Charleston, SC, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Charleston, SC, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaning Crescent
Current Time: Jul 20, 2017 at 8:53:56 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:25 am↑ 65° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:26 pm↑ 295° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 3:36 am↑ 69° East
Moonset Today: 5:46 pm↑ 292° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours (-1m 9s)
Today's Sun Position in Charleston
The Sun's altitude in Charleston 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
8:53 pm
Altitude
-6.0°Heading
299° NWPosition
Nautical TwilightDay length
14h 19s
Change since
Yesterday: -1m 9s
Winter: +4h
Summer: -18m 27s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Charleston Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Charleston 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 – 4:48 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 4:48 am – 5:24 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 5:24 am – 5:58 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:58 am – 6:25 am | |
| Daylight | 6:25 am – 8:26 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:26 pm – 8:53 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 8:53 pm – 9:27 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:27 pm – 10:03 pm | |
| Night | 10:03 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Charleston - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 20 | 6:25 am | 8:26 pm | 14:00:19 | −1:09 | 1:26 pm (77.7°) | 94.455 |
| Jul 21 | 6:26 am | 8:25 pm | 13:59:07 | −1:11 | 1:26 pm (77.5°) | 94.448 |
| Jul 22 | 6:27 am | 8:25 pm | 13:57:53 | −1:13 | 1:26 pm (77.3°) | 94.441 |
| Jul 23 | 6:27 am | 8:24 pm | 13:56:38 | −1:15 | 1:26 pm (77.1°) | 94.433 |
| Jul 24 | 6:28 am | 8:23 pm | 13:55:21 | −1:17 | 1:26 pm (76.9°) | 94.424 |
| Jul 25 | 6:29 am | 8:23 pm | 13:54:02 | −1:18 | 1:26 pm (76.7°) | 94.415 |
| Jul 26 | 6:29 am | 8:22 pm | 13:52:41 | −1:20 | 1:26 pm (76.5°) | 94.406 |
| * All times are local time for Charleston. 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 Charleston time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Charleston
The Moon's path in Charleston 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
8:53 pm
Altitude
-30.5°Heading
324° NWPosition
Waning CrescentPercent illuminated
8.2%
Moon in Charleston - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 20 | 3:36 am | 5:46 pm | - | 10:39 am | (75.2°) | 225,045 | 11.3% | |||
| Jul 21 | 4:32 am | 6:50 pm | - | 11:41 am | (76.3°) | 224,464 | 4.6% | |||
| Jul 22 | 5:34 am | 7:49 pm | - | 12:42 pm | (76.0°) | 224,944 | 0.8% | |||
 Jul 23 | 6:39 am | 8:42 pm | - | 1:43 pm | (74.2°) | 226,505 | 0.2% | |||
| Jul 24 | 7:45 am | 9:30 pm | - | 2:40 pm | (71.2°) | 229,028 | 2.6% | |||
| Jul 25 | 8:50 am | 10:12 pm | - | 3:34 pm | (67.4°) | 232,280 | 7.7% | |||
| Jul 26 | 9:53 am | 10:50 pm | - | 4:25 pm | (63.0°) | 235,956 | 15.0% | |||
| * All times are local time for Charleston. 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 Charleston This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, Jul 20, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Thu 8:28 am | Thu 9:48 pm | Thu 3:08 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Fri 3:32 am | Fri 5:32 pm | Fri 10:32 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Fri 6:33 am | Fri 8:33 pm | Fri 1:34 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
| Jupiter | Thu 12:34 pm | Fri 12:12 am | Thu 6:23 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Thu 5:47 pm | Fri 3:51 am | Thu 10:49 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Fri 12:39 am | Fri 1:37 pm | Fri 7:08 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Thu 10:41 pm | Fri 10:08 am | Fri 4:24 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Charleston. | ||||
More about the planets visible in the night sky in Charleston
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