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Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 16.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 9:17:23 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:41 am↑ 108° East
Sunset Today: 7:07 pm↑ 252° West
Moonrise Today: 9:42 am↑ 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:37 pm↑ 243° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 26 minutes (+19s)

Today's Sun Position in Diego Garcia

Time: 9:17 pm
Altitude: -30.7°
Direction: 244° SW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 26m 12s (Nov 13, 2026)

19 seconds longer than yesterday (Nov 12, 2026)

44 minutes, 17 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2026)

6 minutes, 52 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Diego Garcia Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:28 am
Astro. Twilight 5:28 am – 5:53 am
Nautical Twilight 5:53 am – 6:19 am
Civil Twilight 6:19 am – 6:41 am
Daylight 6:41 am – 7:07 pm
Civil Twilight 7:07 pm – 7:29 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:29 pm – 7:55 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:55 pm – 8:21 pm
Night 8:21 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Diego Garcia - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Nov Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Nov 13 6:41 am 7:07 pm 12:26:12 +0:19 12:54 pm (79.3°) 91.999
Nov 14 6:41 am 7:08 pm 12:26:31 +0:19 12:54 pm (79.1°) 91.977
Nov 15 6:41 am 7:08 pm 12:26:50 +0:18 12:54 pm (78.8°) 91.956
Nov 16 6:41 am 7:08 pm 12:27:08 +0:18 12:55 pm (78.5°) 91.935
Nov 17 6:41 am 7:09 pm 12:27:26 +0:18 12:55 pm (78.3°) 91.915
Nov 18 6:41 am 7:09 pm 12:27:44 +0:17 12:55 pm (78.1°) 91.894
Nov 19 6:41 am 7:09 pm 12:28:01 +0:17 12:55 pm (77.8°) 91.874
* All times are local time for Diego Garcia. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Diego Garcia

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Diego Garcia - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Nov Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Nov 13 9:42 am 10:37 pm - 4:10 pm (70.0°) 252,007 15.2%
Nov 14 10:33 am 11:25 pm - 5:00 pm (72.0°) 251,868 22.8%
Nov 15 11:23 am - - 5:47 pm (75.2°) 250,978 31.4%
Nov 16 - 12:10 am 12:11 pm 6:32 pm (79.4°) 249,296 40.8%
Nov 17 - 12:52 am 12:58 pm 7:16 pm (84.4°) 246,839 50.7%
Nov 18 - 1:32 am 1:44 pm 7:59 pm (89.9°) 243,697 60.8%
Nov 19 - 2:12 am 2:30 pm 8:41 pm (83.8°) 240,034 70.8%
* All times are local time for Diego Garcia. 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 Diego Garcia This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:43 am Sat 5:58 pm Sat 11:51 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 4:52 am Sat 5:06 pm Sat 10:59 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 1:35 am Sat 1:23 pm Sat 7:29 am Average visibility
Jupiter Sat 1:36 am Sat 1:24 pm Sat 7:30 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Fri 4:14 pm Sat 4:15 am Fri 10:14 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Sat 7:53 pm Sun 7:33 am Sun 1:43 am Average visibility
Neptune Fri 3:46 pm Sat 3:49 am Fri 9:48 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Diego Garcia.

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