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São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:37:49 am
Sunrise Today: 5:25 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 5:33 pm 288° West
Moonrise Today: 11:56 pm 106° East
Moonset Today: 11:32 am 252° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 8 minutes (+1s)

Today's Sun Position in São Tomé

Time: 3:37 am
Altitude: -26.4°
Direction: 70° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 7m 46s (May 9, 2026)

1 second longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

1 minute, 24 seconds longer than December solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

43 seconds shorter than June solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in São Tomé Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:13 am
Astro. Twilight 4:13 am – 4:38 am
Nautical Twilight 4:38 am – 5:03 am
Civil Twilight 5:03 am – 5:25 am
Daylight 5:25 am – 5:33 pm
Civil Twilight 5:33 pm – 5:55 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:55 pm – 6:20 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:20 pm – 6:45 pm
Night 6:45 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in São Tomé - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:46 +0:01 11:29 am (72.9°) 93.838
May 10 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:47 +0:01 11:29 am (72.6°) 93.860
May 11 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:49 +0:01 11:29 am (72.4°) 93.882
May 12 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:51 +0:01 11:29 am (72.1°) 93.903
May 13 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:52 +0:01 11:29 am (71.9°) 93.925
May 14 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:54 +0:01 11:29 am (71.6°) 93.945
May 15 5:25 am 5:33 pm 12:07:56 +0:01 11:29 am (71.4°) 93.966
* All times are local time for São Tomé. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in São Tomé

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in São Tomé - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 11:32 am 11:56 pm 5:21 am (69.9°) 246,382 56.7%
May 10 - 12:17 pm - 6:07 am (74.9°) 243,229 46.4%
May 11 12:41 am 1:02 pm - 6:51 am (80.7°) 239,570 35.9%
May 12 1:25 am 1:47 pm - 7:36 am (87.1°) 235,627 25.8%
May 13 2:11 am 2:33 pm - 8:22 am (86.1°) 231,680 16.5%
May 14 2:58 am 3:23 pm - 9:11 am (79.3°) 228,078 8.7%
May 15 3:50 am 4:17 pm - 10:03 am (72.9°) 225,149 3.1%
* All times are local time for São Tomé. 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 São Tomé This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:02 am Sat 5:09 pm Sat 11:06 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:29 am Sat 7:36 pm Sat 1:33 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 3:47 am Sat 3:51 pm Sat 9:49 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:48 am Sat 9:53 pm Sat 3:50 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:03 am Sat 3:06 pm Sat 9:04 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:16 am Sat 6:20 pm Sat 12:18 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 2:38 am Sat 2:40 pm Sat 8:39 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for São Tomé.

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