Current Time: | Mar 19, 2024 at 12:36:28 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 5:59 am↑ 86° East |
Sunset Today: | 6:40 pm↑ 276° West |
Moon: | Up all day |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 40 minutes (+24m 6s) |
Today's Sun Position in Alert
Time: | 12:36 am |
Altitude: | -7.8° |
Direction: | 5° N |
Phase: | Nautical Twilight |
Day length today: 12h 40m 10s (Mar 19, 2024)
24 minutes, 6 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 18, 2024)
12 hours, 40 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2023)
11 hours, 19 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2023)
The Sun's altitude in Alert 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 Alert Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Alert 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 Nautical Twilight.
Nautical Twilight | 12:00 am – 2:59 am |
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Civil Twilight | 2:59 am – 5:59 am |
Daylight | 5:59 am – 6:40 pm |
Civil Twilight | 6:40 pm – 9:48 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 9:48 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Alert - Next 7 Days
2024 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Mar | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Mar 19 | 5:59 am | 6:40 pm | 12:40:10 | +24:06 | 12:16 pm (7.4°) | 92.560 |
Mar 20 | 5:47 am | 6:51 pm | 13:04:22 | +24:12 | 12:16 pm (7.8°) | 92.585 |
Mar 21 | 5:35 am | 7:04 pm | 13:28:45 | +24:22 | 12:16 pm (8.2°) | 92.611 |
Mar 22 | 5:22 am | 7:16 pm | 13:53:23 | +24:37 | 12:15 pm (8.6°) | 92.637 |
Mar 23 | 5:10 am | 7:28 pm | 14:18:19 | +24:56 | 12:15 pm (9.0°) | 92.663 |
Mar 24 | 4:57 am | 7:41 pm | 14:43:40 | +25:20 | 12:15 pm (9.4°) | 92.689 |
Mar 25 | 4:44 am | 7:53 pm | 15:09:31 | +25:50 | 12:14 pm (9.8°) | 92.715 |
* All times are local time for Alert. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
The March equinox (vernal equinox) in Alert is at 11:06 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?
Equinoxes & Solstices 2024
March equinox | Mar 19 | 11:06 pm |
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June solstice | Jun 20 | 4:51 pm |
September equinox | Sep 22 | 8:44 am |
December solstice | Dec 21 | 4:21 am |
* All times are local Alert time. |
Sun Articles
Today's Moon in Alert
Percent Illuminated: | 69.8% |
Time: | 12:36 am |
Altitude: | 28.4° |
Direction: | 253° W |
Position: | Waxing Gibbous |
The Moon's path in Alert 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 Alert - 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 | - | 8:41 pm | (31.2°) | 249,111 | 77.0% | |||
Mar 20 | - | Up all day | - | 9:28 pm | (27.4°) | 250,806 | 84.8% | |||
Mar 21 | - | Up all day | - | 10:12 pm | (22.8°) | 251,882 | 91.1% | |||
Mar 22 | - | Up all day | - | 10:53 pm | (17.6°) | 252,395 | 95.8% | |||
Mar 23 | - | Up all day | - | 11:33 pm | (12.0°) | 252,407 | 98.8% | |||
Mar 24 | - | 7:32 am | 5:30 pm | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
Mar 25 | - | 5:24 am | 10:07 pm | 12:12 am | (6.2°) | 251,975 | 100.0% | |||
* All times are local time for Alert. 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 Alert This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Mar 19, 2024 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Up all day | Tue 1:18 pm | Slightly difficult to see | |
Venus | Down all day | Tue 11:05 am | Down all night, not visible | |
Mars | Down all day | Tue 10:18 am | Down all night, not visible | |
Jupiter | Up all day | Tue 3:08 pm | Fairly good visibility | |
Saturn | Down all day | Tue 11:15 am | Down all night, not visible | |
Uranus | Up all day | Tue 3:29 pm | Difficult to see | |
Neptune | Tue 6:59 am | Tue 5:22 pm | Tue 12:10 pm | Not visible |
* All times are local time for Alert. |