Dakar, Senegal Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Dakar (Senegal). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 07:56 (GMT+00:00) Africa/Dakar . All times are shown in Dakar local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 14.49%, Maximal illumination for this day: 23.73%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 08:46; remaining time: 11d 0h 50m 34s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	10:18
Moonset:	23:44

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 365 963 km
227 399 mi
Dakar ↔ Moon, nearest point: 366 984 km
228 033 mi
View angle: 0.544°

Dakar on map:

Dakar

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+00:00
Latitude:	14.6937°
Longitude:	-17.44406°
Country:	Senegal
Population:	2 476 400

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 17.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 1 hours, 0 minutes. (≈4.042 Day)

Moon illumination angle = 63°

Dakar, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: -26.1°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 50.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	08:04:00	09:11:00	10:18:00	11:23:00	12:22:00
Moonset:	21:43:00	22:47:00	23:44:00	00:00:00	00:34:00

Dakar moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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