Decatur, IL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Decatur, IL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: Jul 28, 2017 at 10:18:41 am
Sunrise Today: 5:51 am↑ 64° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:12 pm↑ 295° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:31 am↑ 92° East
Moonset Today: 11:34 pm↑ 265° West
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 21 minutes (-1m 50s)
Today's Sun Position in Decatur
The Sun's altitude in Decatur 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
10:18 am
Altitude
49.1°Heading
109° EPosition
DaylightDay length
14h 21m 34s
Change since
Yesterday: -1m 50s
Winter: +5h
Summer: -38m 17s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Decatur Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Decatur 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 – 4:01 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 4:01 am – 4:42 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 4:42 am – 5:20 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:20 am – 5:51 am | |
| Daylight | 5:51 am – 8:12 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:12 pm – 8:43 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 8:43 pm – 9:20 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:20 pm – 10:02 pm | |
| Night | 10:02 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Decatur - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 28 | 5:51 am | 8:12 pm | 14:21:34 | −1:50 | 1:02 pm (69.0°) | 94.385 |
| Jul 29 | 5:52 am | 8:11 pm | 14:19:42 | −1:52 | 1:02 pm (68.7°) | 94.374 |
| Jul 30 | 5:53 am | 8:10 pm | 14:17:48 | −1:54 | 1:02 pm (68.5°) | 94.362 |
| Jul 31 | 5:53 am | 8:09 pm | 14:15:51 | −1:56 | 1:02 pm (68.2°) | 94.350 |
| Aug 1 | 5:54 am | 8:08 pm | 14:13:53 | −1:58 | 1:02 pm (68.0°) | 94.338 |
| Aug 2 | 5:55 am | 8:07 pm | 14:11:54 | −1:59 | 1:02 pm (67.7°) | 94.325 |
| Aug 3 | 5:56 am | 8:06 pm | 14:09:52 | −2:01 | 1:01 pm (67.5°) | 94.312 |
| * All times are local time for Decatur. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2017
| 2017 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 5:29 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 20 | 11:24 pm |
| September Equinox | Sep 22 | 3:02 pm |
| December Solstice | Dec 21 | 10:28 am |
| * All times are local Decatur time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Decatur
The Moon's path in Decatur 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
10:18 am
Altitude
-14.1°Heading
81° EPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
30.6%
Moon in Decatur - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 28 | 11:31 am | 11:34 pm | - | 5:36 pm | (46.9°) | 243,383 | 33.5% | |||
| Jul 29 | 12:30 pm | - | - | 6:21 pm | (42.7°) | 246,478 | 43.6% | |||
 Jul 30 | - | 12:04 am | 1:28 pm | 7:05 pm | (38.9°) | 248,925 | 53.7% | |||
| Jul 31 | - | 12:36 am | 2:25 pm | 7:50 pm | (35.7°) | 250,615 | 63.4% | |||
| Aug 1 | - | 1:09 am | 3:21 pm | 8:35 pm | (33.1°) | 251,508 | 72.5% | |||
| Aug 2 | - | 1:46 am | 4:15 pm | 9:22 pm | (31.2°) | 251,629 | 80.8% | |||
| Aug 3 | - | 2:26 am | 5:07 pm | 10:09 pm | (30.2°) | 251,053 | 87.9% | |||
| * All times are local time for Decatur. 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 Decatur This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Jul 28, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Fri 8:12 am | Fri 9:21 pm | Fri 2:47 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Fri 2:54 am | Fri 5:36 pm | Fri 10:15 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Fri 5:47 am | Fri 8:14 pm | Fri 1:01 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
| Jupiter | Fri 11:47 am | Fri 11:15 pm | Fri 5:31 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Fri 5:08 pm | Sat 2:36 am | Fri 9:52 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Thu 11:40 pm | Fri 12:54 pm | Fri 6:17 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Fri 9:51 pm | Sat 9:06 am | Sat 3:28 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Decatur. | ||||
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