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Esperanza Base, Antarctica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 11:58:20 am
Sunrise Today: 6:50 am 91° East
Sunset Today: 6:58 pm 269° West
Moonrise Today: 11:29 am 48° Northeast
Moonset Today: 6:17 pm 316° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 8 minutes (-6m 18s)

Today's Sun Position in Esperanza Base

Time: 11:58 am
Altitude: 25.4°
Direction: 16° N
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 8m 5s (Mar 21, 2026)

6 minutes, 18 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

7 hours, 37 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

8 hours, 26 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Esperanza Base Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:03 am
Astro. Twilight 4:03 am – 5:07 am
Nautical Twilight 5:07 am – 6:03 am
Civil Twilight 6:03 am – 6:50 am
Daylight 6:50 am – 6:58 pm
Civil Twilight 6:58 pm – 7:44 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:44 pm – 8:40 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:40 pm – 9:43 pm
Night 9:43 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Esperanza Base - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:50 am 6:58 pm 12:08:05 −6:18 12:55 pm (26.2°) 92.603
Mar 22 6:53 am 6:54 pm 12:01:46 −6:18 12:54 pm (25.8°) 92.629
Mar 23 6:55 am 6:51 pm 11:55:28 −6:18 12:54 pm (25.4°) 92.655
Mar 24 6:58 am 6:48 pm 11:49:11 −6:17 12:54 pm (25.0°) 92.680
Mar 25 7:01 am 6:44 pm 11:42:53 −6:17 12:53 pm (24.6°) 92.706
Mar 26 7:04 am 6:41 pm 11:36:37 −6:16 12:53 pm (24.3°) 92.732
Mar 27 7:07 am 6:37 pm 11:30:20 −6:16 12:53 pm (23.9°) 92.758
* All times are local time for Esperanza Base. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Esperanza Base

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Esperanza Base - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 11:29 am 6:17 pm - 3:03 pm (7.7°) 228,129 9.6%
Mar 22 1:43 pm 6:01 pm - 3:59 pm (2.8°) 227,984 17.9%
Mar 23 - Down, doesn’t rise - 4:59 pm (-0.4°) 228,478 28.1%
Mar 24 - Down, doesn’t rise - 6:02 pm (-1.7°) 229,481 39.6%
Mar 25 - Down, doesn’t rise - 7:05 pm (-1.4°) 230,855 51.4%
Mar 26 7:03 pm 9:17 pm - 8:05 pm (0.5°) 232,480 63.1%
Mar 27 6:34 pm 11:42 pm - 9:01 pm (4.2°) 234,277 73.8%
* All times are local time for Esperanza Base. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. Below horizon is marked in red.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Esperanza Base This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:27 am Sat 6:37 pm Sat 11:31 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:48 am Sat 7:12 pm Sat 2:01 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sat 4:56 am Sat 6:57 pm Sat 11:57 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 5:37 pm Sat 10:15 pm Sat 7:56 pm Great visibility
Saturn Sat 7:03 am Sat 7:16 pm Sat 1:10 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 1:29 pm Sat 7:40 pm Sat 4:35 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 6:52 am Sat 7:07 pm Sat 12:59 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Esperanza Base.

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