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Beijing, BJ, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 91.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 1:36:35 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:50 am 83° East
Sunset Today: 6:31 pm 277° West
Moonrise Today: 7:40 pm 74° East
Moonset Today: 8:31 am 282° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 41 minutes (-2m 33s)

Today's Sun Position in Beijing

Time: 1:36 pm
Altitude: 50.0°
Direction: 214° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 41m 5s (Sep 10, 2025)

2 minutes, 33 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

3 hours, 20 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

2 hours, 19 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Beijing Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:17 am
Astro. Twilight 4:17 am – 4:50 am
Nautical Twilight 4:50 am – 5:23 am
Civil Twilight 5:23 am – 5:50 am
Daylight 5:50 am – 6:31 pm
Civil Twilight 6:31 pm – 6:58 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:58 pm – 7:31 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:31 pm – 8:04 pm
Night 8:04 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 5:50 am 6:31 pm 12:41:05 −2:33 12:11 pm (54.9°) 150.639
Sep 11 5:51 am 6:30 pm 12:38:31 −2:34 12:11 pm (54.6°) 150.601
Sep 12 5:52 am 6:28 pm 12:35:56 −2:34 12:10 pm (54.2°) 150.563
Sep 13 5:53 am 6:26 pm 12:33:22 −2:34 12:10 pm (53.8°) 150.525
Sep 14 5:54 am 6:25 pm 12:30:47 −2:35 12:10 pm (53.4°) 150.486
Sep 15 5:55 am 6:23 pm 12:28:11 −2:35 12:09 pm (53.0°) 150.447
Sep 16 5:56 am 6:21 pm 12:25:36 −2:35 12:09 pm (52.7°) 150.408
* All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Beijing

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Beijing - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 8:31 am 7:40 pm 1:46 am (57.2°) 365,147 94.7%
Sep 11 - 9:48 am 8:10 pm 2:37 am (64.1°) 364,821 87.8%
Sep 12 - 11:06 am 8:46 pm 3:31 am (70.0°) 365,767 78.7%
Sep 13 - 12:23 pm 9:30 pm 4:29 am (74.7°) 367,753 68.0%
Sep 14 - 1:36 pm 10:25 pm 5:30 am (77.6°) 370,503 56.3%
Sep 15 - 2:39 pm 11:28 pm 6:32 am (78.5°) 373,744 44.5%
Sep 16 - 3:31 pm - 7:33 am (77.4°) 377,246 33.2%
* All times are local time for Beijing. 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 Beijing This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 5:33 am Wed 6:31 pm Wed 12:02 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:24 am Wed 5:19 pm Wed 10:22 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 8:43 am Wed 7:51 pm Wed 2:17 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Wed 12:59 am Wed 3:42 pm Wed 8:21 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Wed 7:02 pm Thu 6:49 am Thu 12:56 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Wed 9:37 pm Thu 12:05 pm Thu 4:51 am Average visibility
Neptune Wed 7:01 pm Thu 6:59 am Thu 1:00 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Beijing.

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