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Mongu, Zambia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.9%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 6:45:27 am
Sunrise Today: 6:39 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:07 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 12:46 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 28 minutes (-37s)

Today's Sun Position in Mongu

Time: 6:45 am
Altitude: 0.9°
Direction: 72° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 27m 52s (May 9, 2026)

37 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

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

1 hour, 34 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Mongu Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:25 am
Astro. Twilight 5:25 am – 5:51 am
Nautical Twilight 5:51 am – 6:17 am
Civil Twilight 6:17 am – 6:39 am
Daylight 6:39 am – 6:07 pm
Civil Twilight 6:07 pm – 6:30 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:30 pm – 6:56 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:56 pm – 7:21 pm
Night 7:21 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Mongu - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:39 am 6:07 pm 11:27:52 −0:37 12:23 pm (57.3°) 93.837
May 10 6:40 am 6:07 pm 11:27:15 −0:37 12:23 pm (57.1°) 93.859
May 11 6:40 am 6:07 pm 11:26:39 −0:36 12:23 pm (56.8°) 93.881
May 12 6:40 am 6:06 pm 11:26:03 −0:35 12:23 pm (56.5°) 93.902
May 13 6:40 am 6:06 pm 11:25:27 −0:35 12:23 pm (56.3°) 93.924
May 14 6:41 am 6:06 pm 11:24:53 −0:34 12:23 pm (56.1°) 93.944
May 15 6:41 am 6:05 pm 11:24:19 −0:33 12:23 pm (55.8°) 93.965
* All times are local time for Mongu. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Mongu

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Mongu - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:46 pm - 6:13 am (85.5°) 246,512 57.1%
May 10 12:30 am 1:25 pm - 6:59 am (89.5°) 243,385 46.9%
May 11 1:21 am 2:03 pm - 7:44 am (83.7°) 239,745 36.4%
May 12 2:13 am 2:40 pm - 8:28 am (77.3°) 235,809 26.3%
May 13 3:05 am 3:19 pm - 9:14 am (70.6°) 231,855 16.9%
May 14 4:01 am 4:01 pm - 10:03 am (63.8°) 228,230 9.0%
May 15 5:00 am 4:47 pm - 10:55 am (57.3°) 225,263 3.3%
* All times are local time for Mongu. 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 Mongu This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:13 am Sat 5:46 pm Sat 12:00 noon Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:52 am Sat 8:02 pm Sat 2:27 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:50 am Sat 4:37 pm Sat 10:44 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:09 am Sat 10:21 pm Sat 4:45 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:59 am Sat 3:58 pm Sat 9:59 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:34 am Sat 6:51 pm Sat 1:12 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:32 am Sat 3:35 pm Sat 9:33 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Mongu.

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