Current Time: | Jan 21, 2025 at 3:56:07 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 6:21 am↑ 116° Southeast |
Sunset Today: | 8:41 pm↑ 244° Southwest |
Moonset Today: | 1:13 pm↑ 256° West |
Daylight Hours: | 14 hours, 20 minutes (-1m 38s) |
Today's Sun Position in Melbourne
Time: | 3:56 am |
Altitude: | -23.0° |
Direction: | 143° SE |
Phase: | Night |
Day length today: 14h 19m 52s (Jan 21, 2025)
1 minute, 38 seconds shorter than yesterday (Jan 20, 2025)
4 hours, 47 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2024)
27 minutes, 32 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)
The Sun's altitude in Melbourne 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 Melbourne Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Melbourne 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 – 4:34 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 4:34 am – 5:14 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:14 am – 5:51 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:51 am – 6:21 am |
Daylight | 6:21 am – 8:41 pm |
Civil Twilight | 8:41 pm – 9:10 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 9:10 pm – 9:47 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 9:47 pm – 10:27 pm |
Night | 10:27 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Melbourne - Next 7 Days
2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Jan | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Jan 21 | 6:21 am | 8:41 pm | 14:19:52 | −1:38 | 1:31 pm (72.1°) | 91.478 |
Jan 22 | 6:22 am | 8:40 pm | 14:18:10 | −1:41 | 1:31 pm (71.8°) | 91.487 |
Jan 23 | 6:23 am | 8:39 pm | 14:16:27 | −1:43 | 1:31 pm (71.6°) | 91.496 |
Jan 24 | 6:24 am | 8:39 pm | 14:14:41 | −1:45 | 1:32 pm (71.4°) | 91.506 |
Jan 25 | 6:25 am | 8:38 pm | 14:12:53 | −1:47 | 1:32 pm (71.1°) | 91.516 |
Jan 26 | 6:26 am | 8:37 pm | 14:11:04 | −1:49 | 1:32 pm (70.9°) | 91.527 |
Jan 27 | 6:27 am | 8:37 pm | 14:09:12 | −1:51 | 1:32 pm (70.6°) | 91.538 |
* All times are local time for Melbourne. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
Equinoxes & Solstices 2025
March equinox | Mar 20 | 8:01 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 21 | 12:42 pm |
September equinox | Sep 23 | 4:19 am |
December solstice | Dec 22 | 2:03 am |
* All times are local Melbourne time. |
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Today's Moon in Melbourne
Percent Illuminated: | 60.9% |
Time: | 3:56 am |
Altitude: | 45.2° |
Direction: | 59° NE |
Position: | Waning Gibbous |
The Moon's path in Melbourne 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 Melbourne - Next 7 days
2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Jan | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Jan 21 | - | 1:13 pm | - | 6:28 am | (61.2°) | 251,156 | 59.9% | |||
Jan 22 | 12:15 am | 2:12 pm | - | 7:09 am | (66.6°) | 251,054 | 50.3% | |||
Jan 23 | 12:40 am | 3:13 pm | - | 7:52 am | (71.4°) | 250,090 | 40.6% | |||
Jan 24 | 1:10 am | 4:16 pm | - | 8:38 am | (75.5°) | 248,316 | 31.1% | |||
Jan 25 | 1:45 am | 5:19 pm | - | 9:29 am | (78.6°) | 245,856 | 22.2% | |||
Jan 26 | 2:29 am | 6:20 pm | - | 10:23 am | (80.3°) | 242,899 | 14.2% | |||
Jan 27 | 3:22 am | 7:15 pm | - | 11:20 am | (80.4°) | 239,690 | 7.6% | |||
* All times are local time for Melbourne. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in Melbourne This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jan 21, 2025 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Tue 5:16 am | Tue 8:02 pm | Tue 12:39 pm | Difficult to see |
Venus | Tue 10:16 am | Tue 10:47 pm | Tue 4:32 pm | Great visibility |
Mars | Tue 8:27 pm | Wed 5:37 am | Wed 1:02 am | Perfect visibility |
Jupiter | Tue 5:05 pm | Wed 2:47 am | Tue 9:56 pm | Perfect visibility |
Saturn | Tue 10:04 am | Tue 10:53 pm | Tue 4:29 pm | Average visibility |
Uranus | Tue 3:37 pm | Wed 1:42 am | Tue 8:40 pm | Average visibility |
Neptune | Tue 11:01 am | Tue 11:18 pm | Tue 5:10 pm | Very difficult to see |
* All times are local time for Melbourne. |
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