What time is sunset in Zinder today?

Sunset in Zinder is at 6:09 PM local time (Africa/Niamey) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Zinder?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:20 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 5:03 AM.

Moonrise in Zinder is at 3:17 AM and moonset is at 4:00 PM local time.

Zinder 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/Niamey · 13.81°N, 8.99°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	6:13 AM
Sunset	6:09 PM
Day length	11 h 56 min
End of civil twilight	6:30 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:55 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:20 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 04 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	5:03 AM

Moonrise	3:17 AM
Moonset	4:00 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.44°N, 132.93°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)	7:56 AM	7:27 PM	1:41 PM	Visible about 0.8 h after dark, highest 12° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:52 AM	7:11 PM	1:32 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 9° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:29 AM	2:14 PM	7:52 AM	Visible about 4 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:36 AM	3:10 PM	8:53 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:59 PM	6:09 AM	12:06 AM	Visible about 11.3 h after dark, highest 78° toward the S.

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