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

Moon: 8.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 4:34:32 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:53 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 7:00 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 8:32 am 74° East
Moonset Today: 9:21 pm 289° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 7 minutes (+31s)

Today's Sun Position in Parakou

Time: 4:34 pm
Altitude: 35.1°
Direction: 264° W
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 7m 2s (Mar 21, 2026)

31 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

32 minutes, 7 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

33 minutes, 5 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Parakou Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:43 am
Astro. Twilight 5:43 am – 6:07 am
Nautical Twilight 6:07 am – 6:32 am
Civil Twilight 6:32 am – 6:53 am
Daylight 6:53 am – 7:00 pm
Civil Twilight 7:00 pm – 7:21 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:21 pm – 7:45 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:45 pm – 8:09 pm
Night 8:09 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Parakou - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:53 am 7:00 pm 12:07:03 +0:31 12:56 pm (81.0°) 92.599
Mar 22 6:52 am 7:00 pm 12:07:34 +0:31 12:56 pm (81.4°) 92.625
Mar 23 6:52 am 7:00 pm 12:08:05 +0:31 12:56 pm (81.8°) 92.650
Mar 24 6:51 am 7:00 pm 12:08:36 +0:31 12:55 pm (82.2°) 92.676
Mar 25 6:50 am 7:00 pm 12:09:07 +0:31 12:55 pm (82.6°) 92.702
Mar 26 6:50 am 7:00 pm 12:09:38 +0:31 12:55 pm (83.0°) 92.727
Mar 27 6:49 am 6:59 pm 12:10:09 +0:31 12:54 pm (83.4°) 92.753
* 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
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:32 am 9:21 pm - 2:55 pm (82.1°) 228,221 8.4%
Mar 22 9:22 am 10:22 pm - 3:51 pm (76.8°) 227,961 16.4%
Mar 23 10:17 am 11:25 pm - 4:50 pm (72.9°) 228,357 26.3%
Mar 24 11:17 am - - 5:53 pm (70.9°) 229,285 37.6%
Mar 25 - 12:29 am 12:20 pm 6:56 pm (70.9°) 230,606 49.5%
Mar 26 - 1:31 am 1:23 pm 7:57 pm (73.0°) 232,198 61.2%
Mar 27 - 2:29 am 2:23 pm 8:53 pm (76.7°) 233,969 72.1%
* 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, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:37 am Sat 5:30 pm Sat 11:33 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:56 am Sat 8:10 pm Sat 2:03 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 6:02 am Sat 5:56 pm Sat 11:59 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 1:41 pm Sun 2:16 am Sat 7:58 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:11 am Sat 7:13 pm Sat 1:12 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 10:22 am Sat 10:52 pm Sat 4:37 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 7:01 am Sat 7:03 pm Sat 1:02 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Parakou.

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