Current Time: | May 2, 2024 at 5:37:46 pm |
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Sunrise Today: | 6:17 am↑ 73° East |
Sunset Today: | 5:20 pm↑ 287° West |
Moonset Today: | 1:40 pm↑ 251° West |
Daylight Hours: | 11 hours, 3 minutes (-1m 17s) |
Today's Sun Position in Big Bend
Time: | 5:37 pm |
Altitude: | -4.5° |
Direction: | 285° W |
Phase: | Civil Twilight |
Day length today: 11h 2m 57s (May 2, 2024)
1 minute, 17 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 1, 2024)
35 minutes, 46 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2023)
2 hours, 46 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2023)
The Sun's altitude in Big Bend 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 Big Bend Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Big Bend 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
Night | 12:00 am – 4:58 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 4:58 am – 5:25 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:25 am – 5:53 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:53 am – 6:17 am |
Daylight | 6:17 am – 5:20 pm |
Civil Twilight | 5:20 pm – 5:44 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 5:44 pm – 6:12 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 6:12 pm – 6:39 pm |
Night | 6:39 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Big Bend - Next 7 Days
2024 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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May | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
May 2 | 6:17 am | 5:20 pm | 11:02:57 | −1:17 | 11:49 am (47.6°) | 93.691 |
May 3 | 6:18 am | 5:19 pm | 11:01:40 | −1:16 | 11:49 am (47.3°) | 93.715 |
May 4 | 6:18 am | 5:19 pm | 11:00:25 | −1:15 | 11:48 am (47.1°) | 93.738 |
May 5 | 6:19 am | 5:18 pm | 10:59:10 | −1:14 | 11:48 am (46.8°) | 93.762 |
May 6 | 6:19 am | 5:17 pm | 10:57:57 | −1:13 | 11:48 am (46.5°) | 93.785 |
May 7 | 6:20 am | 5:17 pm | 10:56:44 | −1:12 | 11:48 am (46.2°) | 93.807 |
May 8 | 6:20 am | 5:16 pm | 10:55:32 | −1:11 | 11:48 am (45.9°) | 93.829 |
* All times are local time for Big Bend. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
Equinoxes & Solstices 2024
March equinox | Mar 20 | 5:06 am |
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June solstice | Jun 20 | 10:51 pm |
September equinox | Sep 22 | 2:44 pm |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 11:21 am |
* All times are local Big Bend time. |
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Today's Moon in Big Bend
Percent Illuminated: | 36.9% |
Time: | 5:37 pm |
Altitude: | -42.1° |
Direction: | 212° SW |
Position: | Waning Crescent |
The Moon's path in Big Bend 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 Big Bend - Next 7 days
2024 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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May | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
May 2 | - | 1:40 pm | - | 6:52 am | (81.3°) | 230,502 | 41.9% | |||
May 3 | 1:01 am | 2:17 pm | - | 7:43 am | (75.2°) | 228,391 | 30.5% | |||
May 4 | 2:06 am | 2:52 pm | - | 8:33 am | (68.2°) | 226,762 | 19.9% | |||
May 5 | 3:11 am | 3:26 pm | - | 9:22 am | (60.9°) | 225,820 | 11.1% | |||
May 6 | 4:16 am | 4:02 pm | - | 10:13 am | (53.6°) | 225,739 | 4.5% | |||
May 7 | 5:23 am | 4:41 pm | - | 11:05 am | (46.9°) | 226,620 | 0.8% | |||
May 8 | 6:31 am | 5:24 pm | - | 12:00 pm | (41.2°) | 228,460 | 0.2% | |||
* All times are local time for Big Bend. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in Big Bend This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, May 2, 2024 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Fri 4:24 am | Fri 4:09 pm | Fri 10:17 am | Slightly difficult to see |
Venus | Fri 5:38 am | Fri 4:54 pm | Fri 11:16 am | Slightly difficult to see |
Mars | Fri 3:11 am | Fri 3:17 pm | Fri 9:15 am | Average visibility |
Jupiter | Thu 7:14 am | Thu 6:01 pm | Thu 12:38 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Saturn | Fri 2:04 am | Fri 2:35 pm | Fri 8:19 am | Average visibility |
Uranus | Thu 7:05 am | Thu 5:53 pm | Thu 12:29 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Neptune | Fri 2:59 am | Fri 3:08 pm | Fri 9:03 am | Very difficult to see |
* All times are local time for Big Bend. |