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Alajuela, Costa Rica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.6%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 8:20:09 am
Sunrise Today: 5:40 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 5:47 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 7:30 am 73° East
Moonset Today: 8:24 pm 290° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 7 minutes (+33s)

Today's Sun Position in Alajuela

Time: 8:20 am
Altitude: 38.4°
Direction: 98° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 7m 13s (Mar 21, 2026)

33 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

34 minutes, 42 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

35 minutes, 21 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Alajuela Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:30 am
Astro. Twilight 4:30 am – 4:55 am
Nautical Twilight 4:55 am – 5:19 am
Civil Twilight 5:19 am – 5:40 am
Daylight 5:40 am – 5:47 pm
Civil Twilight 5:47 pm – 6:08 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:08 pm – 6:32 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:32 pm – 6:57 pm
Night 6:57 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Alajuela - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 5:40 am 5:47 pm 12:07:13 +0:33 11:43 am (80.4°) 92.605
Mar 22 5:39 am 5:47 pm 12:07:47 +0:33 11:43 am (80.8°) 92.631
Mar 23 5:39 am 5:47 pm 12:08:20 +0:33 11:43 am (81.2°) 92.656
Mar 24 5:38 am 5:47 pm 12:08:54 +0:33 11:43 am (81.6°) 92.682
Mar 25 5:38 am 5:47 pm 12:09:27 +0:33 11:42 am (82.0°) 92.708
Mar 26 5:37 am 5:47 pm 12:10:00 +0:33 11:42 am (82.4°) 92.734
Mar 27 5:36 am 5:47 pm 12:10:34 +0:33 11:42 am (82.8°) 92.759
* All times are local time for Alajuela. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Alajuela

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Alajuela - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 7:30 am 8:24 pm - 1:56 pm (81.4°) 228,093 10.1%
Mar 22 8:21 am 9:25 pm - 2:52 pm (76.4°) 228,000 18.6%
Mar 23 9:17 am 10:29 pm - 3:53 pm (72.9°) 228,538 29.0%
Mar 24 10:18 am 11:33 pm - 4:56 pm (71.4°) 229,573 40.5%
Mar 25 11:21 am - - 5:58 pm (72.0°) 230,971 52.3%
Mar 26 - 12:35 am 12:23 pm 6:58 pm (74.5°) 232,611 63.9%
Mar 27 - 1:31 am 1:23 pm 7:54 pm (78.5°) 234,418 74.5%
* All times are local time for Alajuela. 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 Alajuela This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:24 am Sat 4:15 pm Sat 10:20 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:43 am Sat 6:58 pm Sat 12:50 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 4:49 am Sat 4:43 pm Sat 10:46 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 12:26 pm Sun 1:03 am Sat 6:45 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 5:57 am Sat 6:00 pm Sat 11:58 am Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 9:07 am Sat 9:39 pm Sat 3:23 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 5:47 am Sat 5:49 pm Sat 11:48 am Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Alajuela.

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