Sun & moon times today, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Moon: 0.3%

Current Time:	May 12, 2021 at 6:37:36 am
Sunrise Today:	6:17 am↑ 71° East
Sunset Today:	5:20 pm↑ 290° West
Moonrise Today:	6:51 am↑ 70° East
Moonset Today:	6:01 pm↑ 292° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	11 hours, 3 minutes (-56s)

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Time:	6:37 am
Altitude:	3.7°
Direction:	68° E
Phase:	Daylight

Day length today: 11h 3m 12s (May 12, 2021)

56 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 11, 2021)

19 minutes, 51 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 20, 2020)

2 hours, 29 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2020)

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Night	12:00 am – 4:59 am
Astro. Twilight	4:59 am – 5:26 am
Nautical Twilight	5:26 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 – 6:11 pm
Astro. Twilight	6:11 pm – 6:38 pm
Night	6:38 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rio de Janeiro - 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 12	6:17 am	5:20 pm	11:03:12	−0:56	11:49 am (48.8°)	93.917
May 13	6:17 am	5:20 pm	11:02:17	−0:55	11:49 am (48.5°)	93.938
May 14	6:18 am	5:19 pm	11:01:23	−0:54	11:49 am (48.3°)	93.958
May 15	6:18 am	5:19 pm	11:00:30	−0:53	11:49 am (48.0°)	93.978
May 16	6:19 am	5:18 pm	10:59:38	−0:52	11:49 am (47.8°)	93.997
May 17	6:19 am	5:18 pm	10:58:47	−0:50	11:49 am (47.6°)	94.016
May 18	6:20 am	5:18 pm	10:57:57	−0:49	11:49 am (47.4°)	94.035
* All times are local time for Rio de Janeiro. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Equinoxes & Solstices 2021

March Equinox	Mar 20	6:38 am
June Solstice	Jun 21	12:32 am
September Equinox	Sep 22	4:21 pm
December Solstice	Dec 21	12:59 pm
* All times are local Rio de Janeiro time.

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Percent Illuminated:

0.3%

Time:	6:37 am
Altitude:	-3.4°
Direction:	71° E
Position:	Near New Moon (Waxing Crescent)

Year 2021 Moon Phases

Moon in Rio de Janeiro - Next 7 days

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2021	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
May	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
May 12	6:51 am	6:01 pm	-	12:27 pm	(46.8°)	252,483	0.7%
May 13	7:44 am	6:42 pm	-	1:14 pm	(43.7°)	251,940	3.2%
May 14	8:37 am	7:28 pm	-	2:03 pm	(41.6°)	250,920	7.5%
May 15	9:30 am	8:18 pm	-	2:54 pm	(40.7°)	249,389	13.6%
May 16	10:21 am	9:11 pm	-	3:46 pm	(41.2°)	247,321	21.2%
May 17	11:10 am	10:07 pm	-	4:37 pm	(42.9°)	244,713	30.2%
May 18	11:55 am	11:04 pm	-	5:28 pm	(46.0°)	241,606	40.3%
* All times are local time for Rio de Janeiro. 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 Rio de Janeiro This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, May 12, 2021
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Wed 7:58 am	Wed 6:34 pm	Wed 1:16 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Venus	Wed 7:14 am	Wed 6:04 pm	Wed 12:39 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Mars	Wed 10:03 am	Wed 8:39 pm	Wed 3:21 pm	Average visibility
Jupiter	Wed 12:17 am	Wed 1:02 pm	Wed 6:40 am	Fairly good visibility
Saturn	Tue 11:03 pm	Wed 12:07 pm	Wed 5:35 am	Perfect visibility
Uranus	Wed 5:30 am	Wed 4:42 pm	Wed 11:06 am	Extremely difficult to see
Neptune	Wed 1:57 am	Wed 2:13 pm	Wed 8:05 am	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rio de Janeiro.

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