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San Jose, Costa Rica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 33.9%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 24, 2026 at 2:45:24 am
Sunrise Today: 5:38 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 5:47 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 10:17 am 61° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:33 pm 299° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 9 minutes (+33s)

Today's Sun Position in San Jose

Time: 2:45 am
Altitude: -43.1°
Direction: 78° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 8m 52s (Mar 24, 2026)

33 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 23, 2026)

36 minutes, 4 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

33 minutes, 24 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in San Jose Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:28 am
Astro. Twilight 4:28 am – 4:52 am
Nautical Twilight 4:52 am – 5:17 am
Civil Twilight 5:17 am – 5:38 am
Daylight 5:38 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 – 6:56 pm
Night 6:56 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in San Jose - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 24 5:38 am 5:47 pm 12:08:52 +0:33 11:42 am (81.7°) 92.682
Mar 25 5:37 am 5:46 pm 12:09:25 +0:33 11:42 am (82.1°) 92.708
Mar 26 5:36 am 5:46 pm 12:09:59 +0:33 11:41 am (82.5°) 92.734
Mar 27 5:36 am 5:46 pm 12:10:32 +0:33 11:41 am (82.9°) 92.759
Mar 28 5:35 am 5:46 pm 12:11:05 +0:33 11:41 am (83.3°) 92.785
Mar 29 5:35 am 5:46 pm 12:11:38 +0:32 11:41 am (83.7°) 92.812
Mar 30 5:34 am 5:46 pm 12:12:11 +0:32 11:40 am (84.0°) 92.838
* All times are local time for San Jose. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in San Jose

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in San Jose - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 24 10:17 am 11:33 pm - 4:55 pm (71.3°) 229,573 40.5%
Mar 25 11:20 am - - 5:58 pm (71.9°) 230,970 52.3%
Mar 26 - 12:34 am 12:23 pm 6:57 pm (74.4°) 232,610 63.9%
Mar 27 - 1:30 am 1:23 pm 7:53 pm (78.4°) 234,418 74.5%
Mar 28 - 2:21 am 2:19 pm 8:44 pm (83.7°) 236,349 83.7%
Mar 29 - 3:07 am 3:12 pm 9:31 pm (89.7°) 238,389 91.0%
Mar 30 - 3:48 am 4:01 pm 10:16 pm (84.0°) 240,512 96.2%
* All times are local time for San Jose. 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 San Jose This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Mar 24, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Tue 4:13 am Tue 4:05 pm Tue 10:09 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Tue 6:44 am Tue 7:01 pm Tue 12:52 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Tue 4:45 am Tue 4:40 pm Tue 10:42 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Tue 12:14 pm Wed 12:51 am Tue 6:33 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 5:46 am Tue 5:49 pm Tue 11:47 am Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Tue 8:56 am Tue 9:27 pm Tue 3:11 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 5:35 am Tue 5:37 pm Tue 11:36 am Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for San Jose.

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