Sun & moon times today, Dakar, Senegal

Moon: 57.3%

Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Day length today: 12h 44m 56s (May 9, 2026)

37 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

1 hour, 29 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

14 minutes, 48 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

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Sun in Dakar - Next 7 Days

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2026	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May 9	6:43 am	7:28 pm	12:44:56	+0:37	1:06 pm (87.2°)	93.839
May 10	6:43 am	7:28 pm	12:45:34	+0:37	1:06 pm (87.0°)	93.861
May 11	6:43 am	7:29 pm	12:46:10	+0:36	1:06 pm (86.7°)	93.883
May 12	6:42 am	7:29 pm	12:46:47	+0:36	1:06 pm (86.5°)	93.905
May 13	6:42 am	7:29 pm	12:47:22	+0:35	1:06 pm (86.2°)	93.926
May 14	6:42 am	7:30 pm	12:47:57	+0:34	1:06 pm (86.0°)	93.947
May 15	6:41 am	7:30 pm	12:48:32	+0:34	1:06 pm (85.7°)	93.967
* All times are local time for Dakar. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

March equinox	Mar 20	2:46 pm
June solstice	Jun 21	8:25 am
September equinox	Sep 23	12:05 am
December solstice	Dec 21	8:50 pm
* All times are local Dakar time.

Percent Illuminated:

57.3%

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2026	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 9	1:13 am	12:52 pm	-	7:01 am	(55.6°)	246,189	56.0%
May 10	1:53 am	1:43 pm	-	7:46 am	(60.7°)	242,998	45.7%
May 11	2:31 am	2:34 pm	-	8:31 am	(66.6°)	239,311	35.2%
May 12	3:09 am	3:26 pm	-	9:16 am	(73.0°)	235,359	25.1%
May 13	3:47 am	4:20 pm	-	10:02 am	(79.8°)	231,423	15.9%
May 14	4:28 am	5:17 pm	-	10:51 am	(86.5°)	227,857	8.3%
May 15	5:13 am	6:19 pm	-	11:44 am	(87.1°)	224,984	2.9%
* All times are local time for Dakar. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

	Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Sat 6:23 am	Sat 7:02 pm	Sat 12:43 pm	Difficult to see
Venus	Sat 8:39 am	Sat 9:40 pm	Sat 3:09 pm	Good visibility
Mars	Sat 5:15 am	Sat 5:37 pm	Sat 11:26 am	Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter	Sat 11:00 am	Sat 11:53 pm	Sat 5:27 pm	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Sat 4:37 am	Sat 4:44 pm	Sat 10:41 am	Average visibility
Uranus	Sat 7:31 am	Sat 8:18 pm	Sat 1:54 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Sat 4:14 am	Sat 4:17 pm	Sat 10:15 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Dakar.