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Belmopan, Belize — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.2%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 10:02:39 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:25 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:17 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 10:51 am 247° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 51 minutes (+45s)

Today's Sun Position in Belmopan

Time: 10:02 pm
Altitude: -46.2°
Direction: 321° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 51m 29s (May 8, 2026)

45 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

1 hour, 45 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

18 minutes, 8 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Belmopan Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:08 am
Astro. Twilight 4:08 am – 4:36 am
Nautical Twilight 4:36 am – 5:02 am
Civil Twilight 5:02 am – 5:25 am
Daylight 5:25 am – 6:17 pm
Civil Twilight 6:17 pm – 6:40 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:40 pm – 7:07 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:07 pm – 7:34 pm
Night 7:34 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Belmopan - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:25 am 6:17 pm 12:51:29 +0:45 11:51 am (90.0°) 93.821
May 9 5:25 am 6:17 pm 12:52:14 +0:44 11:51 am (89.7°) 93.844
May 10 5:25 am 6:18 pm 12:52:58 +0:44 11:51 am (89.5°) 93.866
May 11 5:24 am 6:18 pm 12:53:41 +0:43 11:51 am (89.2°) 93.888
May 12 5:24 am 6:18 pm 12:54:24 +0:42 11:51 am (89.0°) 93.909
May 13 5:23 am 6:19 pm 12:55:06 +0:42 11:51 am (88.7°) 93.930
May 14 5:23 am 6:19 pm 12:55:47 +0:41 11:51 am (88.5°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Belmopan. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Belmopan

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Belmopan - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 - 10:51 am - 5:09 am (49.7°) 248,297 63.9%
May 9 12:10 am 11:44 am - 5:55 am (54.0°) 245,603 54.0%
May 10 12:49 am 12:36 pm - 6:41 am (59.2°) 242,301 43.6%
May 11 1:26 am 1:28 pm - 7:25 am (65.2°) 238,539 33.2%
May 12 2:02 am 2:22 pm - 8:10 am (71.7°) 234,568 23.2%
May 13 2:40 am 3:18 pm - 8:56 am (78.5°) 230,676 14.3%
May 14 3:20 am 4:17 pm - 9:46 am (85.2°) 227,223 7.0%
* All times are local time for Belmopan. 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 Belmopan This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:06 am Sat 5:52 pm Sat 11:29 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:20 am Sat 8:31 pm Sat 1:55 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 3:59 am Sat 4:23 pm Sat 10:11 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:44 am Fri 10:46 pm Fri 4:15 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:21 am Sat 3:29 pm Sat 9:25 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:11 am Sat 7:07 pm Sat 12:39 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 2:58 am Sat 3:01 pm Sat 9:00 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Belmopan.

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