Sun & moon times today, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Moon: 31.8%

Current Time:	May 18, 2021 at 9:46:24 am
Sunrise Today:	6:42 am↑ 67° East
Sunset Today:	5:00 pm↑ 293° Northwest
Moonrise Today:	11:59 am↑ 62° Northeast
Moonset Today:	10:12 pm↑ 296° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	10 hours, 18 minutes (-1m 21s)

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Time:	9:46 am
Altitude:	28.8°
Direction:	34° NE
Phase:	Daylight

Day length today: 10h 18m 18s (May 18, 2021)

1 minute, 21 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 17, 2021)

24 minutes, 27 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2020)

4 hours, 6 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2020)

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Night	12:00 am – 5:15 am
Astro. Twilight	5:15 am – 5:45 am
Nautical Twilight	5:45 am – 6:15 am
Civil Twilight	6:15 am – 6:42 am
Daylight	6:42 am – 5:00 pm
Civil Twilight	5:00 pm – 5:27 pm
Nautical Twilight	5:27 pm – 5:57 pm
Astro. Twilight	5:57 pm – 6:27 pm
Night	6:27 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Sydney - Next 7 Days

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2021	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
May 18	6:42 am	5:00 pm	10:18:18	−1:21	11:51 am (36.6°)	94.025
May 19	6:43 am	4:59 pm	10:16:58	−1:19	11:51 am (36.4°)	94.043
May 20	6:43 am	4:59 pm	10:15:40	−1:17	11:51 am (36.2°)	94.061
May 21	6:44 am	4:58 pm	10:14:24	−1:16	11:51 am (36.0°)	94.079
May 22	6:45 am	4:58 pm	10:13:10	−1:14	11:51 am (35.8°)	94.097
May 23	6:45 am	4:57 pm	10:11:58	−1:12	11:51 am (35.6°)	94.114
May 24	6:46 am	4:57 pm	10:10:47	−1:10	11:51 am (35.4°)	94.131
* All times are local time for Sydney. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Equinoxes & Solstices 2021

March Equinox	Mar 20	8:38 pm
June Solstice	Jun 21	1:32 pm
September Equinox	Sep 23	5:21 am
December Solstice	Dec 22	2:59 am
* All times are local Sydney time.

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Percent Illuminated:

31.8%

Time:	9:46 am
Altitude:	-25.9°
Direction:	78° E
Position:	Waxing Crescent

Year 2021 Moon Phases

Moon in Sydney - Next 7 days

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2021	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 18	11:59 am	10:12 pm	-	5:03 pm	(33.2°)	243,342	34.7%
May 19	12:39 pm	11:14 pm	-	5:54 pm	(36.8°)	240,034	45.2%
May 20	1:14 pm	-	-	6:43 pm	(41.4°)	236,395	56.1%
May 21	-	12:18 am	1:48 pm	7:31 pm	(47.0°)	232,629	67.2%
May 22	-	1:23 am	2:20 pm	8:20 pm	(53.2°)	229,005	77.7%
May 23	-	2:30 am	2:52 pm	9:10 pm	(59.8°)	225,845	86.9%
May 24	-	3:39 am	3:25 pm	10:03 pm	(66.3°)	223,479	94.2%
* All times are local time for Sydney. 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 Sydney This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, May 18, 2021
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Tue 8:34 am	Tue 6:13 pm	Tue 1:23 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Venus	Tue 7:49 am	Tue 5:47 pm	Tue 12:49 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Mars	Tue 10:23 am	Tue 8:10 pm	Tue 3:16 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Mon 11:48 pm	Tue 12:58 pm	Tue 6:23 am	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Mon 10:26 pm	Tue 12:07 pm	Tue 5:16 am	Perfect visibility
Uranus	Tue 5:28 am	Tue 4:09 pm	Tue 10:48 am	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Tue 1:35 am	Tue 1:59 pm	Tue 7:47 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Sydney.

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