Current Time: | Mar 18, 2025 at 3:21:51 pm |
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Sunrise Today: | 5:57 am↑ 91° East |
Sunset Today: | 6:01 pm↑ 269° West |
Moonrise Today: | 9:18 pm↑ 111° Southeast |
Moonset Today: | 8:01 am↑ 251° West |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 5 minutes (+1m 3s) |


Today's Sun Position in La Mesa Valley
Time: | 3:21 pm |
Altitude: | 36.7° |
Direction: | 254° W |
Phase: | Daylight |
Day length today: 12h 4m 31s (Mar 18, 2025)
1 minute, 3 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 17, 2025)
1 hour, 3 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)
1 hour, 9 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2024)
The Sun's altitude in La Mesa Valley today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show the times of sunrise and sunset. Altitude and heading are displayed below the graph. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in La Mesa Valley Today
Day, night, and twilight times in La Mesa Valley today. Black is nighttime, light blue is daytime. The darker blue shadings represent the twilight phases during dawn (left) and dusk (right). Hover over the graph for more information. How to use this
Night | 12:00 am – 4:44 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 4:44 am – 5:10 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:10 am – 5:35 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:35 am – 5:57 am |
Daylight | 5:57 am – 6:01 pm |
Civil Twilight | 6:01 pm – 6:23 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 6:23 pm – 6:48 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 6:48 pm – 7:14 pm |
Night | 7:14 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in La Mesa Valley - Next 7 Days
2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 18 | 5:57 am | 6:01 pm | 12:04:31 | +1:03 | 11:59 am (70.6°) | 92.516 |
Mar 19 | 5:56 am | 6:02 pm | 12:05:35 | +1:03 | 11:59 am (71.0°) | 92.542 |
Mar 20 | 5:55 am | 6:02 pm | 12:06:38 | +1:03 | 11:58 am (71.4°) | 92.568 |
Mar 21 | 5:54 am | 6:02 pm | 12:07:41 | +1:03 | 11:58 am (71.8°) | 92.595 |
Mar 22 | 5:53 am | 6:02 pm | 12:08:45 | +1:03 | 11:58 am (72.2°) | 92.621 |
Mar 23 | 5:53 am | 6:02 pm | 12:09:48 | +1:03 | 11:57 am (72.6°) | 92.648 |
Mar 24 | 5:52 am | 6:03 pm | 12:10:51 | +1:03 | 11:57 am (73.0°) | 92.675 |
* All times are local time for La Mesa Valley. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The March equinox (vernal equinox) in La Mesa Valley is at 5:01 pm on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?
Equinoxes & Solstices 2025
March equinox | Mar 20 | 5:01 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 21 | 10:42 am |
September equinox | Sep 23 | 2:19 am |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 11:03 pm |
* All times are local La Mesa Valley time. |
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Today's Moon in La Mesa Valley
Percent Illuminated: | 86.1% |
Time: | 3:21 pm |
Altitude: | -80.1° |
Direction: | 94° E |
Position: | Waning Gibbous |
The Moon's path in La Mesa Valley today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show times and headings of moonrise and moonset. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Moon in La Mesa Valley - Next 7 days
2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Mar | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Mar 18 | - | 8:01 am | 9:18 pm | 2:16 am | (54.6°) | 252,122 | 89.4% | |||
Mar 19 | - | 8:39 am | 10:10 pm | 3:00 am | (50.0°) | 251,769 | 82.8% | |||
Mar 20 | - | 9:20 am | 11:04 pm | 3:46 am | (46.2°) | 250,736 | 74.8% | |||
Mar 21 | - | 10:07 am | 11:59 pm | 4:36 am | (43.6°) | 248,968 | 65.8% | |||
- | 10:58 am | - | 5:29 am | (42.2°) | 246,463 | 55.9% | ||||
Mar 23 | 12:54 am | 11:54 am | - | 6:24 am | (42.4°) | 243,287 | 45.6% | |||
Mar 24 | 1:47 am | 12:53 pm | - | 7:19 am | (44.3°) | 239,586 | 35.1% | |||
* All times are local time for La Mesa Valley. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in La Mesa Valley This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Mar 18, 2025 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Tue 6:24 am | Tue 6:45 pm | Tue 12:34 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Venus | Tue 5:59 am | Tue 6:28 pm | Tue 12:14 pm | Not visible |
Mars | Tue 12:56 pm | Wed 2:11 am | Tue 7:33 pm | Perfect visibility |
Jupiter | Tue 10:24 am | Tue 11:30 pm | Tue 4:57 pm | Fairly good visibility |
Saturn | Tue 5:48 am | Tue 5:39 pm | Tue 11:44 am | Extremely difficult to see |
Uranus | Tue 9:07 am | Tue 10:01 pm | Tue 3:34 pm | Difficult to see |
Neptune | Tue 6:08 am | Tue 6:07 pm | Tue 12:07 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
* All times are local time for La Mesa Valley. |
More about the planets visible in the night sky in La Mesa Valley