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Esperance, WA, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.6%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:26:18 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 5:04 pm 291° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:10 pm 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:34 pm 246° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 32 minutes (-1m 35s)

Today's Sun Position in Esperance

Time: 1:26 pm
Altitude: 33.8°
Direction: 332° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 31m 43s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 35 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

37 minutes, 53 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

3 hours, 53 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Esperance Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:07 am
Astro. Twilight 5:07 am – 5:36 am
Nautical Twilight 5:36 am – 6:06 am
Civil Twilight 6:06 am – 6:32 am
Daylight 6:32 am – 5:04 pm
Civil Twilight 5:04 pm – 5:30 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Night 6:30 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Esperance - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:32 am 5:04 pm 10:31:43 −1:35 11:48 am (38.8°) 93.831
May 10 6:33 am 5:03 pm 10:30:09 −1:34 11:48 am (38.5°) 93.853
May 11 6:34 am 5:02 pm 10:28:36 −1:32 11:48 am (38.3°) 93.875
May 12 6:35 am 5:02 pm 10:27:04 −1:31 11:48 am (38.0°) 93.896
May 13 6:35 am 5:01 pm 10:25:34 −1:30 11:48 am (37.8°) 93.918
May 14 6:36 am 5:00 pm 10:24:06 −1:28 11:48 am (37.5°) 93.939
May 15 6:37 am 4:59 pm 10:22:39 −1:26 11:48 am (37.3°) 93.959
* All times are local time for Esperance. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Esperance

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Esperance - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:34 pm 11:10 pm 5:26 am (76.8°) 247,261 59.9%
May 10 - 1:04 pm - 6:12 am (72.1°) 244,300 49.7%
May 11 12:11 am 1:32 pm - 6:56 am (66.5°) 240,784 39.3%
May 12 1:13 am 2:00 pm - 7:41 am (60.2°) 236,902 29.0%
May 13 2:16 am 2:27 pm - 8:26 am (53.6°) 232,923 19.4%
May 14 3:22 am 2:57 pm - 9:14 am (46.8°) 229,171 11.0%
May 15 4:32 am 3:30 pm - 10:05 am (40.2°) 225,993 4.7%
* All times are local time for Esperance. 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 Esperance This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:00 am Sat 4:46 pm Sat 11:24 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:58 am Sat 6:45 pm Sat 1:51 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:28 am Sat 3:50 pm Sat 10:09 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:12 am Sat 9:09 pm Sat 4:11 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:28 am Sat 3:21 pm Sat 9:25 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:33 am Sat 5:44 pm Sat 12:38 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 2:58 am Sat 3:01 pm Sat 8:59 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Esperance.

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