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Yellowknife, NT, Canada — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.7%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 8:56:02 am
Sunrise Today: 7:34 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 7:56 pm 273° West
Moonrise Today: 7:21 am 51° Northeast
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 22 minutes (+6m 3s)

Today's Sun Position in Yellowknife

Time: 8:56 am
Altitude: 8.6°
Direction: 106° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 21m 33s (Mar 21, 2026)

6 minutes, 3 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

7 hours, 24 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

7 hours, 37 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Yellowknife Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:53 am
Astro. Twilight 4:53 am – 5:54 am
Nautical Twilight 5:54 am – 6:49 am
Civil Twilight 6:49 am – 7:34 am
Daylight 7:34 am – 7:56 pm
Civil Twilight 7:56 pm – 8:41 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:41 pm – 9:36 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:36 pm – 10:38 pm
Night 10:38 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Yellowknife - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 7:34 am 7:56 pm 12:21:33 +6:03 1:44 pm (28.1°) 92.607
Mar 22 7:31 am 7:58 pm 12:27:37 +6:03 1:44 pm (28.4°) 92.633
Mar 23 7:27 am 8:01 pm 12:33:41 +6:03 1:43 pm (28.8°) 92.659
Mar 24 7:24 am 8:04 pm 12:39:44 +6:03 1:43 pm (29.2°) 92.684
Mar 25 7:21 am 8:07 pm 12:45:48 +6:03 1:43 pm (29.6°) 92.710
Mar 26 7:17 am 8:09 pm 12:51:52 +6:03 1:43 pm (30.0°) 92.736
Mar 27 7:14 am 8:12 pm 12:57:55 +6:03 1:42 pm (30.4°) 92.762
* All times are local time for Yellowknife. 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 Yellowknife

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Yellowknife - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 7:21 am - - 4:01 pm (45.8°) 228,059 10.8%
Mar 22 - 1:28 am 7:14 am 4:58 pm (50.7°) 228,023 19.4%
Mar 23 - 3:42 am 7:03 am 5:58 pm (54.0°) 228,607 29.9%
Mar 24 - Up, doesn’t set - 7:01 pm (55.3°) 229,678 41.4%
Mar 25 - Up, doesn’t set - 8:04 pm (54.6°) 231,100 53.3%
Mar 26 - 7:24 am 9:53 am 9:03 pm (52.0°) 232,756 64.8%
Mar 27 - 7:10 am 12:06 pm 9:59 pm (47.8°) 234,576 75.3%
* All times are local time for Yellowknife. 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 Yellowknife This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 7:15 am Sat 5:24 pm Sat 12:20 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:55 am Sat 9:49 pm Sat 2:51 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sun 7:32 am Sun 6:00 pm Sun 12:46 pm Not visible
Jupiter Sat 11:00 am Sun 6:30 am Sat 8:45 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:57 am Sat 8:01 pm Sat 1:59 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 8:25 am Sun 2:22 am Sat 5:24 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 7:44 am Sun 7:45 pm Sun 1:45 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Yellowknife.

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