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Samford, Qld, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.6%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:27:03 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 5:11 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 11:13 pm 110° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:14 pm 247° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 54 minutes (-1m 13s)

Today's Sun Position in Samford

Time: 3:27 pm
Altitude: 20.1°
Direction: 303° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 53m 32s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 13 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

28 minutes, 54 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 58 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Samford Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:57 am
Astro. Twilight 4:57 am – 5:25 am
Nautical Twilight 5:25 am – 5:53 am
Civil Twilight 5:53 am – 6:17 am
Daylight 6:17 am – 5:11 pm
Civil Twilight 5:11 pm – 5:35 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:35 pm – 6:03 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:03 pm – 6:31 pm
Night 6:31 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Samford - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:17 am 5:11 pm 10:53:32 −1:13 11:44 am (45.3°) 93.829
May 10 6:18 am 5:10 pm 10:52:20 −1:12 11:44 am (45.1°) 93.851
May 11 6:19 am 5:10 pm 10:51:09 −1:11 11:44 am (44.8°) 93.873
May 12 6:19 am 5:09 pm 10:49:59 −1:09 11:44 am (44.5°) 93.895
May 13 6:20 am 5:09 pm 10:48:50 −1:08 11:44 am (44.3°) 93.916
May 14 6:20 am 5:08 pm 10:47:42 −1:07 11:44 am (44.0°) 93.937
May 15 6:21 am 5:07 pm 10:46:36 −1:06 11:44 am (43.8°) 93.958
* All times are local time for Samford. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Samford

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Samford - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:14 pm 11:13 pm 5:18 am (83.7°) 247,486 60.7%
May 10 - 12:48 pm - 6:04 am (79.1°) 244,579 50.6%
May 11 12:10 am 1:20 pm - 6:49 am (73.6°) 241,105 40.2%
May 12 1:08 am 1:51 pm - 7:33 am (67.4°) 237,244 29.9%
May 13 2:07 am 2:23 pm - 8:18 am (60.7°) 233,262 20.1%
May 14 3:08 am 2:56 pm - 9:06 am (53.9°) 229,476 11.7%
May 15 4:13 am 3:34 pm - 9:57 am (47.3°) 226,236 5.1%
* All times are local time for Samford. 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 Samford This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:47 am Sat 4:51 pm Sat 11:19 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:38 am Sat 6:57 pm Sat 1:47 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:19 am Sat 3:51 pm Sat 10:05 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:54 am Sat 9:20 pm Sat 4:07 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sun 3:20 am Sun 3:15 pm Sun 9:18 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:17 am Sat 5:53 pm Sat 12:35 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 2:51 am Sun 2:53 pm Sun 8:52 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Samford.

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