Current Time: | Mar 19, 2024 at 10:38:14 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 5:55 am↑ 88° East |
Sunset Today: | 6:18 pm↑ 273° West |
Moon: | Up all day |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 22 minutes (+15m 9s) |
Today's Sun Position in Longyearbyen
Time: | 10:38 am |
Altitude: | 10.7° |
Direction: | 158° S |
Phase: | Daylight |
Day length today: 12h 22m 20s (Mar 19, 2024)
15 minutes, 9 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 18, 2024)
12 hours, 22 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2023)
11 hours, 37 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2023)
The Sun's altitude in Longyearbyen 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 Longyearbyen Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Longyearbyen 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 Astronomical Twilight.
Astro. Twilight | 12:00 am – 12:50 am |
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Nautical Twilight | 12:50 am – 4:10 am |
Civil Twilight | 4:10 am – 5:55 am |
Daylight | 5:55 am – 6:18 pm |
Civil Twilight | 6:18 pm – 8:05 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 8:05 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Longyearbyen - Next 7 Days
2024 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 19 | 5:55 am | 6:18 pm | 12:22:20 | +15:09 | 12:05 pm (11.6°) | 92.554 |
Mar 20 | 5:48 am | 6:25 pm | 12:37:31 | +15:11 | 12:04 pm (12.0°) | 92.580 |
Mar 21 | 5:40 am | 6:32 pm | 12:52:44 | +15:12 | 12:04 pm (12.4°) | 92.605 |
Mar 22 | 5:32 am | 6:40 pm | 13:08:00 | +15:15 | 12:04 pm (12.8°) | 92.631 |
Mar 23 | 5:24 am | 6:47 pm | 13:23:20 | +15:19 | 12:03 pm (13.2°) | 92.657 |
Mar 24 | 5:16 am | 6:55 pm | 13:38:44 | +15:24 | 12:03 pm (13.6°) | 92.683 |
Mar 25 | 5:08 am | 7:02 pm | 13:54:14 | +15:29 | 12:03 pm (13.9°) | 92.710 |
* All times are local time for Longyearbyen. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The March equinox (vernal equinox) in Longyearbyen is at 4:06 am 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 am |
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June solstice | Jun 20 | 10:51 pm |
September equinox | Sep 22 | 2:44 pm |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 10:21 am |
* All times are local Longyearbyen time. |
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Today's Moon in Longyearbyen
Percent Illuminated: | 71.7% |
Time: | 10:38 am |
Altitude: | 16.2° |
Direction: | 37° NE |
Position: | Waxing Gibbous |
The Moon's path in Longyearbyen 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 Longyearbyen - Next 7 days
2024 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Mar | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Mar 19 | - | Up all day | - | 8:19 pm | (36.2°) | 248,660 | 75.2% | |||
Mar 20 | - | Up all day | - | 9:07 pm | (32.7°) | 250,493 | 83.2% | |||
Mar 21 | - | Up all day | - | 9:51 pm | (28.2°) | 251,699 | 89.8% | |||
Mar 22 | - | Up all day | - | 10:33 pm | (23.1°) | 252,328 | 94.9% | |||
Mar 23 | - | 8:32 am | 1:52 pm | 11:13 pm | (17.5°) | 252,444 | 98.3% | |||
Mar 24 | - | 6:57 am | 4:56 pm | 11:52 pm | (11.8°) | 252,104 | 99.9% | |||
Mar 25 | - | 5:47 am | 7:41 pm | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
* All times are local time for Longyearbyen. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in Longyearbyen This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Mar 19, 2024 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Tue 4:15 am | Tue 10:12 pm | Tue 1:06 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Venus | Wed 7:51 am | Wed 1:59 pm | Wed 10:53 am | Slightly difficult to see |
Mars | Down all day | Tue 10:07 am | Down all night, not visible | |
Jupiter | Up all day | Tue 2:57 pm | Fairly good visibility | |
Saturn | Wed 7:48 am | Wed 2:13 pm | Wed 11:00 am | Not visible |
Uranus | Up all day | Tue 3:18 pm | Difficult to see | |
Neptune | Wed 6:26 am | Wed 5:25 pm | Wed 11:56 am | Not visible |
* All times are local time for Longyearbyen. |
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