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Niamey, Niger — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 4:40:29 am
Sunrise Today: 6:27 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 7:08 pm 288° West
Moonrise Today: 12:50 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:32 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 42 minutes (+34s)

Today's Sun Position in Niamey

Time: 4:40 am
Altitude: -24.9°
Direction: 63° NE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 41m 45s (May 9, 2026)

34 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

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

13 minutes, 38 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Niamey Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:11 am
Astro. Twilight 5:11 am – 5:38 am
Nautical Twilight 5:38 am – 6:04 am
Civil Twilight 6:04 am – 6:27 am
Daylight 6:27 am – 7:08 pm
Civil Twilight 7:08 pm – 7:31 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:31 pm – 7:57 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:57 pm – 8:24 pm
Night 8:24 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Niamey - 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 7:08 pm 12:41:45 +0:34 12:47 pm (86.1°) 93.838
May 10 6:26 am 7:09 pm 12:42:20 +0:34 12:47 pm (85.8°) 93.860
May 11 6:26 am 7:09 pm 12:42:54 +0:33 12:47 pm (85.6°) 93.882
May 12 6:26 am 7:09 pm 12:43:27 +0:33 12:47 pm (85.3°) 93.904
May 13 6:25 am 7:09 pm 12:44:00 +0:32 12:47 pm (85.1°) 93.925
May 14 6:25 am 7:10 pm 12:44:32 +0:32 12:47 pm (84.8°) 93.946
May 15 6:25 am 7:10 pm 12:45:03 +0:31 12:47 pm (84.6°) 93.966
* All times are local time for Niamey. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Niamey

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Niamey - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:50 am 12:32 pm - 6:40 am (56.6°) 246,346 56.5%
May 10 1:31 am 1:23 pm - 7:26 am (61.6°) 243,185 46.2%
May 11 2:10 am 2:14 pm - 8:10 am (67.4°) 239,520 35.8%
May 12 2:48 am 3:05 pm - 8:55 am (73.8°) 235,576 25.7%
May 13 3:27 am 3:58 pm - 9:41 am (80.6°) 231,631 16.4%
May 14 4:09 am 4:55 pm - 10:30 am (87.4°) 228,035 8.6%
May 15 4:54 am 5:55 pm - 11:23 am (86.2°) 225,117 3.1%
* All times are local time for Niamey. 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 Niamey This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:06 am Sat 6:43 pm Sat 12:24 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:23 am Sat 9:19 pm Sat 2:51 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:58 am Sat 5:18 pm Sat 11:08 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:44 am Sat 11:33 pm Sat 5:09 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:19 am Sat 4:26 pm Sat 10:23 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:15 am Sat 7:58 pm Sat 1:36 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:56 am Sat 3:59 pm Sat 9:57 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Niamey.

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