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

Moon: 89.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 8:00:57 am
Sunrise Today: 5:27 am 85° East
Sunset Today: 5:40 pm 275° West
Moonrise Today: 8:04 pm 73° East
Moonset Today: 7:58 am 283° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 13 minutes (-32s)

Today's Sun Position in Alajuela

Time: 8:00 am
Altitude: 37.0°
Direction: 92° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 13m 8s (Sep 10, 2025)

32 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

40 minutes, 37 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

29 minutes, 26 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Alajuela Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:16 am
Astro. Twilight 4:16 am – 4:41 am
Nautical Twilight 4:41 am – 5:05 am
Civil Twilight 5:05 am – 5:27 am
Daylight 5:27 am – 5:40 pm
Civil Twilight 5:40 pm – 6:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:01 pm – 6:25 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:25 pm – 6:50 pm
Night 6:50 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Alajuela - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Sep 10 5:27 am 5:40 pm 12:13:08 −0:32 11:33 am (84.6°) 93.590
Sep 11 5:26 am 5:39 pm 12:12:36 −0:32 11:33 am (84.2°) 93.566
Sep 12 5:26 am 5:38 pm 12:12:03 −0:32 11:32 am (83.9°) 93.542
Sep 13 5:26 am 5:38 pm 12:11:30 −0:32 11:32 am (83.5°) 93.518
Sep 14 5:26 am 5:37 pm 12:10:57 −0:32 11:32 am (83.1°) 93.494
Sep 15 5:26 am 5:37 pm 12:10:25 −0:32 11:31 am (82.7°) 93.470
Sep 16 5:26 am 5:36 pm 12:09:52 −0:32 11:31 am (82.3°) 93.445
* 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 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Alajuela - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Sep 10 - 7:58 am 8:04 pm 1:36 am (88.5°) 226,674 91.2%
Sep 11 - 8:57 am 8:55 pm 2:29 am (82.1°) 226,929 83.0%
Sep 12 - 9:58 am 9:50 pm 3:26 am (76.7°) 227,895 72.9%
Sep 13 - 11:02 am 10:50 pm 4:25 am (73.0°) 229,416 61.5%
Sep 14 - 12:05 pm 11:51 pm 5:27 am (71.2°) 231,312 49.7%
Sep 15 - 1:05 pm - 6:29 am (71.5°) 233,435 38.1%
Sep 16 12:53 am 2:01 pm - 7:28 am (73.6°) 235,655 27.3%
* 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, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 5:18 am Wed 5:35 pm Wed 11:27 am Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:31 am Wed 3:58 pm Wed 9:44 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 7:43 am Wed 7:35 pm Wed 1:39 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Wed 1:23 am Wed 1:59 pm Wed 7:41 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Wed 6:16 pm Thu 6:15 am Thu 12:16 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Tue 9:59 pm Wed 10:31 am Wed 4:15 am Average visibility
Neptune Wed 6:20 pm Thu 6:21 am Thu 12:20 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Alajuela.

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