Sun & moon times today, Cotonou, Benin

Moon: 89.3%

Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Day length today: 12h 10m 45s (Sep 10, 2025)

20 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

25 minutes, 22 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

18 minutes, 49 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

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Sun in Cotonou - Next 7 Days

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2025	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
Sep	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Sep	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Sep 10	6:41 am	6:52 pm	12:10:45	−0:20	12:47 pm (88.4°)	93.595
Sep 11	6:41 am	6:51 pm	12:10:24	−0:20	12:46 pm (88.0°)	93.572
Sep 12	6:41 am	6:51 pm	12:10:03	−0:20	12:46 pm (87.6°)	93.548
Sep 13	6:41 am	6:50 pm	12:09:42	−0:20	12:46 pm (87.2°)	93.524
Sep 14	6:41 am	6:50 pm	12:09:22	−0:20	12:45 pm (86.8°)	93.500
Sep 15	6:40 am	6:49 pm	12:09:01	−0:20	12:45 pm (86.4°)	93.476
Sep 16	6:40 am	6:49 pm	12:08:40	−0:20	12:45 pm (86.1°)	93.451
* All times are local time for Cotonou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

March equinox	Mar 20	10:01 am
June solstice	Jun 21	3:42 am
September equinox	Sep 22	7:19 pm
December solstice	Dec 21	4:03 pm
* All times are local Cotonou time.

Percent Illuminated:

89.3%

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2025	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
Sep	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
Sep 10	-	8:55 am	9:10 pm	2:38 am	(86.5°)	226,736	92.8%
Sep 11	-	9:51 am	10:02 pm	3:30 am	(79.8°)	226,797	85.2%
Sep 12	-	10:50 am	10:57 pm	4:25 am	(74.2°)	227,605	75.5%
Sep 13	-	11:52 am	11:57 pm	5:24 am	(70.1°)	229,009	64.3%
Sep 14	-	12:55 pm	-	6:26 am	(67.8°)	230,831	52.5%
Sep 15	12:58 am	1:56 pm	-	7:27 am	(67.5°)	232,912	40.8%
Sep 16	1:59 am	2:54 pm	-	8:27 am	(69.2°)	235,115	29.8%
* 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, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Wed 6:33 am	Wed 6:46 pm	Wed 12:39 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Venus	Wed 4:48 am	Wed 5:07 pm	Wed 10:58 am	Fairly good visibility
Mars	Wed 8:54 am	Wed 8:51 pm	Wed 2:53 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Wed 2:44 am	Wed 3:08 pm	Wed 8:56 am	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Wed 7:30 pm	Thu 7:30 am	Thu 1:30 am	Perfect visibility
Uranus	Wed 11:15 pm	Thu 11:36 am	Thu 5:25 am	Average visibility
Neptune	Wed 7:34 pm	Thu 7:36 am	Thu 1:35 am	Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cotonou.