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Mawson, Antarctica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.0%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 9:24:58 am
Sunrise Today: 9:48 am 42° Northeast
Sunset Today: 3:40 pm 319° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 9:43 pm 141° Southeast
Moonset Today: 4:20 pm 215° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 5 hours, 52 minutes (-8m 7s)

Today's Sun Position in Mawson

Time: 9:24 am
Altitude: -1.5°
Direction: 47° NE
Phase: Civil Twilight

Day length today: 5h 51m 30s (May 9, 2026)

8 minutes, 7 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

5 hours, 51 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Mawson Today

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Night 12:00 am – 6:23 am
Astro. Twilight 6:23 am – 7:27 am
Nautical Twilight 7:27 am – 8:37 am
Civil Twilight 8:37 am – 9:48 am
Daylight 9:48 am – 3:40 pm
Civil Twilight 3:40 pm – 4:51 pm
Nautical Twilight 4:51 pm – 6:00 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:00 pm – 7:04 pm
Night 7:04 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Mawson - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 9:48 am 3:40 pm 5:51:30 −8:07 12:44 pm (5.2°) 93.834
May 10 9:52 am 3:36 pm 5:43:21 −8:08 12:44 pm (4.9°) 93.856
May 11 9:56 am 3:31 pm 5:35:11 −8:10 12:44 pm (4.7°) 93.878
May 12 10:00 am 3:27 pm 5:26:59 −8:11 12:44 pm (4.4°) 93.900
May 13 10:04 am 3:23 pm 5:18:46 −8:13 12:44 pm (4.2°) 93.921
May 14 10:09 am 3:19 pm 5:10:31 −8:15 12:44 pm (3.9°) 93.942
May 15 10:13 am 3:15 pm 5:02:14 −8:16 12:44 pm (3.7°) 93.963
* All times are local time for Mawson. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Mawson

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Mawson - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 4:20 pm 9:43 pm 6:29 am (41.9°) 246,819 58.2%
May 10 - 3:52 pm 11:46 pm 7:15 am (37.0°) 243,758 48.0%
May 11 - 3:31 pm - 8:00 am (31.4°) 240,166 37.6%
May 12 1:40 am 3:12 pm - 8:44 am (25.1°) 236,250 27.3%
May 13 3:35 am 2:54 pm - 9:30 am (18.4°) 232,282 17.9%
May 14 5:36 am 2:33 pm - 10:18 am (11.7°) 228,603 9.8%
May 15 7:53 am 2:04 pm - 11:10 am (5.4°) 225,548 3.8%
* All times are local time for Mawson. 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 Mawson This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 8:50 am Sat 3:47 pm Sat 12:20 pm Difficult to see
Venus Down, doesn’t rise Sat 2:48 pm Not visible
Mars Sat 6:18 am Sat 3:50 pm Sat 11:05 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 4:08 pm Sat 6:05 pm Sat 5:06 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:34 am Sat 4:06 pm Sat 10:20 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 11:32 am Sat 3:35 pm Sat 1:34 pm Not visible
Neptune Sat 3:52 am Sat 3:58 pm Sat 9:55 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Mawson.

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