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Guangzhou, GD, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.9%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:50:02 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:49 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 6:57 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 12:30 am 114° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:36 am 248° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 9 minutes (+1m 2s)

Today's Sun Position in Guangzhou

Time: 12:50 pm
Altitude: 81.5°
Direction: 228° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 8m 57s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 2 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

2 hours, 26 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

24 minutes, 31 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Guangzhou Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:27 am
Astro. Twilight 4:27 am – 4:56 am
Nautical Twilight 4:56 am – 5:25 am
Civil Twilight 5:25 am – 5:49 am
Daylight 5:49 am – 6:57 pm
Civil Twilight 6:57 pm – 7:22 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:22 pm – 7:50 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:50 pm – 8:19 pm
Night 8:19 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Guangzhou - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:49 am 6:57 pm 13:08:57 +1:02 12:23 pm (84.2°) 93.831
May 10 5:48 am 6:58 pm 13:09:58 +1:01 12:23 pm (84.5°) 93.853
May 11 5:47 am 6:58 pm 13:10:58 +1:00 12:23 pm (84.7°) 93.875
May 12 5:47 am 6:59 pm 13:11:57 +0:59 12:23 pm (85.0°) 93.897
May 13 5:46 am 6:59 pm 13:12:56 +0:58 12:23 pm (85.3°) 93.918
May 14 5:46 am 7:00 pm 13:13:53 +0:57 12:23 pm (85.5°) 93.939
May 15 5:45 am 7:00 pm 13:14:49 +0:56 12:23 pm (85.7°) 93.960
* All times are local time for Guangzhou. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Guangzhou

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Guangzhou - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:30 am 11:36 am - 6:01 am (45.5°) 247,198 59.6%
May 10 1:08 am 12:31 pm - 6:47 am (50.2°) 244,222 49.5%
May 11 1:43 am 1:26 pm - 7:32 am (55.8°) 240,695 39.0%
May 12 2:16 am 2:22 pm - 8:16 am (62.0°) 236,807 28.7%
May 13 2:50 am 3:20 pm - 9:02 am (68.7°) 232,829 19.1%
May 14 3:25 am 4:20 pm - 9:50 am (75.5°) 229,087 10.8%
May 15 4:04 am 5:25 pm - 10:41 am (82.1°) 225,926 4.5%
* All times are local time for Guangzhou. 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 Guangzhou This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:29 am Sat 6:28 pm Sat 11:58 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:39 am Sat 9:14 pm Sat 2:26 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:28 am Sat 5:00 pm Sat 10:43 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:03 am Sat 11:27 pm Sat 4:45 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:54 am Sat 4:04 pm Sat 9:59 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:35 am Sat 7:50 pm Sat 1:13 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:32 am Sat 3:36 pm Sat 9:34 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Guangzhou.

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