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Melbourne, Vic, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.4%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 12:43:04 am
Sunrise Today: 7:24 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 7:29 pm 270° West
Moonrise Today: 10:51 am 65° East
Moonset Today: 8:58 pm 298° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 5 minutes (-2m 27s)

Today's Sun Position in Melbourne

Time: 12:43 am
Altitude: -51.2°
Direction: 198° S
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 4m 37s (Mar 22, 2026)

2 minutes, 27 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 21, 2026)

2 hours, 32 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 42 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Melbourne Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:56 am
Astro. Twilight 5:56 am – 6:27 am
Nautical Twilight 6:27 am – 6:58 am
Civil Twilight 6:58 am – 7:24 am
Daylight 7:24 am – 7:29 pm
Civil Twilight 7:29 pm – 7:55 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:55 pm – 8:25 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:25 pm – 8:56 pm
Night 8:56 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Melbourne - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 22 7:24 am 7:29 pm 12:04:37 −2:27 1:27 pm (51.6°) 92.615
Mar 23 7:25 am 7:27 pm 12:02:10 −2:27 1:26 pm (51.2°) 92.640
Mar 24 7:26 am 7:26 pm 11:59:43 −2:26 1:26 pm (50.8°) 92.666
Mar 25 7:27 am 7:24 pm 11:57:16 −2:26 1:26 pm (50.4°) 92.691
Mar 26 7:28 am 7:23 pm 11:54:50 −2:26 1:25 pm (50.0°) 92.717
Mar 27 7:29 am 7:21 pm 11:52:24 −2:26 1:25 pm (49.6°) 92.743
Mar 28 7:30 am 7:19 pm 11:49:58 −2:25 1:25 pm (49.3°) 92.769
* All times are local time for Melbourne. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Melbourne

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Melbourne - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 22 10:51 am 8:58 pm - 3:59 pm (31.0°) 227,980 13.0%
Mar 23 12:08 pm 9:41 pm - 4:57 pm (26.5°) 228,129 22.2%
Mar 24 1:22 pm 10:32 pm - 5:59 pm (23.7°) 228,864 33.1%
Mar 25 2:30 pm 11:33 pm - 7:02 pm (23.0°) 230,045 44.8%
Mar 26 3:29 pm - - 8:04 pm (24.3°) 231,545 56.6%
Mar 27 - 12:42 am 4:16 pm 9:02 pm (27.3°) 233,251 67.9%
Mar 28 - 1:54 am 4:54 pm 9:56 pm (31.9°) 235,108 78.0%
* All times are local time for Melbourne. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. 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 Melbourne This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sun, Mar 22, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 5:36 am Sun 6:27 pm Sun 12:01 pm Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sun 8:52 am Sun 8:15 pm Sun 2:34 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sun 6:05 am Sun 6:52 pm Sun 12:29 pm Difficult to see
Jupiter Sun 3:41 pm Mon 1:13 am Sun 8:27 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sun 7:38 am Sun 7:43 pm Sun 1:40 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sun 12:07 pm Sun 10:03 pm Sun 5:05 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 7:27 am Sun 7:33 pm Sun 1:30 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Melbourne.

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