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: Jun 28, 2017 at 8:12:41 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:12 am↑ 56° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:40 pm↑ 304° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 10:33 am↑ 77° East
Daylight Hours: 15 hours, 27 minutes (-30s)
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
8:12 pm
Altitude
3.6°Heading
300° NWPosition
DaylightDay length
15h 27m 44s
Change since
Yesterday: -30s
Winter: +6h 35m
Summer: -2m 3s
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 – 2:47 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 2:47 am – 3:48 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 3:48 am – 4:35 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 4:35 am – 5:12 am | |
| Daylight | 5:12 am – 8:40 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:40 pm – 9:16 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 9:16 pm – 10:03 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 10:03 pm – 11:04 pm | |
| Night | 11:04 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Rapid City - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jun 28 | 5:12 am | 8:40 pm | 15:27:44 | −0:30 | 12:56 pm (69.2°) | 94.501 |
| Jun 29 | 5:12 am | 8:39 pm | 15:27:10 | −0:34 | 12:56 pm (69.1°) | 94.503 |
| Jun 30 | 5:13 am | 8:39 pm | 15:26:31 | −0:38 | 12:56 pm (69.0°) | 94.504 |
| Jul 1 | 5:13 am | 8:39 pm | 15:25:49 | −0:42 | 12:56 pm (69.0°) | 94.505 |
| Jul 2 | 5:14 am | 8:39 pm | 15:25:02 | −0:46 | 12:57 pm (68.9°) | 94.506 |
| Jul 3 | 5:14 am | 8:39 pm | 15:24:12 | −0:50 | 12:57 pm (68.8°) | 94.506 |
| Jul 4 | 5:15 am | 8:38 pm | 15:23:17 | −0:54 | 12:57 pm (68.7°) | 94.506 |
| * 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
8:12 pm
Altitude
38.3°Heading
237° SWPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
30.4%
Moon in Rapid City - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jun 28 | 10:33 am | - | - | 5:22 pm | (53.6°) | 236,571 | 29.3% | |||
| Jun 29 | - | 12:02 am | 11:39 am | 6:10 pm | (49.2°) | 240,469 | 39.7% | |||
 Jun 30 | - | 12:32 am | 12:42 pm | 6:56 pm | (44.8°) | 244,015 | 50.2% | |||
| Jul 1 | - | 1:00 am | 1:44 pm | 7:40 pm | (40.6°) | 247,018 | 60.3% | |||
| Jul 2 | - | 1:28 am | 2:44 pm | 8:24 pm | (36.7°) | 249,361 | 69.9% | |||
| Jul 3 | - | 1:56 am | 3:43 pm | 9:08 pm | (33.1°) | 250,999 | 78.5% | |||
| Jul 4 | - | 2:26 am | 4:41 pm | 9:52 pm | (30.2°) | 251,940 | 85.9% | |||
| * 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, Wed, Jun 28, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Wed 5:45 am | Wed 9:23 pm | Wed 1:34 pm | Difficult to see |
| Venus | Thu 2:42 am | Thu 5:00 pm | Thu 9:51 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Wed 5:50 am | Wed 9:16 pm | Wed 1:34 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Wed 1:30 pm | Thu 1:02 am | Wed 7:16 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Wed 7:23 pm | Thu 4:25 am | Wed 11:54 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Thu 1:24 am | Thu 2:49 pm | Thu 8:06 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Wed 11:50 pm | Thu 10:59 am | Thu 5:25 am | 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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