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Lubumbashi, Congo Dem. Rep. — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 5:29:53 am
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 5:55 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 12:23 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 37 minutes (-28s)

Today's Sun Position in Lubumbashi

Time: 5:29 am
Altitude: -12.1°
Direction: 75° E
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 11h 37m 22s (May 9, 2026)

28 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

10 minutes, 57 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 11 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Lubumbashi Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:04 am
Astro. Twilight 5:04 am – 5:30 am
Nautical Twilight 5:30 am – 5:55 am
Civil Twilight 5:55 am – 6:17 am
Daylight 6:17 am – 5:55 pm
Civil Twilight 5:55 pm – 6:17 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:17 pm – 6:42 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:42 pm – 7:08 pm
Night 7:08 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Lubumbashi - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:17 am 5:55 pm 11:37:22 −0:28 12:06 pm (60.9°) 93.837
May 10 6:17 am 5:54 pm 11:36:55 −0:27 12:06 pm (60.7°) 93.859
May 11 6:18 am 5:54 pm 11:36:27 −0:27 12:06 pm (60.4°) 93.881
May 12 6:18 am 5:54 pm 11:36:00 −0:26 12:06 pm (60.2°) 93.902
May 13 6:18 am 5:54 pm 11:35:34 −0:26 12:06 pm (59.9°) 93.923
May 14 6:18 am 5:53 pm 11:35:08 −0:25 12:06 pm (59.7°) 93.944
May 15 6:19 am 5:53 pm 11:34:42 −0:25 12:06 pm (59.4°) 93.965
* All times are local time for Lubumbashi. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Lubumbashi

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Lubumbashi - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:23 pm - 5:55 am (81.8°) 246,546 57.2%
May 10 12:16 am 1:03 pm - 6:41 am (86.8°) 243,426 47.0%
May 11 1:06 am 1:43 pm - 7:26 am (87.5°) 239,791 36.5%
May 12 1:56 am 2:22 pm - 8:10 am (81.1°) 235,858 26.4%
May 13 2:47 am 3:03 pm - 8:56 am (74.3°) 231,901 17.0%
May 14 3:40 am 3:46 pm - 9:45 am (67.5°) 228,270 9.1%
May 15 4:38 am 4:34 pm - 10:37 am (61.1°) 225,293 3.4%
* All times are local time for Lubumbashi. 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 Lubumbashi This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:51 am Sat 5:33 pm Sat 11:42 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:28 am Sat 7:51 pm Sat 2:10 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:31 am Sat 4:22 pm Sat 10:26 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:45 am Sat 10:10 pm Sat 4:28 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:42 am Sat 3:41 pm Sat 9:41 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:11 am Sat 6:39 pm Sat 12:55 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:15 am Sat 3:17 pm Sat 9:16 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Lubumbashi.

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