Current Time: | Mar 21, 2025 at 3:08:59 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 7:48 am↑ 93° East |
Sunset Today: | 8:09 pm↑ 268° West |
Moon: | Up all day |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 22 minutes (-14m 41s) |
Today's Sun Position in McMurdo
Time: | 3:08 am |
Altitude: | -11.7° |
Direction: | 163° S |
Phase: | Nautical Twilight |
Day length today: 12h 21m 40s (Mar 21, 2025)
14 minutes, 41 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2025)
12 hours, 21 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2024)
11 hours, 38 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)
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 Astronomical Twilight.
Nautical Twilight | 12:00 am – 1:17 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 1:17 am – 2:46 am |
Nautical Twilight | 2:46 am – 6:04 am |
Civil Twilight | 6:04 am – 7:48 am |
Daylight | 7:48 am – 8:09 pm |
Civil Twilight | 8:09 pm – 9:51 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 9:51 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in McMurdo - Next 7 Days
2025 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 21 | 7:48 am | 8:09 pm | 12:21:40 | −14:41 | 2:00 pm (12.0°) | 92.591 |
Mar 22 | 7:55 am | 8:02 pm | 12:07:00 | −14:39 | 2:00 pm (11.6°) | 92.618 |
Mar 23 | 8:02 am | 7:54 pm | 11:52:22 | −14:38 | 2:00 pm (11.2°) | 92.645 |
Mar 24 | 8:09 am | 7:47 pm | 11:37:44 | −14:37 | 1:59 pm (10.8°) | 92.672 |
Mar 25 | 8:16 am | 7:39 pm | 11:23:06 | −14:38 | 1:59 pm (10.4°) | 92.698 |
Mar 26 | 8:23 am | 7:31 pm | 11:08:27 | −14:39 | 1:59 pm (10.0°) | 92.725 |
Mar 27 | 8:30 am | 7:24 pm | 10:53:46 | −14:41 | 1:58 pm (9.6°) | 92.752 |
* 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. |
Equinoxes & Solstices 2025
March equinox | Mar 20 | 10:01 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 21 | 2:42 pm |
September equinox | Sep 23 | 6:19 am |
December solstice | Dec 22 | 4:03 am |
* All times are local McMurdo time. |
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Today's Moon in McMurdo
Percent Illuminated: | 68.2% |
Time: | 3:08 am |
Altitude: | 33.5° |
Direction: | 55° NE |
Position: | Waning 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
2025 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Mar | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Mar 21 | - | Up all day | - | 6:32 am | (38.5°) | 249,227 | 66.9% | |||
Mar 22 | - | Up all day | - | 7:24 am | (40.0°) | 246,811 | 57.2% | |||
- | Up all day | - | 8:19 am | (40.0°) | 243,711 | 46.9% | ||||
Mar 24 | - | Up all day | - | 9:14 am | (38.3°) | 240,064 | 36.4% | |||
Mar 25 | - | Up all day | - | 10:09 am | (35.0°) | 236,093 | 26.1% | |||
Mar 26 | - | Up all day | - | 11:02 am | (30.2°) | 232,095 | 16.7% | |||
Mar 27 | - | 9:55 pm | - | 11:54 am | (24.2°) | 228,414 | 8.9% | |||
* 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. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in McMurdo This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Mar 21, 2025 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Fri 10:10 am | Fri 6:31 pm | Fri 2:20 pm | Not visible |
Venus | Fri 11:04 am | Fri 4:55 pm | Fri 1:59 pm | Not visible |
Mars | Down all day | Fri 9:27 pm | Down all night, not visible | |
Jupiter | Down all day | Fri 6:50 pm | Down all night, not visible | |
Saturn | Fri 6:00 am | Fri 9:11 pm | Fri 1:36 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Uranus | Down all day | Fri 5:25 pm | Down all night, not visible | |
Neptune | Fri 7:25 am | Fri 8:32 pm | Fri 1:59 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
* All times are local time for McMurdo. |