Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: Jun 19, 2018 at 2:52:38 am
Sunrise Today: 5:56 am↑ 66° East
Sunset Today: 6:27 pm↑ 294° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:16 am↑ 80° East
Moonset Today: 11:49 pm↑ 277° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 31 minutes (+1s)
Today's Sun Position in Colombo
The Sun's altitude in Colombo 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
2:52 am
Altitude
-40.4°Heading
51° NEPosition
NightDay length
12h 31m 32s
Change since
Yesterday: +1s
Winter: +48m 7s
Summer: -1s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Colombo Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Colombo 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 – 4:39 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 4:39 am – 5:06 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 5:06 am – 5:33 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:33 am – 5:56 am | |
| Daylight | 5:56 am – 6:27 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 6:27 pm – 6:50 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 6:50 pm – 7:17 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 7:17 pm – 7:44 pm | |
| Night | 7:44 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Colombo - Next 7 Days
| 2018 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jun 19 | 5:56 am | 6:27 pm | 12:31:32 | +0:01 | 12:11 pm (73.5°) | 94.452 |
| Jun 20 | 5:56 am | 6:27 pm | 12:31:33 | < 1s | 12:12 pm (73.5°) | 94.458 |
| Jun 21 | 5:56 am | 6:28 pm | 12:31:33 | < 1s | 12:12 pm (73.5°) | 94.464 |
| Jun 22 | 5:56 am | 6:28 pm | 12:31:33 | < 1s | 12:12 pm (73.5°) | 94.469 |
| Jun 23 | 5:56 am | 6:28 pm | 12:31:32 | < 1s | 12:12 pm (73.5°) | 94.474 |
| Jun 24 | 5:57 am | 6:28 pm | 12:31:31 | −0:01 | 12:12 pm (73.5°) | 94.479 |
| Jun 25 | 5:57 am | 6:28 pm | 12:31:29 | −0:01 | 12:13 pm (73.6°) | 94.483 |
| * All times are local time for Colombo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
June Solstice (Summer Solstice) is on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 3:37 pm in Colombo. In terms of daylight, this day is 48 minutes longer than on December Solstice. In most locations north of Equator, the longest day of the year is around this date.
Equinoxes & Solstices 2018
| 2018 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 9:45 pm |
| June Solstice | Jun 21 | 3:37 pm |
| September Equinox | Sep 23 | 7:24 am |
| December Solstice | Dec 22 | 3:53 am |
| * All times are local Colombo time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Colombo
The Moon's path in Colombo 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
2:52 am
Altitude
-53.4°Heading
299° NWPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
33.0%
Moon in Colombo - Next 7 days
| 2018 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jun 19 | 11:16 am | 11:49 pm | - | 5:33 pm | (88.4°) | 232,071 | 39.6% | |||
 Jun 20 | 12:09 pm | - | - | 6:23 pm | (86.8°) | 235,315 | 51.1% | |||
| Jun 21 | - | 12:36 am | 12:59 pm | 7:10 pm | (81.8°) | 238,500 | 62.1% | |||
| Jun 22 | - | 1:20 am | 1:48 pm | 7:57 pm | (77.1°) | 241,472 | 72.2% | |||
| Jun 23 | - | 2:04 am | 2:36 pm | 8:43 pm | (72.7°) | 244,137 | 81.1% | |||
| Jun 24 | - | 2:48 am | 3:24 pm | 9:29 pm | (68.9°) | 246,446 | 88.5% | |||
| Jun 25 | - | 3:33 am | 4:13 pm | 10:16 pm | (65.8°) | 248,385 | 94.1% | |||
| * All times are local time for Colombo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
Planets Visible in the Sky in Colombo This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jun 19, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Tue 7:01 am | Tue 7:34 pm | Tue 1:18 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Tue 8:44 am | Tue 9:10 pm | Tue 2:57 pm | Good visibility |
| Mars | Mon 9:21 pm | Tue 9:02 am | Tue 3:11 am | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Tue 3:13 pm | Wed 3:00 am | Tue 9:06 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Mon 7:00 pm | Tue 6:40 am | Tue 12:50 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Tue 2:12 am | Tue 2:26 pm | Tue 8:19 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Mon 11:35 pm | Tue 11:31 am | Tue 5:33 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Colombo. | ||||
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