Beijing, BJ, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Beijing, BJ, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Gibbous
Current Time: Oct 23, 2018 at 8:13:24 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am↑ 104° East
Sunset Today: 5:24 pm↑ 256° West
Moonrise Today: 5:02 pm↑ 89° East
Moonset Today: 4:38 am↑ 268° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 51 minutes (-2m 27s)
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
8:13 pm
Altitude
-33.0°Heading
283° WPosition
NightDay length
10h 51m 28s
Change since
Yesterday: -2m 27s
Winter: +1h 31m
Summer: -4h 8m
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 – 5:02 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 5:02 am – 5:33 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 5:33 am – 6:05 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 6:05 am – 6:32 am | |
| Daylight | 6:32 am – 5:24 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:24 pm – 5:51 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 5:51 pm – 6:23 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 6:23 pm – 6:54 pm | |
| Night | 6:54 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days
| 2018 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Oct 23 | 6:32 am | 5:24 pm | 10:51:28 | −2:27 | 11:58 am (38.7°) | 92.489 |
| Oct 24 | 6:33 am | 5:22 pm | 10:49:01 | −2:26 | 11:58 am (38.4°) | 92.464 |
| Oct 25 | 6:34 am | 5:21 pm | 10:46:35 | −2:25 | 11:58 am (38.0°) | 92.438 |
| Oct 26 | 6:36 am | 5:20 pm | 10:44:10 | −2:25 | 11:58 am (37.7°) | 92.413 |
| Oct 27 | 6:37 am | 5:18 pm | 10:41:46 | −2:24 | 11:58 am (37.4°) | 92.388 |
| Oct 28 | 6:38 am | 5:17 pm | 10:39:22 | −2:23 | 11:58 am (37.0°) | 92.364 |
| Oct 29 | 6:39 am | 5:16 pm | 10:37:00 | −2:22 | 11:58 am (36.7°) | 92.339 |
| * 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
8:13 pm
Altitude
33.6°Heading
122° SEPosition
Waxing GibbousPercent illuminated
98.3%
Moon in Beijing - Next 7 days
| 2018 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Oct 23 | - | 4:38 am | 5:02 pm | 11:17 pm | (51.8°) | 241,152 | 98.6% | |||
| Oct 24 | - | 5:40 am | 5:32 pm | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
 Oct 25 | - | 6:44 am | 6:04 pm | 12:04 am | (56.6°) | 238,580 | 99.8% | |||
| Oct 26 | - | 7:50 am | 6:40 pm | 12:53 am | (61.2°) | 236,231 | 98.6% | |||
| Oct 27 | - | 8:57 am | 7:21 pm | 1:44 am | (65.3°) | 234,221 | 95.0% | |||
| Oct 28 | - | 10:03 am | 8:08 pm | 2:39 am | (68.4°) | 232,614 | 88.8% | |||
| Oct 29 | - | 11:08 am | 9:02 pm | 3:36 am | (70.4°) | 231,420 | 80.5% | |||
| * 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, Tue, Oct 23, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Wed 8:22 am | Wed 6:08 pm | Wed 1:15 pm | Difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 7:10 am | Wed 4:58 pm | Wed 12:04 pm | Not visible |
| Mars | Tue 2:28 pm | Wed 12:24 am | Tue 7:26 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Wed 8:45 am | Wed 6:39 pm | Wed 1:42 pm | Average visiblity |
| Saturn | Tue 11:45 am | Tue 9:06 pm | Tue 4:26 pm | Average visiblity |
| Uranus | Tue 5:21 pm | Wed 6:40 am | Wed 12:00 midnight | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Tue 3:31 pm | Wed 2:47 am | Tue 9:09 pm | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Beijing. | ||||
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