SUN, MOON & SEASONS |
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Earth |
Moon |
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Morning Crescent Moon below horison ![]() 27% Illuminated Lunation: 1278 |
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Dawn starts: 5:01am Sunrise: 5:28am Transit: 12:20pm Sunset: 7:12pm Dusk ends: 7:39pm Hrs of sunlight: 13:43 Hrs of light: 14:37 |
SPRING Current Sunlit Earth with Cloud Cover |
Moonrise: 2:07am Transit: 7:54am Moonset: 1:49pm New Moon ( May-16 ) First Quarter ( May-23 ) Full Moon ( May-31 ) Last Quarter ( Jun-08 ) |
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May 16, 2026 @ 1:01 pm May 16, 2026 8:01pm UTC |
May 23, 2026 @ 4:11 am May 23, 2026 11:11am UTC |
May 31, 2026 @ 1:45 am May 31, 2026 8:45am UTC |
Jun 8, 2026 @ 3:00 am June 08, 2026 10:00am UTC |
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Vernal Equinox Start of Spring |
Summer Solstice Start of Summer |
Autumn Equinox Start of Fall |
Winter Solstice Start of Winter |
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Mar 20, 2026 @ 7:47 am 20-Mar-2026 2:47pm UTC |
Jun 21, 2026 @ 1:25 am 21-Jun-2026 8:25am UTC |
Sep 22, 2026 @ 5:06 pm 23-Sep-2026 12:06am UTC |
Dec 21, 2026 @ 1:51 pm 21-Dec-2026 8:51pm UTC |
Current Sunlight Maps
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- Noon is technically when the Sun is at Zenith.
- Morning civil twilight is when the Sun is 6° below the horizon and ends at Sunrise.
- Evening civil twilight begins at Sunset and ends when the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon.
- Nautical twilight is when the Sun is between 6° and 12° below the horizon.
- Astronomical twilight is when the Sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon.
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Images courtesy of NASA
and Fourmilab Switzerland
Astro calendar script by TNET Services
, modified by Bashewa Weather and Saratoga-Weather.org












