Beijing, BJ, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Beijing, BJ, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Gibbous
Current Time: Aug 20, 2018 at 7:01:09 am
Sunrise Today: 5:30 am↑ 73° East
Sunset Today: 7:04 pm↑ 287° West
Moonrise Today: 2:43 pm↑ 115° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:03 am↑ 246° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 34 minutes (-2m 22s)
Today's Sun Position in Beijing
The Sun's altitude in Beijing today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show the times of sunrise and sunset. Altitude and heading are displayed in a separate box. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
7:01 am
Altitude
16.3°Heading
87° EPosition
DaylightDay length
13h 34m 10s
Change since
Yesterday: -2m 22s
Winter: +4h 13m
Summer: -1h 26m
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Beijing Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Beijing 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 – 3:50 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 3:50 am – 4:27 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 4:27 am – 5:01 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:01 am – 5:30 am | |
| Daylight | 5:30 am – 7:04 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 7:04 pm – 7:33 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 7:33 pm – 8:07 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 8:07 pm – 8:44 pm | |
| Night | 8:44 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days
| 2018 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Aug 20 | 5:30 am | 7:04 pm | 13:34:10 | −2:22 | 12:17 pm (62.6°) | 94.061 |
| Aug 21 | 5:31 am | 7:03 pm | 13:31:47 | −2:22 | 12:17 pm (62.2°) | 94.042 |
| Aug 22 | 5:32 am | 7:01 pm | 13:29:23 | −2:23 | 12:17 pm (61.9°) | 94.023 |
| Aug 23 | 5:33 am | 7:00 pm | 13:26:58 | −2:24 | 12:17 pm (61.6°) | 94.003 |
| Aug 24 | 5:34 am | 6:58 pm | 13:24:33 | −2:25 | 12:16 pm (61.2°) | 93.983 |
| Aug 25 | 5:35 am | 6:57 pm | 13:22:07 | −2:26 | 12:16 pm (60.9°) | 93.963 |
| Aug 26 | 5:36 am | 6:55 pm | 13:19:40 | −2:26 | 12:16 pm (60.5°) | 93.943 |
| * All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2018
| 2018 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 21 | 12:15 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 21 | 6:07 pm |
| September Equinox | Sep 23 | 9:54 am |
| December Solstice | Dec 22 | 6:23 am |
| * All times are local Beijing time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Beijing
The Moon's path in Beijing 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
7:01 am
Altitude
-68.6°Heading
348° NPosition
Waxing GibbousPercent illuminated
66.0%
Moon in Beijing - Next 7 days
| 2018 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Aug 20 | - | 12:03 am | 2:43 pm | 7:45 pm | (29.8°) | 249,463 | 70.8% | |||
| Aug 21 | - | 12:43 am | 3:37 pm | 8:33 pm | (28.7°) | 251,021 | 79.3% | |||
| Aug 22 | - | 1:28 am | 4:26 pm | 9:21 pm | (28.6°) | 251,886 | 86.6% | |||
| Aug 23 | - | 2:17 am | 5:11 pm | 10:09 pm | (29.5°) | 252,115 | 92.5% | |||
| Aug 24 | - | 3:09 am | 5:52 pm | 10:56 pm | (31.4°) | 251,789 | 96.8% | |||
| Aug 25 | - | 4:04 am | 6:28 pm | 11:42 pm | (34.1°) | 250,994 | 99.3% | |||
 Aug 26 | - | 5:01 am | 7:02 pm | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
| * All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
Planets Visible in the Sky in Beijing This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Aug 20, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Mon 4:20 am | Mon 6:08 pm | Mon 11:14 am | Difficult to see |
| Venus | Mon 9:25 am | Mon 8:44 pm | Mon 3:05 pm | Great visibility |
| Mars | Mon 6:04 pm | Tue 2:53 am | Mon 10:28 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Mon 12:05 pm | Mon 10:21 pm | Mon 5:13 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Mon 3:50 pm | Tue 1:12 am | Mon 8:31 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Sun 9:41 pm | Mon 11:06 am | Mon 4:23 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Sun 7:51 pm | Mon 7:10 am | Mon 1:30 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Beijing. | ||||
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