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Kathmandu, Nepal — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 9:13:44 am
Sunrise Today: 5:18 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 6:42 pm 290° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 12:19 am 114° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:09 am 248° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 24 minutes (+1m 16s)

Today's Sun Position in Kathmandu

Time: 9:13 am
Altitude: 50.4°
Direction: 96° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 23m 35s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 16 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

3 hours longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

30 minutes, 12 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kathmandu Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:52 am
Astro. Twilight 3:52 am – 4:23 am
Nautical Twilight 4:23 am – 4:53 am
Civil Twilight 4:53 am – 5:18 am
Daylight 5:18 am – 6:42 pm
Civil Twilight 6:42 pm – 7:07 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:07 pm – 7:37 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:37 pm – 8:08 pm
Night 8:08 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kathmandu - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:18 am 6:42 pm 13:23:35 +1:16 12:00 pm (79.7°) 93.833
May 10 5:17 am 6:42 pm 13:24:50 +1:15 12:00 pm (79.9°) 93.855
May 11 5:17 am 6:43 pm 13:26:04 +1:14 12:00 pm (80.2°) 93.877
May 12 5:16 am 6:43 pm 13:27:18 +1:13 12:00 pm (80.4°) 93.899
May 13 5:15 am 6:44 pm 13:28:29 +1:11 12:00 pm (80.7°) 93.920
May 14 5:15 am 6:45 pm 13:29:40 +1:10 12:00 pm (80.9°) 93.941
May 15 5:14 am 6:45 pm 13:30:49 +1:09 12:00 pm (81.2°) 93.961
* All times are local time for Kathmandu. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kathmandu

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kathmandu - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:19 am 11:09 am - 5:42 am (41.2°) 246,989 58.8%
May 10 12:54 am 12:06 pm - 6:27 am (46.0°) 243,966 48.6%
May 11 1:27 am 1:04 pm - 7:12 am (51.6°) 240,402 38.2%
May 12 1:58 am 2:02 pm - 7:57 am (57.9°) 236,498 28.0%
May 13 2:29 am 3:03 pm - 8:42 am (64.6°) 232,525 18.4%
May 14 3:02 am 4:07 pm - 9:30 am (71.4°) 228,817 10.3%
May 15 3:38 am 5:15 pm - 10:22 am (77.9°) 225,714 4.1%
* All times are local time for Kathmandu. 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 Kathmandu This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:00 am Sat 6:11 pm Sat 11:35 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:05 am Sat 9:01 pm Sat 2:03 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:01 am Sat 4:40 pm Sat 10:20 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:30 am Sat 11:13 pm Sat 4:22 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:30 am Sat 3:41 pm Sat 9:36 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:03 am Sat 7:35 pm Sat 12:49 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:08 am Sat 3:12 pm Sat 9:10 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Kathmandu.

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