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Zanzibar City, Tanzania — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 16.8%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 6:33:09 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am↑ 108° East
Sunset Today: 6:19 pm↑ 252° West
Moonrise Today: 9:02 am↑ 117° Southeast
Moonset Today: 9:52 pm↑ 243° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 23 minutes (+16s)

Today's Sun Position in Zanzibar City

Time: 6:33 pm
Altitude: -4.1°
Direction: 251° W
Phase: Civil Twilight

Day length today: 12h 23m 13s (Nov 13, 2026)

16 seconds longer than yesterday (Nov 12, 2026)

37 minutes, 19 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2026)

5 minutes, 50 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Zanzibar City Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:42 am
Astro. Twilight 4:42 am – 5:08 am
Nautical Twilight 5:08 am – 5:34 am
Civil Twilight 5:34 am – 5:55 am
Daylight 5:55 am – 6:19 pm
Civil Twilight 6:19 pm – 6:41 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:41 pm – 7:06 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:06 pm – 7:32 pm
Night 7:32 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Zanzibar City - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Nov Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Nov 13 5:55 am 6:19 pm 12:23:13 +0:16 12:07 pm (78.2°) 91.997
Nov 14 5:55 am 6:19 pm 12:23:29 +0:16 12:07 pm (77.9°) 91.976
Nov 15 5:55 am 6:19 pm 12:23:45 +0:15 12:07 pm (77.6°) 91.954
Nov 16 5:56 am 6:20 pm 12:24:00 +0:15 12:07 pm (77.4°) 91.933
Nov 17 5:56 am 6:20 pm 12:24:16 +0:15 12:08 pm (77.1°) 91.913
Nov 18 5:56 am 6:20 pm 12:24:31 +0:15 12:08 pm (76.9°) 91.892
Nov 19 5:56 am 6:21 pm 12:24:45 +0:14 12:08 pm (76.7°) 91.872
* All times are local time for Zanzibar City. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Zanzibar City

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Zanzibar City - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Nov Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Nov 13 9:02 am 9:52 pm - 3:28 pm (69.0°) 252,024 15.9%
Nov 14 9:53 am 10:40 pm - 4:17 pm (71.1°) 251,819 23.6%
Nov 15 10:42 am 11:25 pm - 5:04 pm (74.4°) 250,857 32.3%
Nov 16 11:30 am - - 5:49 pm (78.6°) 249,101 41.7%
Nov 17 - 12:07 am 12:16 pm 6:33 pm (83.7°) 246,576 51.7%
Nov 18 - 12:48 am 1:01 pm 7:15 pm (89.4°) 243,378 61.8%
Nov 19 - 1:28 am 1:47 pm 7:58 pm (84.4°) 239,677 71.7%
* All times are local time for Zanzibar City. 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 Zanzibar City This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:57 am Sat 5:09 pm Sat 11:03 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 4:05 am Sat 4:17 pm Sat 10:11 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 12:46 am Sat 12:36 pm Sat 6:41 am Average visibility
Jupiter Sat 12:47 am Sat 12:38 pm Sat 6:43 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Fri 3:26 pm Sat 3:28 am Fri 9:27 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Fri 7:07 pm Sat 6:51 am Sat 12:59 am Average visibility
Neptune Fri 2:59 pm Sat 3:02 am Fri 9:00 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Zanzibar City.

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