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Pictou, NS, Canada — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 45.2%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 6:02:33 am
Sunrise Today: 7:04 am 86° East
Sunset Today: 7:30 pm 274° West
Moonrise Today: 10:55 am 48° Northeast
Moonset Today: 3:00 am 313° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 26 minutes (+3m 13s)

Today's Sun Position in Pictou

Time: 6:02 am
Altitude: -11.5°
Direction: 75° E
Phase: Nautical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 25m 44s (Mar 25, 2026)

3 minutes, 13 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 24, 2026)

3 hours, 44 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

3 hours, 16 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Pictou Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:23 am
Astro. Twilight 5:23 am – 5:59 am
Nautical Twilight 5:59 am – 6:34 am
Civil Twilight 6:34 am – 7:04 am
Daylight 7:04 am – 7:30 pm
Civil Twilight 7:30 pm – 7:59 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:59 pm – 8:35 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:35 pm – 9:11 pm
Night 9:11 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Pictou - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 25 7:04 am 7:30 pm 12:25:44 +3:13 1:16 pm (46.3°) 92.706
Mar 26 7:02 am 7:31 pm 12:28:57 +3:13 1:16 pm (46.7°) 92.732
Mar 27 7:00 am 7:32 pm 12:32:11 +3:13 1:16 pm (47.1°) 92.758
Mar 28 6:58 am 7:33 pm 12:35:24 +3:13 1:15 pm (47.5°) 92.784
Mar 29 6:56 am 7:35 pm 12:38:37 +3:12 1:15 pm (47.9°) 92.810
Mar 30 6:54 am 7:36 pm 12:41:49 +3:12 1:15 pm (48.3°) 92.836
Mar 31 6:52 am 7:37 pm 12:45:02 +3:12 1:14 pm (48.7°) 92.863
* All times are local time for Pictou. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Pictou

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Pictou - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 25 - 3:00 am 10:55 am 7:28 pm (71.9°) 230,879 51.6%
Mar 26 - 3:55 am 12:07 pm 8:29 pm (69.5°) 232,508 63.2%
Mar 27 - 4:37 am 1:25 pm 9:24 pm (65.5°) 234,306 73.9%
Mar 28 - 5:08 am 2:43 pm 10:16 pm (60.3°) 236,232 83.2%
Mar 29 - 5:32 am 3:59 pm 11:03 pm (54.4°) 238,265 90.6%
Mar 30 - 5:52 am 5:12 pm 11:48 pm (48.1°) 240,384 95.9%
Mar 31 - 6:10 am 6:22 pm Moon does not pass the meridian on this day.
* All times are local time for Pictou. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. 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 Pictou This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Mar 25, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:12 am Wed 5:10 pm Wed 11:41 am Difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:49 am Wed 9:08 pm Wed 2:28 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 6:37 am Wed 5:56 pm Wed 12:16 pm Very difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 12:19 pm Thu 3:49 am Wed 8:04 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 7:17 am Wed 7:21 pm Wed 1:19 pm Not visible
Uranus Wed 9:14 am Thu 12:11 am Wed 4:42 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Wed 7:07 am Wed 7:08 pm Wed 1:07 pm Not visible
* All times are local time for Pictou.

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