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Gaborone, Botswana — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 90.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 10:50:05 am
Sunrise Today: 6:18 am 85° East
Sunset Today: 6:08 pm 275° West
Moonrise Today: 9:08 pm 74° East
Moonset Today: 7:51 am 282° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 50 minutes (+1m 23s)

Today's Sun Position in Gaborone

Time: 10:50 am
Altitude: 54.3°
Direction: 37° NE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 49m 38s (Sep 10, 2025)

1 minute, 23 seconds longer than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

1 hour, 13 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 50 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Gaborone Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:03 am
Astro. Twilight 5:03 am – 5:29 am
Nautical Twilight 5:29 am – 5:55 am
Civil Twilight 5:55 am – 6:18 am
Daylight 6:18 am – 6:08 pm
Civil Twilight 6:08 pm – 6:31 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:31 pm – 6:57 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:57 pm – 7:23 pm
Night 7:23 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Gaborone - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 6:18 am 6:08 pm 11:49:38 +1:23 12:13 pm (60.6°) 150.630
Sep 11 6:17 am 6:08 pm 11:51:02 +1:23 12:12 pm (61.0°) 150.592
Sep 12 6:16 am 6:08 pm 11:52:26 +1:24 12:12 pm (61.4°) 150.553
Sep 13 6:15 am 6:09 pm 11:53:50 +1:24 12:12 pm (61.7°) 150.515
Sep 14 6:14 am 6:09 pm 11:55:15 +1:24 12:11 pm (62.1°) 150.476
Sep 15 6:13 am 6:10 pm 11:56:40 +1:24 12:11 pm (62.5°) 150.437
Sep 16 6:12 am 6:10 pm 11:58:05 +1:24 12:11 pm (62.9°) 150.398
* All times are local time for Gaborone. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Gaborone

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Gaborone - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 7:51 am 9:08 pm 2:00 am (55.4°) 364,936 93.2%
Sep 11 - 8:31 am 10:15 pm 2:52 am (48.7°) 364,949 85.7%
Sep 12 - 9:15 am 11:24 pm 3:47 am (43.0°) 366,178 76.1%
Sep 13 - 10:06 am - 4:46 am (38.8°) 368,383 65.1%
Sep 14 12:31 am 11:02 am - 5:48 am (36.4°) 371,280 53.3%
Sep 15 1:35 am 12:04 pm - 6:50 am (36.0°) 374,609 41.6%
Sep 16 2:33 am 1:08 pm - 7:50 am (37.6°) 378,146 30.5%
* All times are local time for Gaborone. 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 Gaborone This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:16 am Wed 5:55 pm Wed 12:05 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 4:51 am Wed 3:57 pm Wed 10:24 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 8:01 am Wed 8:37 pm Wed 2:19 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Wed 3:03 am Wed 1:41 pm Wed 8:22 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Wed 6:50 pm Thu 7:03 am Thu 12:56 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Wed 11:29 pm Thu 10:15 am Thu 4:52 am Average visibility
Neptune Wed 6:58 pm Thu 7:04 am Thu 1:01 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Gaborone.

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