM
Day length	11 h 58 min
End of civil twilight	6:36 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:01 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:25 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 02 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 42 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:07 AM

Moonrise	3:24 AM
Moonset	4:03 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.43°N, 133.30°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:28 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:57 AM	7:35 PM	1:46 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 13° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:53 AM	7:20 PM	1:37 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 10° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:38 AM	2:15 PM	7:57 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 59° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:44 AM	3:12 PM	8:58 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	6:04 PM	6:14 AM	12:11 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 81° toward the S.

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