Sun & moon times today, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Moon: 58.8%

Current Time:	May 5, 2025 at 11:28:47 am
Sunrise Today:	5:30 am↑ 62° Northeast
Sunset Today:	8:32 pm↑ 298° Northwest
Moonrise Today:	12:48 pm↑ 65° East
Moonset Today:	3:18 am↑ 298° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	15 hours, 1 minute (+3m 18s)

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Time:	11:28 am
Altitude:	51.0°
Direction:	143° SE
Phase:	Daylight

Day length today: 15h 1m 3s (May 5, 2025)

3 minutes, 18 seconds longer than yesterday (May 4, 2025)

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

1 hour, 29 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2024)

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Night	12:00 am – 3:00 am
Astro. Twilight	3:00 am – 4:02 am
Nautical Twilight	4:02 am – 4:52 am
Civil Twilight	4:52 am – 5:30 am
Daylight	5:30 am – 8:32 pm
Civil Twilight	8:32 pm – 9:10 pm
Nautical Twilight	9:10 pm – 10:00 pm
Astro. Twilight	10:00 pm – 11:04 pm
Night	11:04 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Portsmouth - 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	5:30 am	8:32 pm	15:01:03	+3:18	1:00 pm (55.6°)	93.755
May 6	5:29 am	8:33 pm	15:04:19	+3:16	1:00 pm (55.9°)	93.777
May 7	5:27 am	8:35 pm	15:07:34	+3:14	1:00 pm (56.2°)	93.799
May 8	5:25 am	8:36 pm	15:10:46	+3:12	1:00 pm (56.4°)	93.820
May 9	5:24 am	8:38 pm	15:13:55	+3:09	1:00 pm (56.7°)	93.842
May 10	5:22 am	8:39 pm	15:17:03	+3:07	1:00 pm (57.0°)	93.863
May 11	5:21 am	8:41 pm	15:20:08	+3:04	1:00 pm (57.2°)	93.884
* All times are local time for Portsmouth. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Equinoxes & Solstices 2025

March equinox	Mar 20	9:01 am
June solstice	Jun 21	3:42 am
September equinox	Sep 22	7:19 pm
December solstice	Dec 21	3:03 pm
* All times are local Portsmouth time.

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Percent Illuminated:

58.8%

Time:	11:28 am
Altitude:	-10.8°
Direction:	50° NE
Position:	Waxing Gibbous

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Moon in Portsmouth - Next 7 days

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2025	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 5	-	3:18 am	12:48 pm	8:19 pm	(52.3°)	245,139	62.5%
May 6	-	3:32 am	2:02 pm	9:01 pm	(46.6°)	247,820	72.0%
May 7	-	3:44 am	3:13 pm	9:41 pm	(40.7°)	249,873	80.4%
May 8	-	3:54 am	4:23 pm	10:20 pm	(34.8°)	251,300	87.5%
May 9	-	4:04 am	5:32 pm	11:00 pm	(29.1°)	252,134	93.2%
May 10	-	4:15 am	6:42 pm	11:40 pm	(23.7°)	252,426	97.2%
May 11	-	4:27 am	7:54 pm	Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Portsmouth. 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.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Portsmouth This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, May 5, 2025
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Mon 5:02 am	Mon 6:10 pm	Mon 11:35 am	Difficult to see
Venus	Mon 4:11 am	Mon 4:34 pm	Mon 10:23 am	Great visibility
Mars	Mon 11:00 am	Tue 2:42 am	Mon 6:51 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Mon 7:27 am	Mon 11:44 pm	Mon 3:35 pm	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Mon 4:16 am	Mon 3:57 pm	Mon 10:07 am	Average visibility
Uranus	Mon 6:03 am	Mon 9:31 pm	Mon 1:47 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Mon 4:17 am	Mon 4:16 pm	Mon 10:16 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Portsmouth.

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