Rapid City, SD, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Rapid City, SD, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: May 27, 2017 at 1:39:17 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:15 am↑ 59° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:25 pm↑ 302° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 7:18 am↑ 63° Northeast
Moonset Today: 10:33 pm↑ 297° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 15 hours, 9 minutes (+1m 37s)
Today's Sun Position in Rapid City
The Sun's altitude in Rapid City 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
1:39 pm
Altitude
65.2°Heading
208° SWPosition
DaylightDay length
15h 9m 25s
Change since
Yesterday: +1m 37s
Winter: +6h 16m
Summer: -20m 23s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rapid City Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Rapid City 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 – 3:01 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 3:01 am – 3:55 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 3:55 am – 4:40 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 4:40 am – 5:15 am | |
| Daylight | 5:15 am – 8:25 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:25 pm – 9:00 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 9:00 pm – 9:45 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:45 pm – 10:40 pm | |
| Night | 10:40 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Rapid City - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| May 27 | 5:15 am | 8:25 pm | 15:09:25 | +1:37 | 12:50 pm (67.3°) | 94.196 |
| May 28 | 5:14 am | 8:25 pm | 15:10:59 | +1:34 | 12:50 pm (67.5°) | 94.212 |
| May 29 | 5:14 am | 8:26 pm | 15:12:31 | +1:31 | 12:50 pm (67.7°) | 94.227 |
| May 30 | 5:13 am | 8:27 pm | 15:13:58 | +1:27 | 12:50 pm (67.8°) | 94.241 |
| May 31 | 5:13 am | 8:28 pm | 15:15:23 | +1:24 | 12:50 pm (67.9°) | 94.255 |
| Jun 1 | 5:12 am | 8:29 pm | 15:16:43 | +1:20 | 12:50 pm (68.1°) | 94.269 |
| Jun 2 | 5:12 am | 8:30 pm | 15:18:00 | +1:17 | 12:50 pm (68.2°) | 94.282 |
| * All times are local time for Rapid City. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | ||||||
Equinoxes & Solstices 2017
| 2017 | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| March Equinox | Mar 20 | 4:29 am |
| June Solstice | Jun 20 | 10:24 pm |
| September Equinox | Sep 22 | 2:02 pm |
| December Solstice | Dec 21 | 9:28 am |
| * All times are local Rapid City time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Rapid City
The Moon's path in Rapid City 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
1:39 pm
Altitude
60.4°Heading
142° SEPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
6.2%
Moon in Rapid City - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| May 27 | 7:18 am | 10:33 pm | - | 2:55 pm | (64.9°) | 223,896 | 6.5% | |||
| May 28 | 8:21 am | 11:28 pm | - | 3:56 pm | (64.3°) | 226,526 | 13.9% | |||
| May 29 | 9:27 am | - | - | 4:55 pm | (62.4°) | 229,897 | 23.3% | |||
| May 30 | - | 12:16 am | 10:35 am | 5:50 pm | (59.4°) | 233,659 | 33.9% | |||
| May 31 | - | 12:55 am | 11:42 am | 6:41 pm | (55.8°) | 237,485 | 44.8% | |||
 Jun 1 | - | 1:30 am | 12:47 pm | 7:28 pm | (51.7°) | 241,109 | 55.7% | |||
| Jun 2 | - | 2:00 am | 1:51 pm | 8:14 pm | (47.4°) | 244,342 | 65.9% | |||
| * All times are local time for Rapid City. 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 Rapid City This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 27, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Sat 4:22 am | Sat 6:14 pm | Sat 11:18 am | Difficult to see |
| Venus | Sat 3:23 am | Sat 4:19 pm | Sat 9:51 am | Great visibility |
| Mars | Sat 6:21 am | Sat 9:54 pm | Sat 2:07 pm | Difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Sat 3:34 pm | Sun 3:08 am | Sat 9:21 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Sat 9:39 pm | Sun 6:41 am | Sun 2:10 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Sat 3:30 am | Sat 4:52 pm | Sat 10:11 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Sun 1:56 am | Sun 1:05 pm | Sun 7:30 am | Very difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Rapid City. | ||||
More about the planets visible in the night sky in Rapid City
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