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

Moon: 24.2%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 6:40:00 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:13 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:29 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 8:11 am 58° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:52 pm 305° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 15 minutes (+2m 38s)

Today's Sun Position in Beijing

Time: 6:40 pm
Altitude: -2.0°
Direction: 274° W
Phase: Civil Twilight

Day length today: 12h 15m 18s (Mar 23, 2026)

2 minutes, 38 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

2 hours, 55 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

2 hours, 45 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Beijing Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:42 am
Astro. Twilight 4:42 am – 5:15 am
Nautical Twilight 5:15 am – 5:46 am
Civil Twilight 5:46 am – 6:13 am
Daylight 6:13 am – 6:29 pm
Civil Twilight 6:29 pm – 6:56 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:56 pm – 7:27 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:27 pm – 8:00 pm
Night 8:00 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Beijing - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 6:13 am 6:29 pm 12:15:18 +2:38 12:21 pm (51.1°) 92.642
Mar 24 6:12 am 6:30 pm 12:17:56 +2:38 12:20 pm (51.5°) 92.668
Mar 25 6:10 am 6:31 pm 12:20:35 +2:38 12:20 pm (51.9°) 92.694
Mar 26 6:08 am 6:32 pm 12:23:13 +2:38 12:20 pm (52.3°) 92.719
Mar 27 6:07 am 6:33 pm 12:25:51 +2:37 12:19 pm (52.7°) 92.745
Mar 28 6:05 am 6:34 pm 12:28:28 +2:37 12:19 pm (53.1°) 92.771
Mar 29 6:04 am 6:35 pm 12:31:06 +2:37 12:19 pm (53.5°) 92.797
* 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
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 8:11 am 11:52 pm - 3:56 pm (75.0°) 228,167 23.0%
Mar 24 8:57 am - - 4:58 pm (77.6°) 228,943 34.0%
Mar 25 - 1:04 am 9:54 am 6:01 pm (78.2°) 230,153 45.7%
Mar 26 - 2:06 am 11:01 am 7:03 pm (76.8°) 231,673 57.5%
Mar 27 - 2:57 am 12:13 pm 8:01 pm (73.5°) 233,393 68.8%
Mar 28 - 3:38 am 1:26 pm 8:54 pm (68.9°) 235,260 78.8%
Mar 29 - 4:10 am 2:38 pm 9:44 pm (63.3°) 237,239 87.1%
* 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, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Tue 5:13 am Tue 4:23 pm Tue 10:48 am Difficult to see
Venus Mon 7:01 am Mon 7:58 pm Mon 1:29 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Tue 5:39 am Tue 5:03 pm Tue 11:21 am Very difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 11:52 am Tue 2:42 am Mon 7:17 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 6:26 am Tue 6:29 pm Tue 12:27 pm Not visible
Uranus Mon 8:44 am Mon 11:07 pm Mon 3:55 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 6:16 am Tue 6:17 pm Tue 12:16 pm Not visible
* All times are local time for Beijing.

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