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

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 2:14:14 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:20 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 6:26 pm 270° West
Moonrise Today: 8:36 am 73° East
Moonset Today: 7:56 pm 290° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 6 minutes (-1m 27s)

Today's Sun Position in Gaborone

Time: 2:14 pm
Altitude: 53.4°
Direction: 309° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 5m 58s (Mar 21, 2026)

1 minute, 27 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

1 hour, 29 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 34 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Gaborone Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:04 am
Astro. Twilight 5:04 am – 5:31 am
Nautical Twilight 5:31 am – 5:57 am
Civil Twilight 5:57 am – 6:20 am
Daylight 6:20 am – 6:26 pm
Civil Twilight 6:26 pm – 6:49 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:49 pm – 7:15 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:15 pm – 7:42 pm
Night 7:42 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Gaborone - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:20 am 6:26 pm 12:05:58 −1:27 12:23 pm (65.0°) 92.597
Mar 22 6:20 am 6:25 pm 12:04:31 −1:27 12:23 pm (64.6°) 92.623
Mar 23 6:21 am 6:24 pm 12:03:04 −1:26 12:22 pm (64.2°) 92.649
Mar 24 6:21 am 6:23 pm 12:01:38 −1:26 12:22 pm (63.8°) 92.674
Mar 25 6:22 am 6:22 pm 12:00:11 −1:26 12:22 pm (63.4°) 92.700
Mar 26 6:22 am 6:21 pm 11:58:44 −1:26 12:22 pm (63.1°) 92.726
Mar 27 6:22 am 6:20 pm 11:57:18 −1:26 12:21 pm (62.7°) 92.752
* 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 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Gaborone - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:36 am 7:56 pm - 2:19 pm (48.0°) 228,263 8.0%
Mar 22 9:43 am 8:41 pm - 3:14 pm (42.6°) 227,957 15.8%
Mar 23 10:51 am 9:32 pm - 4:13 pm (38.6°) 228,314 25.7%
Mar 24 11:59 am 10:31 pm - 5:16 pm (36.5°) 229,212 36.9%
Mar 25 1:04 pm 11:35 pm - 6:19 pm (36.4°) 230,511 48.7%
Mar 26 2:01 pm - - 7:20 pm (38.4°) 232,089 60.4%
Mar 27 - 12:41 am 2:51 pm 8:17 pm (42.0°) 233,850 71.4%
* 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, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:46 am Sat 5:16 pm Sat 11:01 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:38 am Sat 7:20 pm Sat 1:29 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sat 5:11 am Sat 5:41 pm Sat 11:26 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 2:08 pm Sun 12:42 am Sat 7:25 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 6:37 am Sat 6:41 pm Sat 12:39 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 10:40 am Sat 9:28 pm Sat 4:04 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 6:26 am Sat 6:31 pm Sat 12:29 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Gaborone.

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