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South Island, Cocos Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 45.1%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 3:11:20 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:06 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:09 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 12:05 pm 61° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:40 pm 299° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 4 minutes (-40s)
Location of South Island Location

Today's Sun Position in South Island

Time: 3:11 pm
Altitude: 42.4°
Direction: 284° W
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 3m 30s (Mar 25, 2026)

40 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 24, 2026)

38 minutes, 59 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

47 minutes, 14 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in South Island Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:56 am
Astro. Twilight 4:56 am – 5:20 am
Nautical Twilight 5:20 am – 5:45 am
Civil Twilight 5:45 am – 6:06 am
Daylight 6:06 am – 6:09 pm
Civil Twilight 6:09 pm – 6:31 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:31 pm – 6:55 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:55 pm – 7:20 pm
Night 7:20 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in South Island - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 25 6:06 am 6:09 pm 12:03:30 −0:40 12:08 pm (76.0°) 92.695
Mar 26 6:06 am 6:09 pm 12:02:49 −0:40 12:08 pm (75.6°) 92.721
Mar 27 6:06 am 6:08 pm 12:02:08 −0:40 12:07 pm (75.2°) 92.746
Mar 28 6:06 am 6:08 pm 12:01:28 −0:40 12:07 pm (74.8°) 92.772
Mar 29 6:06 am 6:07 pm 12:00:47 −0:40 12:07 pm (74.4°) 92.798
Mar 30 6:06 am 6:06 pm 12:00:07 −0:40 12:06 pm (74.0°) 92.825
Mar 31 6:06 am 6:06 pm 11:59:27 −0:40 12:06 pm (73.6°) 92.851
* All times are local time for South Island. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in South Island

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in South Island - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 25 12:05 pm 11:40 pm - 5:52 pm (48.9°) 230,228 46.4%
Mar 26 1:06 pm - - 6:54 pm (50.4°) 231,762 58.2%
Mar 27 - 12:43 am 2:02 pm 7:52 pm (53.8°) 233,491 69.3%
Mar 28 - 1:43 am 2:51 pm 8:45 pm (58.5°) 235,364 79.3%
Mar 29 - 2:41 am 3:36 pm 9:34 pm (64.1°) 237,350 87.5%
Mar 30 - 3:34 am 4:17 pm 10:20 pm (70.3°) 239,436 93.8%
Mar 31 - 4:25 am 4:55 pm 11:03 pm (76.7°) 241,593 97.9%
* All times are local time for South Island. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in South Island This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Mar 25, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 4:25 am Wed 4:43 pm Wed 10:34 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:23 am Wed 7:14 pm Wed 1:19 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 5:01 am Wed 5:15 pm Wed 11:08 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 1:16 pm Thu 12:38 am Wed 6:57 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 6:10 am Wed 6:13 pm Wed 12:12 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Wed 9:52 am Wed 9:19 pm Wed 3:36 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Wed 5:59 am Wed 6:02 pm Wed 12:00 noon Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for South Island.

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