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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:46:40 am
Sunrise Today: 6:25 am 106° East
Sunset Today: 6:48 pm 254° West
Moonrise Today: 8:51 pm 88° East
Moonset Today: 8:24 am 276° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 23 minutes (-19s)

Today's Sun Position in Dar es Salaam

Time: 8:46 am
Altitude: 33.1°
Direction: 105° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 22m 56s (Feb 4, 2026)

19 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

39 minutes, 20 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

8 minutes, 25 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Dar es Salaam Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:12 am
Astro. Twilight 5:12 am – 5:38 am
Nautical Twilight 5:38 am – 6:03 am
Civil Twilight 6:03 am – 6:25 am
Daylight 6:25 am – 6:48 pm
Civil Twilight 6:48 pm – 7:09 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:09 pm – 7:35 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:35 pm – 8:00 pm
Night 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Dar es Salaam - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 6:25 am 6:48 pm 12:22:56 −0:19 12:36 pm (80.7°) 91.635
Feb 5 6:25 am 6:48 pm 12:22:36 −0:19 12:36 pm (81.0°) 91.650
Feb 6 6:25 am 6:47 pm 12:22:16 −0:20 12:36 pm (81.3°) 91.665
Feb 7 6:25 am 6:47 pm 12:21:56 −0:20 12:36 pm (81.6°) 91.681
Feb 8 6:26 am 6:47 pm 12:21:35 −0:20 12:36 pm (81.9°) 91.697
Feb 9 6:26 am 6:47 pm 12:21:15 −0:20 12:37 pm (82.2°) 91.714
Feb 10 6:26 am 6:47 pm 12:20:54 −0:20 12:37 pm (82.5°) 91.730
* All times are local time for Dar es Salaam. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Dar es Salaam

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Dar es Salaam - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 8:24 am 8:51 pm 2:16 am (75.8°) 236,496 94.9%
Feb 5 - 9:11 am 9:31 pm 3:01 am (82.3°) 239,865 89.1%
Feb 6 - 9:57 am 10:10 pm 3:43 am (88.7°) 243,186 81.6%
Feb 7 - 10:42 am 10:50 pm 4:26 am (85.3°) 246,188 73.0%
Feb 8 - 11:28 am 11:32 pm 5:09 am (80.0°) 248,642 63.7%
Feb 9 - 12:16 pm - 5:53 am (75.4°) 250,372 54.0%
Feb 10 12:16 am 1:05 pm - 6:40 am (71.8°) 251,269 44.3%
* All times are local time for Dar es Salaam. 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 Dar es Salaam This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 7:08 am Wed 7:28 pm Wed 1:18 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 6:55 am Wed 7:15 pm Wed 1:05 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 6:01 am Wed 6:24 pm Wed 12:13 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 4:46 pm Thu 4:26 am Wed 10:36 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:21 am Wed 9:26 pm Wed 3:23 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 1:12 pm Thu 12:56 am Wed 7:04 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:25 am Wed 9:28 pm Wed 3:27 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Dar es Salaam.

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