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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 9:50:38 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:52 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 5:57 pm 287° West
Moonrise Today: 11:46 pm 109° East
Moonset Today: 11:25 am 248° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 5 minutes (-1s)

Today's Sun Position in Galapagos Islands

Time: 9:50 pm
Altitude: -55.3°
Direction: 300° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 4m 40s (May 8, 2026)

1 second shorter than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

5 minutes, 58 seconds shorter than December solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

28 seconds longer than June solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Galapagos Islands Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:40 am
Astro. Twilight 4:40 am – 5:05 am
Nautical Twilight 5:05 am – 5:30 am
Civil Twilight 5:30 am – 5:52 am
Daylight 5:52 am – 5:57 pm
Civil Twilight 5:57 pm – 6:18 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:18 pm – 6:44 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:44 pm – 7:09 pm
Night 7:09 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Galapagos Islands - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:40 −0:01 11:54 am (71.9°) 93.821
May 9 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:39 −0:01 11:54 am (71.6°) 93.844
May 10 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:37 −0:01 11:54 am (71.3°) 93.866
May 11 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:36 −0:01 11:54 am (71.1°) 93.888
May 12 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:35 −0:01 11:54 am (70.8°) 93.909
May 13 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:34 −0:01 11:54 am (70.6°) 93.930
May 14 5:52 am 5:57 pm 12:04:33 −0:01 11:54 am (70.3°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Galapagos Islands. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Galapagos Islands

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Galapagos Islands - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 - 11:25 am 11:46 pm 5:12 am (68.1°) 248,292 63.9%
May 9 - 12:11 pm - 5:59 am (72.4°) 245,596 53.9%
May 10 12:32 am 12:55 pm - 6:44 am (77.6°) 242,293 43.6%
May 11 1:17 am 1:39 pm - 7:28 am (83.6°) 238,530 33.2%
May 12 2:02 am 2:24 pm - 8:13 am (89.8°) 234,559 23.2%
May 13 2:49 am 3:11 pm - 9:00 am (83.0°) 230,667 14.3%
May 14 3:38 am 4:01 pm - 9:50 am (76.3°) 227,215 7.0%
* All times are local time for Galapagos Islands. 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 Galapagos Islands This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:30 am Sat 5:34 pm Sat 11:32 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:57 am Sat 8:00 pm Sat 1:59 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:13 am Sat 4:16 pm Sat 10:14 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:18 am Fri 10:18 pm Fri 4:18 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:27 am Sat 3:30 pm Sat 9:29 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:42 am Sat 6:42 pm Sat 12:42 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:02 am Sat 3:04 pm Sat 9:03 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Galapagos Islands.

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