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Parakou, Benin — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.0%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 5:27:34 am
Sunrise Today: 6:30 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 7:01 pm 288° West
Moonrise Today: 12:41 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:36 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 31 minutes (+24s)

Today's Sun Position in Parakou

Time: 5:27 am
Altitude: -15.5°
Direction: 69° E
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 30m 42s (May 9, 2026)

24 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

55 minutes, 46 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

9 minutes, 26 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Parakou Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:16 am
Astro. Twilight 5:16 am – 5:42 am
Nautical Twilight 5:42 am – 6:08 am
Civil Twilight 6:08 am – 6:30 am
Daylight 6:30 am – 7:01 pm
Civil Twilight 7:01 pm – 7:23 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:23 pm – 7:49 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:49 pm – 8:15 pm
Night 8:15 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Parakou - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:30 am 7:01 pm 12:30:42 +0:24 12:45 pm (81.9°) 93.838
May 10 6:30 am 7:01 pm 12:31:05 +0:23 12:45 pm (81.6°) 93.860
May 11 6:30 am 7:01 pm 12:31:29 +0:23 12:45 pm (81.4°) 93.882
May 12 6:29 am 7:01 pm 12:31:52 +0:23 12:45 pm (81.1°) 93.904
May 13 6:29 am 7:01 pm 12:32:14 +0:22 12:45 pm (80.9°) 93.925
May 14 6:29 am 7:02 pm 12:32:37 +0:22 12:45 pm (80.6°) 93.946
May 15 6:29 am 7:02 pm 12:32:58 +0:21 12:45 pm (80.4°) 93.966
* All times are local time for Parakou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Parakou

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Parakou - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:41 am 12:36 pm - 6:38 am (60.8°) 246,350 56.5%
May 10 1:24 am 1:25 pm - 7:24 am (65.8°) 243,190 46.3%
May 11 2:05 am 2:14 pm - 8:08 am (71.6°) 239,526 35.8%
May 12 2:45 am 3:03 pm - 8:53 am (78.0°) 235,582 25.7%
May 13 3:26 am 3:54 pm - 9:39 am (84.8°) 231,636 16.4%
May 14 4:09 am 4:48 pm - 10:28 am (88.4°) 228,040 8.7%
May 15 4:57 am 5:47 pm - 11:20 am (82.0°) 225,120 3.1%
* All times are local time for Parakou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Parakou This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:09 am Sat 6:36 pm Sat 12:22 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:29 am Sat 9:09 pm Sat 2:49 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:58 am Sat 5:13 pm Sat 11:06 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:50 am Sat 11:24 pm Sat 5:07 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:18 am Sat 4:23 pm Sat 10:21 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:19 am Sat 7:50 pm Sat 1:34 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:54 am Sat 3:57 pm Sat 9:55 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Parakou.

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