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Alice Springs, NT, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 9:53:26 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:38 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 6:44 pm 270° West
Moonrise Today: 8:34 am 75° East
Moonset Today: 8:03 pm 288° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 6 minutes (-1m 23s)

Today's Sun Position in Alice Springs

Time: 9:53 pm
Altitude: -43.0°
Direction: 246° W
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 6m 23s (Mar 21, 2026)

1 minute, 23 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

1 hour, 26 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 29 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Alice Springs Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:23 am
Astro. Twilight 5:23 am – 5:49 am
Nautical Twilight 5:49 am – 6:15 am
Civil Twilight 6:15 am – 6:38 am
Daylight 6:38 am – 6:44 pm
Civil Twilight 6:44 pm – 7:07 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:07 pm – 7:33 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:33 pm – 7:59 pm
Night 7:59 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Alice Springs - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:38 am 6:44 pm 12:06:23 −1:23 12:41 pm (66.1°) 92.590
Mar 22 6:38 am 6:43 pm 12:05:00 −1:23 12:41 pm (65.7°) 92.615
Mar 23 6:39 am 6:42 pm 12:03:37 −1:23 12:41 pm (65.3°) 92.641
Mar 24 6:39 am 6:41 pm 12:02:14 −1:23 12:40 pm (64.9°) 92.667
Mar 25 6:39 am 6:40 pm 12:00:51 −1:22 12:40 pm (64.5°) 92.692
Mar 26 6:40 am 6:39 pm 11:59:28 −1:22 12:40 pm (64.1°) 92.718
Mar 27 6:40 am 6:38 pm 11:58:05 −1:22 12:39 pm (63.7°) 92.744
* All times are local time for Alice Springs. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The March equinox (autumnal equinox) in Alice Springs is at 12:16 am on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?

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Today's Moon in Alice Springs

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Alice Springs - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:34 am 8:03 pm - 2:21 pm (50.8°) 228,500 6.1%
Mar 22 9:39 am 8:47 pm - 3:15 pm (45.1°) 227,975 13.2%
Mar 23 10:46 am 9:37 pm - 4:13 pm (40.6°) 228,143 22.5%
Mar 24 11:55 am 10:34 pm - 5:15 pm (37.9°) 228,894 33.4%
Mar 25 1:00 pm 11:36 pm - 6:18 pm (37.2°) 230,087 45.1%
Mar 26 2:00 pm - - 7:20 pm (38.5°) 231,594 57.0%
Mar 27 - 12:41 am 2:53 pm 8:18 pm (41.7°) 233,306 68.2%
* All times are local time for Alice Springs. 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 Alice Springs This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 5:01 am Sun 5:31 pm Sun 11:16 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sun 7:57 am Sun 7:39 pm Sun 1:48 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sun 5:29 am Sun 5:57 pm Sun 11:43 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 2:25 pm Sun 1:04 am Sat 7:45 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sun 6:53 am Sun 6:57 pm Sun 12:55 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sun 10:54 am Sun 9:45 pm Sun 4:19 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 6:42 am Sun 6:47 pm Sun 12:44 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Alice Springs.

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