Boston, MA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Boston, MA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayNear New Moon (Waning Crescent)
Current Time: Jul 22, 2017 at 9:01:47 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:27 am↑ 61° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:13 pm↑ 299° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 4:33 am↑ 64° Northeast
Moonset Today: 7:34 pm↑ 295° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 46 minutes (-1m 47s)
Today's Sun Position in Boston
The Sun's altitude in Boston 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
9:01 pm
Altitude
-8.3°Heading
307° NWPosition
Nautical TwilightDay length
14h 46m 23s
Change since
Yesterday: -1m 47s
Winter: +5h 41m
Summer: -30m 38s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Boston Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Boston 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 – 3:25 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 3:25 am – 4:12 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 4:12 am – 4:54 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 4:54 am – 5:27 am | |
| Daylight | 5:27 am – 8:13 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:13 pm – 8:46 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 8:46 pm – 9:27 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:27 pm – 10:14 pm | |
| Night | 10:14 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Boston - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 22 | 5:27 am | 8:13 pm | 14:46:23 | −1:47 | 12:50 pm (67.8°) | 94.441 |
| Jul 23 | 5:28 am | 8:12 pm | 14:44:33 | −1:50 | 12:50 pm (67.6°) | 94.433 |
| Jul 24 | 5:29 am | 8:11 pm | 14:42:40 | −1:52 | 12:50 pm (67.4°) | 94.425 |
| Jul 25 | 5:30 am | 8:10 pm | 14:40:45 | −1:54 | 12:50 pm (67.1°) | 94.416 |
| Jul 26 | 5:31 am | 8:09 pm | 14:38:48 | −1:57 | 12:50 pm (66.9°) | 94.406 |
| Jul 27 | 5:32 am | 8:08 pm | 14:36:48 | −1:59 | 12:50 pm (66.7°) | 94.396 |
| Jul 28 | 5:33 am | 8:07 pm | 14:34:47 | −2:01 | 12:50 pm (66.5°) | 94.385 |
| * All times are local time for Boston. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2017
| 2017 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 6:29 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 21 | 12:24 am |
| September Equinox | Sep 22 | 4:02 pm |
| December Solstice | Dec 21 | 11:28 am |
| * All times are local Boston time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Boston
The Moon's path in Boston 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
9:01 pm
Altitude
-13.8°Heading
310° NWPosition
Near New Moon (Waning Crescent)Percent illuminated
0.2%
Moon in Boston - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 22 | 4:34 am | 7:34 pm | - | 12:05 pm | (66.3°) | 224,919 | 0.9% | |||
 Jul 23 | 5:40 am | 8:25 pm | - | 1:06 pm | (64.5°) | 226,454 | 0.2% | |||
| Jul 24 | 6:50 am | 9:08 pm | - | 2:03 pm | (61.6°) | 228,956 | 2.5% | |||
| Jul 25 | 8:00 am | 9:46 pm | - | 2:57 pm | (57.8°) | 232,193 | 7.6% | |||
| Jul 26 | 9:08 am | 10:19 pm | - | 3:48 pm | (53.4°) | 235,863 | 14.8% | |||
| Jul 27 | 10:13 am | 10:50 pm | - | 4:36 pm | (49.0°) | 239,638 | 23.4% | |||
| Jul 28 | 11:17 am | 11:19 pm | - | 5:22 pm | (44.5°) | 243,215 | 33.0% | |||
| * All times are local time for Boston. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. | ||||||||||
Planets Visible in the Sky in Boston This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Jul 22, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Sat 7:42 am | Sat 9:25 pm | Sat 2:35 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Sun 2:32 am | Sun 5:25 pm | Sun 9:58 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Sun 5:31 am | Sun 8:19 pm | Sun 12:56 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
| Jupiter | Sat 11:57 am | Sat 11:24 pm | Sat 5:41 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Sat 5:29 pm | Sun 2:42 am | Sat 10:05 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Sat 11:44 pm | Sun 1:06 pm | Sun 6:25 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Sat 10:05 pm | Sun 9:17 am | Sun 3:41 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Boston. | ||||
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