Sun & moon times today, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Moon: 0.1%

Current Time:	May 8, 2024 at 2:02:54 am
Sunrise Today:	5:52 am↑ 66° East
Sunset Today:	8:02 pm↑ 294° Northwest
Moonrise Today:	5:53 am↑ 62° Northeast
Moonset Today:	9:10 pm↑ 302° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	14 hours, 11 minutes (+2m 4s)

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Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Time:	2:02 am
Altitude:	-30.8°
Direction:	18° N
Phase:	Night

Day length today: 14h 10m 47s (May 8, 2024)

2 minutes, 4 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2024)

4 hours, 50 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2023)

49 minutes, 50 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2023)

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Night	12:00 am – 4:05 am
Astro. Twilight	4:05 am – 4:45 am
Nautical Twilight	4:45 am – 5:22 am
Civil Twilight	5:22 am – 5:52 am
Daylight	5:52 am – 8:02 pm
Civil Twilight	8:02 pm – 8:32 pm
Nautical Twilight	8:32 pm – 9:09 pm
Astro. Twilight	9:09 pm – 9:50 pm
Night	9:50 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Philadelphia - Next 7 Days

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2024	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May 8	5:52 am	8:02 pm	14:10:47	+2:04	12:57 pm (67.4°)	93.836
May 9	5:50 am	8:03 pm	14:12:50	+2:02	12:57 pm (67.7°)	93.857
May 10	5:49 am	8:04 pm	14:14:51	+2:01	12:57 pm (67.9°)	93.878
May 11	5:48 am	8:05 pm	14:16:50	+1:59	12:57 pm (68.2°)	93.899
May 12	5:47 am	8:06 pm	14:18:48	+1:57	12:57 pm (68.4°)	93.919
May 13	5:46 am	8:07 pm	14:20:43	+1:55	12:56 pm (68.7°)	93.939
May 14	5:45 am	8:08 pm	14:22:37	+1:53	12:57 pm (68.9°)	93.959
* All times are local time for Philadelphia. 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 2024

March equinox	Mar 19	11:06 pm
June solstice	Jun 20	4:51 pm
September equinox	Sep 22	8:44 am
December solstice	Dec 21	4:21 am
* All times are local Philadelphia time.

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Percent Illuminated:

0.1%

Time:	2:02 am
Altitude:	-28.7°
Direction:	17° N
Position:	Near New Moon (Waxing Crescent)

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Moon in Philadelphia - Next 7 days

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2024	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 8	5:53 am	9:10 pm	-	1:25 pm	(72.5°)	229,177	0.6%
May 9	6:32 am	10:24 pm	-	2:24 pm	(76.2°)	232,065	3.7%
May 10	7:20 am	11:30 pm	-	3:24 pm	(78.1°)	235,480	9.2%
May 11	8:17 am	-	-	4:23 pm	(78.1°)	239,114	16.7%
May 12	-	12:26 am	9:20 am	5:19 pm	(76.4°)	242,650	25.5%
May 13	-	1:10 am	10:25 am	6:10 pm	(73.2°)	245,807	35.1%
May 14	-	1:45 am	11:31 am	6:58 pm	(69.1°)	248,370	45.0%
* All times are local time for Philadelphia. 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 Philadelphia This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, May 8, 2024
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Wed 4:58 am	Wed 5:42 pm	Wed 11:20 am	Difficult to see
Venus	Wed 5:37 am	Wed 7:22 pm	Wed 12:29 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Mars	Wed 4:10 am	Wed 4:24 pm	Wed 10:17 am	Average visibility
Jupiter	Wed 6:20 am	Wed 8:35 pm	Wed 1:27 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Saturn	Wed 3:29 am	Wed 2:48 pm	Wed 9:09 am	Average visibility
Uranus	Wed 6:08 am	Wed 8:20 pm	Wed 1:14 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Wed 3:54 am	Wed 3:49 pm	Wed 9:51 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Philadelphia.

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