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Banjul, Gambia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:30:53 am
Sunrise Today: 6:41 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 7:23 pm 288° West
Moonrise Today: 1:07 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:50 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 42 minutes (+34s)

Today's Sun Position in Banjul

Time: 3:30 am
Altitude: -42.2°
Direction: 51° NE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 41m 37s (May 9, 2026)

34 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

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

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Banjul Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:26 am
Astro. Twilight 5:26 am – 5:53 am
Nautical Twilight 5:53 am – 6:19 am
Civil Twilight 6:19 am – 6:41 am
Daylight 6:41 am – 7:23 pm
Civil Twilight 7:23 pm – 7:46 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:46 pm – 8:12 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:12 pm – 8:39 pm
Night 8:39 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Banjul - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:41 am 7:23 pm 12:41:37 +0:34 1:02 pm (86.0°) 93.839
May 10 6:41 am 7:23 pm 12:42:11 +0:34 1:02 pm (85.7°) 93.861
May 11 6:41 am 7:24 pm 12:42:45 +0:33 1:02 pm (85.5°) 93.883
May 12 6:41 am 7:24 pm 12:43:18 +0:33 1:02 pm (85.2°) 93.905
May 13 6:40 am 7:24 pm 12:43:50 +0:32 1:02 pm (85.0°) 93.926
May 14 6:40 am 7:24 pm 12:44:22 +0:31 1:02 pm (84.7°) 93.947
May 15 6:40 am 7:25 pm 12:44:54 +0:31 1:02 pm (84.5°) 93.967
* All times are local time for Banjul. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Banjul

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Banjul - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 1:07 am 12:50 pm - 6:57 am (56.9°) 246,196 56.0%
May 10 1:48 am 1:41 pm - 7:43 am (61.9°) 243,006 45.7%
May 11 2:27 am 2:31 pm - 8:27 am (67.8°) 239,320 35.3%
May 12 3:05 am 3:22 pm - 9:12 am (74.2°) 235,369 25.2%
May 13 3:44 am 4:16 pm - 9:58 am (81.0°) 231,432 16.0%
May 14 4:26 am 5:12 pm - 10:47 am (87.8°) 227,864 8.3%
May 15 5:11 am 6:13 pm - 11:40 am (85.9°) 224,990 2.9%
* All times are local time for Banjul. 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 Banjul This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:21 am Sat 6:57 pm Sat 12:39 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:38 am Sat 9:34 pm Sat 3:06 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:13 am Sat 5:32 pm Sat 11:22 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:59 am Sat 11:48 pm Sat 5:23 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:34 am Sat 4:41 pm Sat 10:37 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:29 am Sat 8:12 pm Sat 1:51 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:10 am Sat 4:13 pm Sat 10:12 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Banjul.

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