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Sydney, NSW, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:28:51 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:35 am 70° East
Sunset Today: 5:07 pm 290° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:08 pm 112° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:34 pm 246° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 32 minutes (-1m 35s)

Today's Sun Position in Sydney

Time: 1:28 pm
Altitude: 33.8°
Direction: 332° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 31m 51s (May 9, 2026)

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

38 minutes, 1 second longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

3 hours, 52 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Sydney Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:09 am
Astro. Twilight 5:09 am – 5:39 am
Nautical Twilight 5:39 am – 6:09 am
Civil Twilight 6:09 am – 6:35 am
Daylight 6:35 am – 5:07 pm
Civil Twilight 5:07 pm – 5:33 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:33 pm – 6:03 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:03 pm – 6:32 pm
Night 6:32 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Sydney - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:35 am 5:07 pm 10:31:51 −1:35 11:51 am (38.8°) 93.829
May 10 6:36 am 5:06 pm 10:30:16 −1:34 11:51 am (38.6°) 93.851
May 11 6:37 am 5:05 pm 10:28:43 −1:33 11:51 am (38.3°) 93.873
May 12 6:37 am 5:04 pm 10:27:11 −1:31 11:51 am (38.1°) 93.895
May 13 6:38 am 5:04 pm 10:25:41 −1:30 11:51 am (37.8°) 93.916
May 14 6:39 am 5:03 pm 10:24:13 −1:28 11:51 am (37.6°) 93.937
May 15 6:39 am 5:02 pm 10:22:46 −1:26 11:51 am (37.3°) 93.958
* All times are local time for Sydney. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Sydney

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Sydney - 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 11:08 pm 5:24 am (77.1°) 247,474 60.7%
May 10 - 1:05 pm - 6:11 am (72.5°) 244,564 50.5%
May 11 12:09 am 1:33 pm - 6:56 am (67.0°) 241,088 40.1%
May 12 1:11 am 2:00 pm - 7:40 am (60.8°) 237,226 29.8%
May 13 2:14 am 2:28 pm - 8:25 am (54.1°) 233,243 20.1%
May 14 3:20 am 2:57 pm - 9:13 am (47.3°) 229,460 11.6%
May 15 4:29 am 3:30 pm - 10:04 am (40.7°) 226,223 5.1%
* All times are local time for Sydney. 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 Sydney This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:02 am Sat 4:49 pm Sat 11:26 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 9:00 am Sat 6:47 pm Sat 1:54 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:31 am Sat 3:52 pm Sat 10:12 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:15 am Sat 9:12 pm Sat 4:14 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:31 am Sat 3:24 pm Sat 9:28 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:36 am Sat 5:47 pm Sat 12:41 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:01 am Sat 3:04 pm Sat 9:02 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Sydney.

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