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Launceston, Tas, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 91.5%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 4:16:56 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:21 am 84° East
Sunset Today: 5:55 pm 276° West
Moonrise Today: 9:04 pm 73° East
Moonset Today: 7:18 am 282° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 34 minutes (+2m 41s)

Today's Sun Position in Launceston

Time: 4:16 pm
Altitude: 17.1°
Direction: 293° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 34m 7s (Sep 10, 2025)

2 minutes, 41 seconds longer than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

2 hours, 23 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

3 hours, 36 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Launceston Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:49 am
Astro. Twilight 4:49 am – 5:22 am
Nautical Twilight 5:22 am – 5:54 am
Civil Twilight 5:54 am – 6:21 am
Daylight 6:21 am – 5:55 pm
Civil Twilight 5:55 pm – 6:23 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:23 pm – 6:55 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:55 pm – 7:27 pm
Night 7:27 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Launceston - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 6:21 am 5:55 pm 11:34:07 +2:41 12:08 pm (43.7°) 150.643
Sep 11 6:20 am 5:56 pm 11:36:48 +2:41 12:08 pm (44.1°) 150.605
Sep 12 6:18 am 5:57 pm 11:39:30 +2:42 12:07 pm (44.5°) 150.566
Sep 13 6:16 am 5:58 pm 11:42:13 +2:42 12:07 pm (44.8°) 150.528
Sep 14 6:14 am 5:59 pm 11:44:56 +2:42 12:07 pm (45.2°) 150.489
Sep 15 6:13 am 6:00 pm 11:47:39 +2:43 12:06 pm (45.6°) 150.450
Sep 16 6:11 am 6:01 pm 11:50:22 +2:43 12:06 pm (46.0°) 150.411
* All times are local time for Launceston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Launceston

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Launceston - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 7:18 am 9:04 pm 1:39 am (40.8°) 365,237 95.1%
Sep 11 - 7:44 am 10:23 pm 2:30 am (33.9°) 364,796 88.5%
Sep 12 - 8:15 am 11:43 pm 3:24 am (27.9°) 365,643 79.6%
Sep 13 - 8:53 am - 4:21 am (23.1°) 367,549 68.9%
Sep 14 1:00 am 9:40 am - 5:22 am (20.1°) 370,246 57.3%
Sep 15 2:09 am 10:38 am - 6:24 am (19.1°) 373,453 45.5%
Sep 16 3:08 am 11:45 am - 7:25 am (20.0°) 376,941 34.1%
* All times are local time for Launceston. 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 Launceston This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Thu 6:24 am Thu 5:42 pm Thu 12:02 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Thu 5:13 am Thu 3:26 pm Thu 10:19 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 7:42 am Wed 8:47 pm Wed 2:14 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Thu 3:36 am Thu 12:54 pm Thu 8:15 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Wed 6:42 pm Thu 7:04 am Thu 12:53 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Thu 12:02 am Thu 9:35 am Thu 4:48 am Average visibility
Neptune Wed 6:53 pm Thu 7:03 am Thu 12:58 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Launceston.

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