What time is sunset in Zomba today?

Sunset in Zomba is at 5:36 PM local time (Africa/Blantyre) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Zomba?

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

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:48 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:04 AM.

Moonrise in Zomba is at 2:53 AM and moonset is at 2:52 PM local time.

Zomba 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/Blantyre · 15.39°S, 35.32°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:17 AM
Sunset	5:36 PM
Day length	12 h 19 min
End of civil twilight	5:57 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:22 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:48 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 40 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 16 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:04 AM

Moonrise	2:53 AM
Moonset	2:52 PM
Illumination	9.2%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.21°N, 145.66°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:19 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	6:35 AM	7:18 PM	12:56 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:21 AM	7:12 PM	12:47 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 17° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	1:27 AM	12:46 PM	7:06 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 40° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	2:23 AM	1:52 PM	8:08 AM	Visible about 2 h after dark, highest 31° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:18 PM	5:20 AM	11:17 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 73° toward the N.

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