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

Moon: 16.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 11:56:24 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:56 am↑ 113° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:00 pm↑ 247° West
Moonrise Today: 10:42 am↑ 127° Southeast
Moonset Today: 7:36 pm↑ 234° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 4 minutes (-2m 1s)

Today's Sun Position in Beijing

Time: 11:56 pm
Altitude: -68.2°
Direction: 358° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 10h 3m 43s (Nov 13, 2026)

2 minutes, 1 second shorter than yesterday (Nov 12, 2026)

43 minutes, 30 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 56 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2026)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Beijing Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:23 am
Astro. Twilight 5:23 am – 5:55 am
Nautical Twilight 5:55 am – 6:27 am
Civil Twilight 6:27 am – 6:56 am
Daylight 6:56 am – 5:00 pm
Civil Twilight 5:00 pm – 5:29 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:29 pm – 6:01 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:01 pm – 6:33 pm
Night 6:33 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Nov Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Nov 13 6:56 am 5:00 pm 10:03:43 −2:01 11:58 am (32.2°) 92.002
Nov 14 6:57 am 4:59 pm 10:01:44 −1:59 11:58 am (31.9°) 91.980
Nov 15 6:58 am 4:58 pm 9:59:46 −1:57 11:58 am (31.6°) 91.959
Nov 16 7:00 am 4:57 pm 9:57:50 −1:55 11:59 am (31.4°) 91.938
Nov 17 7:01 am 4:57 pm 9:55:56 −1:53 11:59 am (31.1°) 91.917
Nov 18 7:02 am 4:56 pm 9:54:05 −1:51 11:59 am (30.9°) 91.897
Nov 19 7:03 am 4:55 pm 9:52:15 −1:49 11:59 am (30.7°) 91.876
* 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 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Beijing - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Nov Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Nov 13 10:42 am 7:36 pm - 3:08 pm (22.1°) 251,977 14.4%
Nov 14 11:25 am 8:35 pm - 3:58 pm (23.9°) 251,924 21.8%
Nov 15 12:00 pm 9:37 pm - 4:45 pm (27.0°) 251,129 30.3%
Nov 16 12:30 pm 10:39 pm - 5:31 pm (31.0°) 249,544 39.7%
Nov 17 12:56 pm 11:42 pm - 6:15 pm (35.9°) 247,179 49.5%
Nov 18 1:20 pm - - 6:57 pm (41.5°) 244,113 59.6%
Nov 19 - 12:45 am 1:42 pm 7:40 pm (47.5°) 240,502 69.6%
* 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, Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:31 am Sat 4:19 pm Sat 10:55 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 4:37 am Sat 3:30 pm Sat 10:03 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 11:37 pm Sun 1:24 pm Sun 6:31 am Average visibility
Jupiter Sat 11:42 pm Sun 1:20 pm Sun 6:31 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Fri 3:14 pm Sat 3:24 am Fri 9:19 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Sat 5:31 pm Sun 8:04 am Sun 12:47 am Average visibility
Neptune Fri 2:52 pm Sat 2:52 am Fri 8:52 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Beijing.

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