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Nouakchott, Mauritania — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:41:17 am
Sunrise Today: 6:33 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 7:27 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 1:12 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:41 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 54 minutes (+47s)

Today's Sun Position in Nouakchott

Time: 3:41 am
Altitude: -36.9°
Direction: 50° NE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 54m 26s (May 9, 2026)

47 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

1 hour, 51 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

18 minutes, 26 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Nouakchott Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:15 am
Astro. Twilight 5:15 am – 5:42 am
Nautical Twilight 5:42 am – 6:10 am
Civil Twilight 6:10 am – 6:33 am
Daylight 6:33 am – 7:27 pm
Civil Twilight 7:27 pm – 7:50 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:50 pm – 8:17 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:17 pm – 8:45 pm
Night 8:45 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Nouakchott - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:33 am 7:27 pm 12:54:26 +0:47 1:00 pm (89.4°) 93.839
May 10 6:32 am 7:28 pm 12:55:13 +0:46 1:00 pm (89.6°) 93.861
May 11 6:32 am 7:28 pm 12:55:59 +0:45 1:00 pm (89.9°) 93.883
May 12 6:31 am 7:28 pm 12:56:44 +0:45 1:00 pm (89.9°) 93.905
May 13 6:31 am 7:29 pm 12:57:28 +0:44 1:00 pm (89.6°) 93.926
May 14 6:31 am 7:29 pm 12:58:12 +0:43 1:00 pm (89.4°) 93.947
May 15 6:30 am 7:29 pm 12:58:54 +0:42 1:00 pm (89.1°) 93.967
* All times are local time for Nouakchott. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Nouakchott

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Nouakchott - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 1:12 am 12:41 pm - 6:55 am (52.2°) 246,201 56.0%
May 10 1:51 am 1:33 pm - 7:40 am (57.2°) 243,012 45.7%
May 11 2:28 am 2:26 pm - 8:25 am (63.1°) 239,326 35.3%
May 12 3:04 am 3:20 pm - 9:10 am (69.5°) 235,375 25.2%
May 13 3:41 am 4:15 pm - 9:56 am (76.3°) 231,439 16.0%
May 14 4:20 am 5:15 pm - 10:45 am (83.0°) 227,870 8.3%
May 15 5:03 am 6:18 pm - 11:38 am (89.4°) 224,994 2.9%
* All times are local time for Nouakchott. 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 Nouakchott This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:13 am Sat 7:01 pm Sat 12:37 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:27 am Sat 9:41 pm Sat 3:04 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:07 am Sat 5:33 pm Sat 11:20 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:48 am Sat 11:53 pm Sat 5:21 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:31 am Sat 4:39 pm Sat 10:35 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:19 am Sat 8:18 pm Sat 1:48 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:08 am Sat 4:11 pm Sat 10:09 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Nouakchott.

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