Sun & moon times today, Cotonou, Benin

Moon: 57.0%

Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Day length today: 12h 23m 2s (May 9, 2026)

16 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

37 minutes, 40 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

6 minutes, 31 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

12 am

2 am

4 am

6 am

8 am

10 am

12 pm

2 pm

4 pm

6 pm

8 pm

10 pm

Sun in Cotonou - Next 7 Days

Scroll right to see more

2026	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May 9	6:35 am	6:58 pm	12:23:02	+0:16	12:46 pm (78.9°)	93.838
May 10	6:35 am	6:58 pm	12:23:19	+0:16	12:46 pm (78.7°)	93.860
May 11	6:34 am	6:58 pm	12:23:35	+0:16	12:46 pm (78.4°)	93.882
May 12	6:34 am	6:58 pm	12:23:51	+0:15	12:46 pm (78.2°)	93.904
May 13	6:34 am	6:58 pm	12:24:06	+0:15	12:46 pm (77.9°)	93.925
May 14	6:34 am	6:58 pm	12:24:22	+0:15	12:46 pm (77.7°)	93.946
May 15	6:34 am	6:58 pm	12:24:37	+0:15	12:46 pm (77.4°)	93.966
* All times are local time for Cotonou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

March equinox	Mar 20	3:46 pm
June solstice	Jun 21	9:25 am
September equinox	Sep 23	1:05 am
December solstice	Dec 21	9:50 pm
* All times are local Cotonou time.

Percent Illuminated:

57.0%

Scroll right to see more

2026	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 9	12:38 am	12:41 pm	-	6:39 am	(63.8°)	246,348	56.5%
May 10	1:21 am	1:29 pm	-	7:24 am	(68.8°)	243,188	46.3%
May 11	2:03 am	2:16 pm	-	8:09 am	(74.6°)	239,524	35.8%
May 12	2:45 am	3:04 pm	-	8:54 am	(81.1°)	235,580	25.7%
May 13	3:27 am	3:54 pm	-	9:40 am	(87.8°)	231,634	16.4%
May 14	4:12 am	4:46 pm	-	10:28 am	(85.4°)	228,038	8.6%
May 15	5:01 am	5:44 pm	-	11:21 am	(79.0°)	225,119	3.1%
* All times are local time for Cotonou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

	Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Sat 6:13 am	Sat 6:33 pm	Sat 12:23 pm	Difficult to see
Venus	Sat 8:35 am	Sat 9:04 pm	Sat 2:50 pm	Good visibility
Mars	Sat 5:01 am	Sat 5:12 pm	Sat 11:06 am	Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter	Sat 10:55 am	Sat 11:20 pm	Sat 5:07 pm	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Sat 4:19 am	Sat 4:24 pm	Sat 10:21 am	Average visibility
Uranus	Sat 7:24 am	Sat 7:46 pm	Sat 1:35 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Sat 3:55 am	Sat 3:57 pm	Sat 9:56 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cotonou.