Wilmington, NC, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today
Wilmington, NC, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for TodayWaxing Crescent
Current Time: Jul 25, 2017 at 6:53:45 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am↑ 65° East
Sunset Today: 8:18 pm↑ 294° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 8:40 am↑ 76° East
Moonset Today: 10:05 pm↑ 281° West
Daylight Hours: 14 hours (-1m 23s)
Today's Sun Position in Wilmington
The Sun's altitude in Wilmington 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
6:53 pm
Altitude
15.8°Heading
283° WPosition
DaylightDay length
14h 18s
Change since
Yesterday: -1m 23s
Winter: +4h 8m
Summer: -26m 13s
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Wilmington Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Wilmington 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 – 4:39 am | |
| Astro. Twilight | 4:39 am – 5:15 am | |
| Nautical Twilight | 5:15 am – 5:49 am | |
| Civil Twilight | 5:49 am – 6:17 am | |
| Daylight | 6:17 am – 8:18 pm | |
| Civil Twilight | 8:18 pm – 8:46 pm | |
| Nautical Twilight | 8:46 pm – 9:20 pm | |
| Astro. Twilight | 9:20 pm – 9:56 pm | |
| Night | 9:56 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Wilmington - Next 7 Days
| 2017 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Difference | Time | Mil. mi |
| Jul 25 | 6:17 am | 8:18 pm | 14:00:18 | −1:23 | 1:18 pm (75.3°) | 94.415 |
| Jul 26 | 6:18 am | 8:17 pm | 13:58:52 | −1:25 | 1:18 pm (75.0°) | 94.406 |
| Jul 27 | 6:19 am | 8:16 pm | 13:57:25 | −1:27 | 1:18 pm (74.8°) | 94.396 |
| Jul 28 | 6:20 am | 8:16 pm | 13:55:56 | −1:28 | 1:18 pm (74.6°) | 94.385 |
| Jul 29 | 6:20 am | 8:15 pm | 13:54:26 | −1:30 | 1:18 pm (74.3°) | 94.374 |
| Jul 30 | 6:21 am | 8:14 pm | 13:52:54 | −1:31 | 1:18 pm (74.1°) | 94.363 |
| Jul 31 | 6:22 am | 8:13 pm | 13:51:21 | −1:33 | 1:18 pm (73.9°) | 94.351 |
| * All times are local time for Wilmington. 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 Wilmington time. | ||
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Today's Moon in Wilmington
The Moon's path in Wilmington 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
6:53 pm
Altitude
37.6°Heading
254° WPosition
Waxing CrescentPercent illuminated
8.6%
Moon in Wilmington - Next 7 days
| 2017 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
| Jul 25 | 8:40 am | 10:05 pm | - | 3:26 pm | (65.9°) | 232,261 | 7.7% | |||
| Jul 26 | 9:44 am | 10:43 pm | - | 4:17 pm | (61.6°) | 235,935 | 14.9% | |||
| Jul 27 | 10:45 am | 11:18 pm | - | 5:05 pm | (57.1°) | 239,710 | 23.6% | |||
| Jul 28 | 11:44 am | 11:51 pm | - | 5:50 pm | (52.7°) | 243,280 | 33.2% | |||
| Jul 29 | 12:41 pm | - | - | 6:35 pm | (48.5°) | 246,392 | 43.3% | |||
 Jul 30 | - | 12:24 am | 1:36 pm | 7:20 pm | (44.7°) | 248,861 | 53.3% | |||
| Jul 31 | - | 12:58 am | 2:31 pm | 8:04 pm | (41.4°) | 250,575 | 63.1% | |||
| * All times are local time for Wilmington. 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 Wilmington This Coming Night
| Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jul 25, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Tue 8:29 am | Tue 9:37 pm | Tue 3:03 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 3:23 am | Wed 5:34 pm | Wed 10:29 am | Good visibility |
| Mars | Tue 6:19 am | Tue 8:22 pm | Tue 1:21 pm | Very close to Sun, not visible |
| Jupiter | Tue 12:10 pm | Tue 11:45 pm | Tue 5:58 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Tue 5:22 pm | Wed 3:19 am | Tue 10:20 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Wed 12:10 am | Wed 1:11 pm | Wed 6:41 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Tue 10:14 pm | Wed 9:39 am | Wed 3:56 am | Difficult to see |
| * All times are local time for Wilmington. | ||||
More about the planets visible in the night sky in Wilmington
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