Sun & moon times today, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Moon: 56.6%

Current Time:	May 5, 2025 at 1:03:28 pm
Sunrise Today:	5:10 am↑ 68° East
Sunset Today:	7:12 pm↑ 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today:	12:03 pm↑ 68° East
Moonset Today:	1:49 am↑ 295° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	14 hours, 3 minutes (+2m 10s)

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Time:	1:03 pm
Altitude:	63.8°
Direction:	209° SW
Phase:	Daylight

Day length today: 14h 2m 39s (May 5, 2025)

2 minutes, 10 seconds longer than yesterday (May 4, 2025)

4 hours, 42 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

57 minutes, 43 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2024)

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Night	12:00 am – 3:25 am
Astro. Twilight	3:25 am – 4:04 am
Nautical Twilight	4:04 am – 4:40 am
Civil Twilight	4:40 am – 5:10 am
Daylight	5:10 am – 7:12 pm
Civil Twilight	7:12 pm – 7:42 pm
Nautical Twilight	7:42 pm – 8:18 pm
Astro. Twilight	8:18 pm – 8:58 pm
Night	8:58 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days

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2025	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May 5	5:10 am	7:12 pm	14:02:39	+2:10	12:11 pm (66.4°)	93.748
May 6	5:08 am	7:13 pm	14:04:47	+2:08	12:11 pm (66.7°)	93.770
May 7	5:07 am	7:14 pm	14:06:55	+2:07	12:10 pm (67.0°)	93.792
May 8	5:06 am	7:15 pm	14:09:00	+2:05	12:10 pm (67.2°)	93.813
May 9	5:05 am	7:16 pm	14:11:04	+2:03	12:10 pm (67.5°)	93.835
May 10	5:04 am	7:17 pm	14:13:07	+2:02	12:10 pm (67.8°)	93.856
May 11	5:03 am	7:18 pm	14:15:07	+2:00	12:10 pm (68.0°)	93.877
* All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Equinoxes & Solstices 2025

March equinox	Mar 20	5:01 pm
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 Beijing time.

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Percent Illuminated:

56.6%

Time:	1:03 pm
Altitude:	9.7°
Direction:	77° E
Position:	Waxing Gibbous

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Moon in Beijing - Next 7 days

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2025	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 5	-	1:49 am	12:03 pm	7:15 pm	(65.2°)	244,135	59.2%
May 6	-	2:15 am	1:08 pm	7:58 pm	(59.5°)	247,013	69.0%
May 7	-	2:37 am	2:10 pm	8:39 pm	(53.7°)	249,272	77.8%
May 8	-	2:57 am	3:10 pm	9:18 pm	(47.7°)	250,903	85.3%
May 9	-	3:16 am	4:09 pm	9:57 pm	(41.9°)	251,924	91.5%
May 10	-	3:36 am	5:09 pm	10:37 pm	(36.4°)	252,387	96.1%
May 11	-	3:57 am	6:10 pm	11:19 pm	(31.4°)	252,347	98.9%
* All times are local time for Beijing. 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 Beijing This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, May 5, 2025
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Mon 4:23 am	Mon 5:09 pm	Mon 10:45 am	Difficult to see
Venus	Mon 3:25 am	Mon 3:42 pm	Mon 9:33 am	Great visibility
Mars	Mon 10:48 am	Tue 1:16 am	Mon 6:02 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Mon 7:21 am	Mon 10:12 pm	Mon 2:47 pm	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Mon 3:24 am	Mon 3:12 pm	Mon 9:18 am	Average visibility
Uranus	Mon 5:48 am	Mon 8:08 pm	Mon 12:58 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Mon 3:28 am	Mon 3:27 pm	Mon 9:28 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Beijing.

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