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Nairobi, Kenya — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 6:34:50 am
Sunrise Today: 6:27 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 6:31 pm 287° West
Moonrise Today: 12:04 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:30 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 4 minutes (-2s)

Today's Sun Position in Nairobi

Time: 6:34 am
Altitude: 1.3°
Direction: 73° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 3m 42s (May 9, 2026)

2 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

8 minutes, 17 seconds shorter than December solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

50 seconds longer than June solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Nairobi Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:15 am
Astro. Twilight 5:15 am – 5:40 am
Nautical Twilight 5:40 am – 6:05 am
Civil Twilight 6:05 am – 6:27 am
Daylight 6:27 am – 6:31 pm
Civil Twilight 6:31 pm – 6:52 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:52 pm – 7:17 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:17 pm – 7:43 pm
Night 7:43 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Nairobi - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:27 am 6:31 pm 12:03:42 −0:02 12:29 pm (71.3°) 93.836
May 10 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:39 −0:02 12:29 pm (71.1°) 93.858
May 11 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:37 −0:02 12:29 pm (70.8°) 93.880
May 12 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:35 −0:02 12:29 pm (70.5°) 93.902
May 13 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:33 −0:02 12:29 pm (70.3°) 93.923
May 14 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:31 −0:02 12:29 pm (70.0°) 93.944
May 15 6:27 am 6:30 pm 12:03:29 −0:01 12:29 pm (69.8°) 93.964
* All times are local time for Nairobi. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Nairobi

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Nairobi - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:04 am 12:30 pm - 6:17 am (71.1°) 246,618 57.5%
May 10 12:50 am 1:15 pm - 7:03 am (76.1°) 243,514 47.2%
May 11 1:36 am 1:59 pm - 7:47 am (81.8°) 239,890 36.8%
May 12 2:21 am 2:43 pm - 8:32 am (88.2°) 235,961 26.6%
May 13 3:07 am 3:28 pm - 9:18 am (85.0°) 232,002 17.2%
May 14 3:55 am 4:17 pm - 10:06 am (78.2°) 228,357 9.3%
May 15 4:47 am 5:10 pm - 10:58 am (71.8°) 225,360 3.5%
* All times are local time for Nairobi. 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 Nairobi This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:03 am Sat 6:07 pm Sat 12:05 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:32 am Sat 8:33 pm Sat 2:32 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:48 am Sat 4:50 pm Sat 10:49 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:51 am Sat 10:50 pm Sat 4:50 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:03 am Sat 4:05 pm Sat 10:04 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:18 am Sat 7:17 pm Sat 1:18 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:38 am Sat 3:40 pm Sat 9:39 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Nairobi.

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