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Sunset and sunrise times in Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

In Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:18 and rises at 06:06. Daylight lasts 12h 12m; evening golden hour runs from 17:51 to 18:31.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:45
Sunrise
06:06
Solar noon
12:12
Sunset
18:18
Last light
18:39
Day length
12h 12m

18h 16m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:51 – 18:31
Blue hour
18:31 – 18:39
Max sun altitude
89.4°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:48 / 18:20

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:18 Golden hour 17:51 – 18:31 Day length 12h 12m vs today the same length

Where Mbuji-Mayi is

Coordinates
6.1360° S, 23.5898° E
Time zone
Africa/Lubumbashi
Current offset
UTC+02:00
Elevation
621 m
Population
2,101,332

Sunrise and sunset in Mbuji-Mayi, October 2026

October 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Thu 1 05:49 06:10 12:15 18:20 18:40 12h 9m +0:20 17:52–18:32 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:49 06:10 12:15 18:20 18:40 12h 9m +0:20 17:52–18:32 🌖 64%
Sat 3 05:48 06:09 12:14 18:19 18:40 12h 10m +0:20 17:52–18:32 🌗 53%
Sun 4 05:48 06:09 12:14 18:19 18:40 12h 10m +0:20 17:52–18:32 🌘 41%
Mon 5 05:47 06:08 12:14 18:19 18:40 12h 10m +0:20 17:51–18:32 🌘 30%
Tue 6 05:47 06:08 12:13 18:19 18:40 12h 11m +0:20 17:51–18:32 🌘 20%
Wed 7 05:46 06:07 12:13 18:19 18:40 12h 11m +0:20 17:51–18:32 🌘 11%
Thu 8 05:46 06:07 12:13 18:19 18:40 12h 11m +0:20 17:51–18:32 🌘 5%
Fri 9 05:45 06:06 12:12 18:19 18:40 12h 12m +0:20 17:51–18:31 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:45 06:06 12:12 18:18 18:39 12h 12m +0:20 17:51–18:31 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:45 06:05 12:12 18:18 18:39 12h 12m +0:20 17:51–18:31 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:44 06:05 12:12 18:18 18:39 12h 13m +0:20 17:51–18:31 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:44 06:05 12:11 18:18 18:39 12h 13m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:43 06:04 12:11 18:18 18:39 12h 13m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:43 06:04 12:11 18:18 18:39 12h 14m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌒 22%
Fri 16 05:42 06:03 12:11 18:18 18:39 12h 14m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌒 30%
Sat 17 05:42 06:03 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 14m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌒 39%
Sun 18 05:42 06:03 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 15m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌓 48%
Mon 19 05:41 06:02 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 15m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌔 57%
Tue 20 05:41 06:02 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 15m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌔 67%
Wed 21 05:41 06:02 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 16m +0:20 17:50–18:31 🌔 76%
Thu 22 05:40 06:01 12:10 18:18 18:39 12h 16m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌔 84%
Fri 23 05:40 06:01 12:09 18:18 18:39 12h 16m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌔 91%
Sat 24 05:40 06:01 12:09 18:18 18:39 12h 17m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌔 96%
Sun 25 05:39 06:00 12:09 18:18 18:39 12h 17m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:39 06:00 12:09 18:18 18:39 12h 17m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:39 06:00 12:09 18:18 18:39 12h 18m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌖 98%
Wed 28 05:38 06:00 12:09 18:18 18:40 12h 18m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌖 94%
Thu 29 05:38 05:59 12:09 18:18 18:40 12h 18m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌖 87%
Fri 30 05:38 05:59 12:09 18:18 18:40 12h 19m +0:19 17:50–18:31 🌖 78%
Sat 31 05:38 05:59 12:09 18:18 18:40 12h 19m +0:18 17:50–18:32 🌖 68%
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Thu 1 05:01 05:25 06:10 18:20 19:05 19:29 11h 49m 87.1° 267° W
Fri 2 05:00 05:25 06:10 18:20 19:05 19:29 11h 49m 87.5° 266° W
Sat 3 05:00 05:24 06:09 18:19 19:04 19:29 11h 49m 87.9° 266° W
Sun 4 04:59 05:24 06:09 18:19 19:04 19:29 11h 48m 88.3° 265° W
Mon 5 04:59 05:23 06:08 18:19 19:04 19:29 11h 48m 88.7° 265° W
Tue 6 04:58 05:23 06:08 18:19 19:04 19:28 11h 48m 89.1° 265° W
Wed 7 04:58 05:22 06:07 18:19 19:04 19:28 11h 47m 89.5° 264° W
Thu 8 04:57 05:22 06:07 18:19 19:04 19:28 11h 47m 89.8° 264° W
Fri 9 04:57 05:21 06:06 18:19 19:04 19:28 11h 47m 89.8° 263° W
Sat 10 04:56 05:21 06:06 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 47m 89.4° 263° W
Sun 11 04:56 05:20 06:05 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 46m 89.0° 263° W
Mon 12 04:55 05:20 06:05 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 46m 88.7° 262° W
Tue 13 04:55 05:19 06:05 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 46m 88.3° 262° W
Wed 14 04:54 05:19 06:04 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 45m 87.9° 262° W
Thu 15 04:54 05:18 06:04 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 45m 87.5° 261° W
Fri 16 04:53 05:18 06:03 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 45m 87.2° 261° W
Sat 17 04:53 05:17 06:03 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 44m 86.8° 260° W
Sun 18 04:52 05:17 06:03 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 44m 86.4° 260° W
Mon 19 04:52 05:17 06:02 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 44m 86.1° 260° W
