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Great Sand Sea, Libya — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 24.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 12:12:25 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:21 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:33 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 9:01 am 61° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:40 pm 301° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 12 minutes (+1m 45s)
Location of Great Sand Sea Location

Today's Sun Position in Great Sand Sea

Time: 12:12 pm
Altitude: 61.9°
Direction: 172° S
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 12m 24s (Mar 23, 2026)

1 minute, 45 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

1 hour, 55 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 47 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Great Sand Sea Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:02 am
Astro. Twilight 5:02 am – 5:29 am
Nautical Twilight 5:29 am – 5:57 am
Civil Twilight 5:57 am – 6:21 am
Daylight 6:21 am – 6:33 pm
Civil Twilight 6:33 pm – 6:57 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:57 pm – 7:24 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:24 pm – 7:52 pm
Night 7:52 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Great Sand Sea - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 6:21 am 6:33 pm 12:12:24 +1:45 12:27 pm (62.1°) 92.649
Mar 24 6:20 am 6:34 pm 12:14:09 +1:45 12:26 pm (62.5°) 92.674
Mar 25 6:18 am 6:34 pm 12:15:54 +1:44 12:26 pm (62.9°) 92.700
Mar 26 6:17 am 6:35 pm 12:17:39 +1:44 12:26 pm (63.3°) 92.726
Mar 27 6:16 am 6:35 pm 12:19:23 +1:44 12:26 pm (63.7°) 92.752
Mar 28 6:15 am 6:36 pm 12:21:08 +1:44 12:25 pm (64.0°) 92.778
Mar 29 6:14 am 6:37 pm 12:22:53 +1:44 12:25 pm (64.4°) 92.804
* All times are local time for Great Sand Sea. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Great Sand Sea

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Great Sand Sea - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 9:01 am 11:40 pm - 4:18 pm (86.9°) 228,316 25.7%
Mar 24 9:55 am - - 5:20 pm (89.0°) 229,215 36.9%
Mar 25 - 12:48 am 10:56 am 6:23 pm (89.1°) 230,516 48.7%
Mar 26 - 1:49 am 12:02 pm 7:24 pm (87.1°) 232,094 60.5%
Mar 27 - 2:41 am 1:09 pm 8:21 pm (83.5°) 233,856 71.4%
Mar 28 - 3:26 am 2:15 pm 9:13 pm (78.6°) 235,754 81.1%
Mar 29 - 4:04 am 3:18 pm 10:02 pm (72.8°) 237,761 89.0%
* All times are local time for Great Sand Sea. 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 Great Sand Sea This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 5:13 am Mon 4:40 pm Mon 10:57 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Mon 7:16 am Mon 7:56 pm Mon 1:36 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 5:40 am Mon 5:16 pm Mon 11:28 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 12:26 pm Tue 2:18 am Mon 7:22 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Mon 6:35 am Mon 6:38 pm Mon 12:36 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Mon 9:13 am Mon 10:48 pm Mon 4:01 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 6:21 am Tue 6:22 pm Tue 12:22 pm Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for Great Sand Sea.

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