Fairfax, VA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Fairfax, VA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaning Crescent
Current Time: Jul 20, 2017 at 11:11:32 am
Sunrise Today: 6:00 am↑ 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:30 pm↑ 297° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 3:12 am↑ 67° East
Moonset Today: 5:49 pm↑ 294° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 29 minutes (-1m 28s)
Today's Sun Position in Fairfax
The Sun's altitude in Fairfax 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
11:11 am
Altitude
57.7°Heading
115° SEPosition
DaylightDay length
14h 29m 56s
Change since
Yesterday: -1m 28s
Winter: +5h 3m
Summer: -23m 32s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Fairfax Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Fairfax 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 – 4:09 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 4:09 am – 4:51 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 4:51 am – 5:29 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:29 am – 6:00 am | |
| Daylight | 6:00 am – 8:30 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 9:00 pm – 9:38 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:38 pm – 10:21 pm | |
| Night | 10:21 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Fairfax - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 20 | 6:00 am | 8:30 pm | 14:29:56 | −1:28 | 1:15 pm (71.7°) | 94.455 |
| Jul 21 | 6:01 am | 8:29 pm | 14:28:24 | −1:31 | 1:15 pm (71.5°) | 94.448 |
| Jul 22 | 6:02 am | 8:28 pm | 14:26:51 | −1:33 | 1:15 pm (71.3°) | 94.441 |
| Jul 23 | 6:02 am | 8:28 pm | 14:25:15 | −1:35 | 1:15 pm (71.1°) | 94.433 |
| Jul 24 | 6:03 am | 8:27 pm | 14:23:37 | −1:38 | 1:15 pm (70.9°) | 94.425 |
| Jul 25 | 6:04 am | 8:26 pm | 14:21:57 | −1:40 | 1:15 pm (70.7°) | 94.415 |
| Jul 26 | 6:05 am | 8:25 pm | 14:20:14 | −1:42 | 1:15 pm (70.4°) | 94.406 |
| * All times are local time for Fairfax. 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 Fairfax time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Fairfax
The Moon's path in Fairfax 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
11:11 am
Altitude
67.2°Heading
206° SWPosition
Waning CrescentPercent illuminated
11.1%
Moon in Fairfax - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 20 | 3:12 am | 5:49 pm | - | 10:28 am | (69.0°) | 225,053 | 11.3% | |||
| Jul 21 | 4:07 am | 6:53 pm | - | 11:30 am | (70.2°) | 224,464 | 4.6% | |||
| Jul 22 | 5:09 am | 7:52 pm | - | 12:31 pm | (69.8°) | 224,937 | 0.8% | |||
 Jul 23 | 6:15 am | 8:43 pm | - | 1:32 pm | (68.0°) | 226,490 | 0.2% | |||
| Jul 24 | 7:23 am | 9:28 pm | - | 2:29 pm | (65.1°) | 229,006 | 2.6% | |||
| Jul 25 | 8:31 am | 10:07 pm | - | 3:23 pm | (61.2°) | 232,254 | 7.7% | |||
| Jul 26 | 9:37 am | 10:43 pm | - | 4:14 pm | (56.9°) | 235,928 | 14.9% | |||
| * All times are local time for Fairfax. 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 Fairfax This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, Jul 20, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Thu 8:07 am | Thu 9:47 pm | Thu 2:58 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Thu 3:06 am | Thu 5:35 pm | Thu 10:21 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Thu 6:08 am | Thu 8:40 pm | Thu 1:24 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Thu 12:27 pm | Thu 11:59 pm | Thu 6:13 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Thu 5:52 pm | Fri 3:25 am | Thu 10:39 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Thu 12:26 am | Thu 1:37 pm | Thu 7:02 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Thu 10:35 pm | Fri 9:53 am | Fri 4:14 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Fairfax. | ||||
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