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Windhoek, Namibia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 5:38:48 am
Sunrise Today: 7:14 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:21 pm 289° West
Moonset Today: 1:22 pm 250° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 8 minutes (-58s)

Today's Sun Position in Windhoek

Time: 5:38 am
Altitude: -22.2°
Direction: 80° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 11h 7m 34s (May 9, 2026)

58 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

22 minutes, 37 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 23 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Windhoek Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:57 am
Astro. Twilight 5:57 am – 6:23 am
Nautical Twilight 6:23 am – 6:50 am
Civil Twilight 6:50 am – 7:14 am
Daylight 7:14 am – 6:21 pm
Civil Twilight 6:21 pm – 6:45 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:45 pm – 7:12 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:12 pm – 7:38 pm
Night 7:38 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Windhoek - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 7:14 am 6:21 pm 11:07:34 −0:58 12:48 pm (50.0°) 93.837
May 10 7:14 am 6:21 pm 11:06:37 −0:57 12:48 pm (49.8°) 93.859
May 11 7:15 am 6:20 pm 11:05:41 −0:56 12:48 pm (49.5°) 93.881
May 12 7:15 am 6:20 pm 11:04:46 −0:55 12:48 pm (49.2°) 93.903
May 13 7:15 am 6:19 pm 11:03:51 −0:54 12:48 pm (49.0°) 93.924
May 14 7:16 am 6:19 pm 11:02:58 −0:53 12:48 pm (48.8°) 93.945
May 15 7:16 am 6:18 pm 11:02:05 −0:52 12:48 pm (48.5°) 93.965
* All times are local time for Windhoek. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Windhoek

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Windhoek - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 1:22 pm - 6:38 am (87.0°) 246,464 56.9%
May 10 12:45 am 1:58 pm - 7:24 am (82.0°) 243,328 46.7%
May 11 1:40 am 2:32 pm - 8:09 am (76.2°) 239,680 36.2%
May 12 2:35 am 3:06 pm - 8:53 am (69.8°) 235,742 26.1%
May 13 3:32 am 3:41 pm - 9:39 am (63.0°) 231,790 16.8%
May 14 4:32 am 4:18 pm - 10:28 am (56.2°) 228,173 8.9%
May 15 5:35 am 5:01 pm - 11:20 am (49.8°) 225,220 3.3%
* All times are local time for Windhoek. 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 Windhoek This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:46 am Sat 6:02 pm Sat 12:24 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 9:31 am Sat 8:11 pm Sat 2:51 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:19 am Sat 4:56 pm Sat 11:08 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:46 am Sat 10:32 pm Sat 5:09 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:25 am Sat 4:21 pm Sat 10:23 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 8:10 am Sat 7:03 pm Sat 1:37 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:56 am Sat 3:59 pm Sat 9:58 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Windhoek.

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