Current Time: | Mar 19, 2024 at 9:31:25 pm |
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Sunrise Today: | 7:35 am↑ 96° East |
Sunset Today: | 8:23 pm↑ 265° West |
Moon: | Down all day |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 47 minutes (-14m 47s) |
Today's Sun Position in McMurdo
Time: | 9:31 pm |
Altitude: | -4.3° |
Direction: | 248° W |
Phase: | Civil Twilight |
Day length today: 12h 47m 27s (Mar 19, 2024)
14 minutes, 47 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 18, 2024)
12 hours, 47 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 22, 2023)
11 hours, 12 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2023)
The Sun's altitude in McMurdo 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 McMurdo Today
Day, night, and twilight times in McMurdo 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
Today it does not get darker than Nautical Twilight.
Nautical Twilight | 12:00 am – 5:50 am |
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Civil Twilight | 5:50 am – 7:35 am |
Daylight | 7:35 am – 8:23 pm |
Civil Twilight | 8:23 pm – 10:06 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 10:06 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in McMurdo - Next 7 Days
2024 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 19 | 7:35 am | 8:23 pm | 12:47:27 | −14:47 | 2:01 pm (12.7°) | 92.544 |
Mar 20 | 7:42 am | 8:15 pm | 12:32:43 | −14:43 | 2:01 pm (12.3°) | 92.569 |
Mar 21 | 7:49 am | 8:07 pm | 12:18:02 | −14:40 | 2:00 pm (11.9°) | 92.595 |
Mar 22 | 7:56 am | 8:00 pm | 12:03:23 | −14:38 | 2:00 pm (11.5°) | 92.620 |
Mar 23 | 8:03 am | 7:52 pm | 11:48:46 | −14:37 | 2:00 pm (11.1°) | 92.646 |
Mar 24 | 8:11 am | 7:45 pm | 11:34:08 | −14:37 | 1:59 pm (10.7°) | 92.672 |
Mar 25 | 8:18 am | 7:37 pm | 11:19:30 | −14:37 | 1:59 pm (10.3°) | 92.699 |
* All times are local time for McMurdo. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The March equinox (autumnal equinox) in McMurdo is at 4:06 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?
Equinoxes & Solstices 2024
March equinox | Mar 20 | 4:06 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 21 | 8:51 am |
September equinox | Sep 23 | 12:44 am |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 10:21 pm |
* All times are local McMurdo time. |
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Today's Moon in McMurdo
Percent Illuminated: | 71.3% |
Time: | 9:31 pm |
Altitude: | -15.1° |
Direction: | 5° N |
Position: | Waxing Gibbous |
The Moon's path in McMurdo 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 McMurdo - Next 7 days
2024 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Mar | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Mar 19 | - | Down all day | - | 9:54 pm | (-15.0°) | 247,698 | 71.4% | |||
Mar 20 | - | Down all day | - | 10:43 pm | (-11.9°) | 249,803 | 80.0% | |||
Mar 21 | - | Down all day | - | 11:29 pm | (-7.8°) | 251,267 | 87.2% | |||
Mar 22 | - | - | - | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
Mar 23 | 10:14 pm | - | - | 12:12 am | (-2.1°) | 252,130 | 93.0% | |||
Mar 24 | - | 4:08 am | 8:48 pm | 12:52 am | (2.6°) | 252,454 | 97.1% | |||
Mar 25 | - | 7:03 am | 7:42 pm | 1:31 am | (8.2°) | 252,299 | 99.4% | |||
* All times are local time for McMurdo. 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. Below horizon is marked in red. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in McMurdo This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Mar 19, 2024 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Wed 11:33 am | Wed 6:27 pm | Wed 3:02 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Venus | Tue 3:02 am | Tue 10:23 pm | Tue 12:48 pm | Fairly good visibility |
Mars | Up all day | Tue 12:03 pm | Slightly difficult to see | |
Jupiter | Down all day | Tue 4:54 pm | Down all night, not visible | |
Saturn | Tue 3:50 am | Tue 10:12 pm | Tue 1:01 pm | Difficult to see |
Uranus | Down all day | Tue 5:16 pm | Down all night, not visible | |
Neptune | Wed 7:04 am | Wed 8:43 pm | Wed 1:53 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
* All times are local time for McMurdo. |