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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:42:26 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:08 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 7:03 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 12:14 am 115° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:30 am 247° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 55 minutes (+48s)

Today's Sun Position in Santo Domingo

Time: 11:42 pm
Altitude: -51.8°
Direction: 339° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 54m 50s (May 8, 2026)

48 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

1 hour, 53 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

19 minutes, 32 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Santo Domingo Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:50 am
Astro. Twilight 4:50 am – 5:18 am
Nautical Twilight 5:18 am – 5:45 am
Civil Twilight 5:45 am – 6:08 am
Daylight 6:08 am – 7:03 pm
Civil Twilight 7:03 pm – 7:26 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:26 pm – 7:54 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:54 pm – 8:21 pm
Night 8:21 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Santo Domingo - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 6:08 am 7:03 pm 12:54:50 +0:48 12:36 pm (88.8°) 93.820
May 9 6:08 am 7:04 pm 12:55:38 +0:48 12:36 pm (89.0°) 93.843
May 10 6:08 am 7:04 pm 12:56:26 +0:47 12:36 pm (89.3°) 93.865
May 11 6:07 am 7:04 pm 12:57:12 +0:46 12:36 pm (89.5°) 93.886
May 12 6:07 am 7:05 pm 12:57:58 +0:45 12:36 pm (89.8°) 93.908
May 13 6:06 am 7:05 pm 12:58:44 +0:45 12:36 pm (90.0°) 93.929
May 14 6:06 am 7:05 pm 12:59:28 +0:44 12:36 pm (89.7°) 93.950
* All times are local time for Santo Domingo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Santo Domingo

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Santo Domingo - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 12:14 am 11:30 am - 5:51 am (48.2°) 248,419 64.4%
May 9 12:55 am 12:24 pm - 6:38 am (52.5°) 245,760 54.5%
May 10 1:33 am 1:17 pm - 7:23 am (57.7°) 242,487 44.2%
May 11 2:09 am 2:10 pm - 8:07 am (63.6°) 238,744 33.7%
May 12 2:45 am 3:04 pm - 8:52 am (70.1°) 234,777 23.7%
May 13 3:22 am 4:00 pm - 9:39 am (76.9°) 230,872 14.7%
May 14 4:01 am 5:00 pm - 10:28 am (83.7°) 227,387 7.3%
* All times are local time for Santo Domingo. 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 Santo Domingo This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:49 am Sat 6:38 pm Sat 12:13 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:02 am Sat 9:18 pm Sat 2:40 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:43 am Sat 5:09 pm Sat 10:56 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:23 am Sat 11:29 pm Sat 4:56 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:06 am Sat 4:14 pm Sat 10:10 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:54 am Sat 7:53 pm Sat 1:24 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:43 am Sat 3:46 pm Sat 9:45 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Santo Domingo.

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