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South Point, British Indian Ocean Territory — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 45.1%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 2:49:13 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:13 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 7:18 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 1:06 pm 61° Northeast
Moonset Today: 12:00 midnight 298° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 5 minutes (-24s)
Location of South Point Location

Today's Sun Position in South Point

Time: 2:49 pm
Altitude: 65.0°
Direction: 291° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 4m 37s (Mar 25, 2026)

24 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 24, 2026)

23 minutes, 13 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

28 minutes, 57 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in South Point Today

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Night 12:00 am – 6:04 am
Astro. Twilight 6:04 am – 6:28 am
Nautical Twilight 6:28 am – 6:53 am
Civil Twilight 6:53 am – 7:13 am
Daylight 7:13 am – 7:18 pm
Civil Twilight 7:18 pm – 7:39 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:39 pm – 8:03 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:03 pm – 8:27 pm
Night 8:27 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in South Point - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 25 7:13 am 7:18 pm 12:04:37 −0:24 1:16 pm (80.7°) 92.697
Mar 26 7:13 am 7:18 pm 12:04:12 −0:24 1:16 pm (80.3°) 92.722
Mar 27 7:13 am 7:17 pm 12:03:48 −0:24 1:15 pm (79.9°) 92.748
Mar 28 7:13 am 7:17 pm 12:03:23 −0:24 1:15 pm (79.5°) 92.774
Mar 29 7:13 am 7:16 pm 12:02:59 −0:24 1:15 pm (79.1°) 92.800
Mar 30 7:13 am 7:16 pm 12:02:35 −0:24 1:14 pm (78.8°) 92.826
Mar 31 7:13 am 7:15 pm 12:02:10 −0:24 1:14 pm (78.4°) 92.853
* All times are local time for South Point. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in South Point

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in South Point - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 25 - 12:00 am 1:06 pm 7:05 pm (53.7°) 230,325 47.2%
Mar 26 - 1:03 am 2:08 pm 8:06 pm (55.4°) 231,874 59.0%
Mar 27 - 2:05 am 3:04 pm 9:03 pm (58.9°) 233,614 70.1%
Mar 28 - 3:04 am 3:55 pm 9:56 pm (63.6°) 235,496 79.9%
Mar 29 - 3:59 am 4:42 pm 10:45 pm (69.3°) 237,489 88.0%
Mar 30 - 4:50 am 5:25 pm 11:31 pm (75.6°) 239,580 94.2%
Mar 31 - 5:38 am 6:05 pm Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for South Point. 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 Point This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Mar 25, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 5:35 am Wed 5:48 pm Wed 11:41 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Wed 8:29 am Wed 8:25 pm Wed 2:27 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 6:11 am Wed 6:21 pm Wed 12:16 pm Difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 2:16 pm Thu 1:54 am Wed 8:05 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 7:18 am Wed 7:21 pm Wed 1:19 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Wed 10:52 am Wed 10:34 pm Wed 4:43 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Wed 7:06 am Wed 7:10 pm Wed 1:08 pm Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for South Point.

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