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

Moon: 93.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 1:05:05 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:12 am 107° East
Sunset Today: 7:36 pm 254° West
Moonrise Today: 9:35 pm 87° East
Moonset Today: 9:07 am 276° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 24 minutes (-20s)

Today's Sun Position in Diego Garcia

Time: 1:05 pm
Altitude: 79.9°
Direction: 153° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 24m 6s (Feb 4, 2026)

20 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

42 minutes, 12 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

8 minutes, 57 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 – 5:59 am
Astro. Twilight 5:59 am – 6:24 am
Nautical Twilight 6:24 am – 6:50 am
Civil Twilight 6:50 am – 7:12 am
Daylight 7:12 am – 7:36 pm
Civil Twilight 7:36 pm – 7:57 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:57 pm – 8:23 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:23 pm – 8:48 pm
Night 8:48 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Diego Garcia - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 7:12 am 7:36 pm 12:24:06 −0:20 1:24 pm (81.1°) 91.634
Feb 5 7:12 am 7:36 pm 12:23:45 −0:21 1:24 pm (81.4°) 91.648
Feb 6 7:12 am 7:36 pm 12:23:24 −0:21 1:24 pm (81.7°) 91.664
Feb 7 7:12 am 7:35 pm 12:23:02 −0:21 1:24 pm (82.0°) 91.679
Feb 8 7:13 am 7:35 pm 12:22:40 −0:21 1:24 pm (82.3°) 91.695
Feb 9 7:13 am 7:35 pm 12:22:18 −0:22 1:24 pm (82.7°) 91.712
Feb 10 7:13 am 7:35 pm 12:21:56 −0:22 1:24 pm (83.0°) 91.729
* 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
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 9:07 am 9:35 pm 3:00 am (74.7°) 236,193 95.4%
Feb 5 - 9:55 am 10:15 pm 3:44 am (81.2°) 239,553 89.7%
Feb 6 - 10:40 am 10:54 pm 4:27 am (87.6°) 242,890 82.4%
Feb 7 - 11:26 am 11:34 pm 5:09 am (86.3°) 245,932 73.9%
Feb 8 - 12:12 pm - 5:52 am (80.9°) 248,444 64.6%
Feb 9 12:15 am 1:00 pm - 6:37 am (76.3°) 250,247 54.9%
Feb 10 12:58 am 1:49 pm - 7:23 am (72.5°) 251,223 45.2%
* 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, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 7:55 am Wed 8:16 pm Wed 2:06 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:42 am Wed 8:03 pm Wed 1:53 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 6:48 am Wed 7:12 pm Wed 1:00 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 5:35 pm Thu 5:13 am Wed 11:24 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 10:09 am Wed 10:14 pm Wed 4:11 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 2:01 pm Thu 1:43 am Wed 7:52 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 10:13 am Wed 10:16 pm Wed 4:14 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Diego Garcia.

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