Tue 20 04:52 05:16 06:02 18:18 19:04 19:28 11h 43m 85.7° 259° W
Wed 21 04:51 05:16 06:02 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 43m 85.4° 259° W
Thu 22 04:51 05:15 06:01 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 43m 85.0° 259° WSW
Fri 23 04:50 05:15 06:01 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 42m 84.7° 258° WSW
Sat 24 04:50 05:15 06:01 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 42m 84.3° 258° WSW
Sun 25 04:49 05:14 06:00 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 42m 84.0° 258° WSW
Mon 26 04:49 05:14 06:00 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 41m 83.6° 257° WSW
Tue 27 04:49 05:14 06:00 18:18 19:04 19:29 11h 41m 83.3° 257° WSW
Wed 28 04:48 05:13 06:00 18:18 19:04 19:30 11h 41m 82.9° 257° WSW
Thu 29 04:48 05:13 05:59 18:18 19:05 19:30 11h 41m 82.6° 256° WSW
Fri 30 04:48 05:13 05:59 18:18 19:05 19:30 11h 40m 82.3° 256° WSW
Sat 31 04:47 05:13 05:59 18:18 19:05 19:30 11h 40m 82.0° 256° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sun 1 05:37 05:59 12:09 18:19 18:40 12h 19m +0:18 17:50–18:32 🌖 57%
Mon 2 05:37 05:59 12:09 18:19 18:40 12h 19m +0:18 17:50–18:32 🌗 45%
Tue 3 05:37 05:59 12:09 18:19 18:40 12h 20m +0:18 17:50–18:32 🌘 34%
Wed 4 05:37 05:58 12:09 18:19 18:41 12h 20m +0:18 17:50–18:32 🌘 23%
Thu 5 05:37 05:58 12:09 18:19 18:41 12h 20m +0:18 17:51–18:32 🌘 15%
Fri 6 05:37 05:58 12:09 18:19 18:41 12h 21m +0:17 17:51–18:33 🌘 8%
Sat 7 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:20 18:41 12h 21m +0:17 17:51–18:33 🌘 3%
Sun 8 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:20 18:42 12h 21m +0:17 17:51–18:33 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:20 18:42 12h 22m +0:17 17:51–18:33 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:20 18:42 12h 22m +0:17 17:51–18:34 🌒 2%
Wed 11 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:20 18:42 12h 22m +0:16 17:52–18:34 🌒 5%
Thu 12 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:21 18:43 12h 22m +0:16 17:52–18:34 🌒 9%
Fri 13 05:36 05:58 12:09 18:21 18:43 12h 23m +0:16 17:52–18:34 🌒 16%
Sat 14 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:21 18:43 12h 23m +0:16 17:52–18:35 🌒 23%
Sun 15 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:22 18:44 12h 23m +0:15 17:53–18:35 🌒 31%
Mon 16 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:22 18:44 12h 23m +0:15 17:53–18:35 🌒 40%
Tue 17 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:22 18:44 12h 24m +0:15 17:53–18:36 🌓 50%
Wed 18 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:22 18:45 12h 24m +0:15 17:53–18:36 🌔 60%
Thu 19 05:36 05:58 12:10 18:23 18:45 12h 24m +0:14 17:54–18:36 🌔 70%
Fri 20 05:36 05:58 12:11 18:23 18:45 12h 24m +0:14 17:54–18:37 🌔 79%
Sat 21 05:36 05:58 12:11 18:24 18:46 12h 25m +0:14 17:54–18:37 🌔 87%
Sun 22 05:36 05:59 12:11 18:24 18:46 12h 25m +0:13 17:55–18:38 🌔 93%
Mon 23 05:37 05:59 12:12 18:24 18:47 12h 25m +0:13 17:55–18:38 🌔 98%
Tue 24 05:37 05:59 12:12 18:25 18:47 12h 25m +0:13 17:55–18:38 🌕 100%
Wed 25 05:37 05:59 12:12 18:25 18:47 12h 25m +0:12 17:56–18:39 🌖 99%
Thu 26 05:37 05:59 12:12 18:25 18:48 12h 26m +0:12 17:56–18:39 🌖 96%
Fri 27 05:37 06:00 12:13 18:26 18:48 12h 26m +0:11 17:56–18:40 🌖 90%
Sat 28 05:37 06:00 12:13 18:26 18:49 12h 26m +0:11 17:57–18:40 🌖 82%
Sun 29 05:38 06:00 12:13 18:27 18:49 12h 26m +0:11 17:57–18:41 🌖 72%
Mon 30 05:38 06:00 12:14 18:27 18:50 12h 26m +0:10 17:58–18:41 🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Mbuji-Mayi

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 12h 28m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 11h 45m.

Between them the day length swings by 42m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:16 on 23 May; the latest is 18:50 on 1 February. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:58 on 12 November to 06:37 on 17 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Mbuji-Mayi different

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 6.1°S accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Between solstices the sunset walks 47° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.

On 5 March and 9 October the midday sun stands at the zenith, 218 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

At 6.1° the seasons barely touch the clock: 43 minutes separate midsummer from midwinter, against roughly 8.8 hours in London.

At 621 m the horizon sits 0.86° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 3.5 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 7 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

The times barely move this week: the longest day of the year falls on 21 December, in 2 months, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 1 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Mbuji-Mayi

Arrive by 17:36. Golden hour opens at 17:51 and the sun is down by 18:18, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:31 and runs to 18:39, the end of civil twilight and 20m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Mbuji-Mayi — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Mbuji-Mayi today?

The sun sets in Mbuji-Mayi at 18:18 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Mbuji-Mayi?

It takes 20m. Civil twilight ends at 18:39 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Mbuji-Mayi?

Evening golden hour runs 17:51 to 18:31 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Mbuji-Mayi covers the morning window and the coming week.

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