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Lord Howe Island, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.0%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 2:58:54 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:29 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 5:09 pm 290° West
Moonrise Today: 11:09 pm 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:27 pm 246° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 40 minutes (-1m 27s)

Today's Sun Position in Lord Howe Island

Time: 2:58 pm
Altitude: 23.4°
Direction: 310° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 39m 56s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 27 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

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

3 hours, 32 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Lord Howe Island Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:06 am
Astro. Twilight 5:06 am – 5:35 am
Nautical Twilight 5:35 am – 6:04 am
Civil Twilight 6:04 am – 6:29 am
Daylight 6:29 am – 5:09 pm
Civil Twilight 5:09 pm – 5:35 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:35 pm – 6:04 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:04 pm – 6:33 pm
Night 6:33 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Lord Howe Island - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:29 am 5:09 pm 10:39:56 −1:27 11:50 am (41.1°) 93.828
May 10 6:30 am 5:09 pm 10:38:30 −1:26 11:50 am (40.9°) 93.851
May 11 6:31 am 5:08 pm 10:37:05 −1:24 11:50 am (40.6°) 93.873
May 12 6:31 am 5:07 pm 10:35:41 −1:23 11:50 am (40.4°) 93.894
May 13 6:32 am 5:06 pm 10:34:19 −1:22 11:49 am (40.1°) 93.916
May 14 6:33 am 5:06 pm 10:32:58 −1:20 11:49 am (39.9°) 93.937
May 15 6:34 am 5:05 pm 10:31:39 −1:19 11:49 am (39.6°) 93.957
* All times are local time for Lord Howe Island. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Lord Howe Island

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Lord Howe Island - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:27 pm 11:09 pm 5:22 am (79.6°) 247,531 60.9%
May 10 - 12:59 pm - 6:08 am (74.9°) 244,634 50.8%
May 11 12:09 am 1:29 pm - 6:53 am (69.4°) 241,169 40.4%
May 12 1:09 am 1:57 pm - 7:38 am (63.3°) 237,312 30.0%
May 13 2:11 am 2:26 pm - 8:23 am (56.6°) 233,330 20.3%
May 14 3:15 am 2:57 pm - 9:10 am (49.8°) 229,538 11.8%
May 15 4:23 am 3:32 pm - 10:01 am (43.2°) 226,286 5.2%
* All times are local time for Lord Howe Island. 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 Lord Howe Island This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:57 am Sat 4:51 pm Sat 11:24 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:53 am Sat 6:52 pm Sat 1:53 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:27 am Sat 3:53 pm Sat 10:10 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:08 am Sat 9:16 pm Sat 4:12 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:29 am Sat 3:23 pm Sat 9:26 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:30 am Sat 5:50 pm Sat 12:40 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:00 am Sat 3:02 pm Sat 9:01 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Lord Howe Island.

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