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Cairo, Egypt — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 23.4%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 10:45:43 am
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 6:08 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 8:32 am 61° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:16 pm 301° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 13 minutes (+1m 49s)

Today's Sun Position in Cairo

Time: 10:45 am
Altitude: 55.9°
Direction: 145° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 12m 39s (Mar 23, 2026)

1 minute, 49 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

1 hour, 59 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 52 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cairo Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:35 am
Astro. Twilight 4:35 am – 5:03 am
Nautical Twilight 5:03 am – 5:31 am
Civil Twilight 5:31 am – 5:55 am
Daylight 5:55 am – 6:08 pm
Civil Twilight 6:08 pm – 6:32 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:32 pm – 7:00 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:00 pm – 7:28 pm
Night 7:28 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cairo - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 5:55 am 6:08 pm 12:12:39 +1:49 12:01 pm (61.1°) 92.648
Mar 24 5:54 am 6:08 pm 12:14:28 +1:49 12:01 pm (61.5°) 92.674
Mar 25 5:53 am 6:09 pm 12:16:18 +1:49 12:01 pm (61.9°) 92.700
Mar 26 5:51 am 6:10 pm 12:18:07 +1:49 12:00 pm (62.2°) 92.725
Mar 27 5:50 am 6:10 pm 12:19:56 +1:49 12:00 pm (62.6°) 92.751
Mar 28 5:49 am 6:11 pm 12:21:45 +1:48 12:00 pm (63.0°) 92.777
Mar 29 5:48 am 6:11 pm 12:23:34 +1:48 11:59 am (63.4°) 92.803
* All times are local time for Cairo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Cairo

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cairo - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 8:32 am 11:16 pm - 3:51 pm (85.8°) 228,304 25.5%
Mar 24 9:25 am - - 4:53 pm (88.0°) 229,195 36.7%
Mar 25 - 12:24 am 10:26 am 5:56 pm (88.1°) 230,490 48.5%
Mar 26 - 1:25 am 11:32 am 6:57 pm (86.2°) 232,064 60.3%
Mar 27 - 2:18 am 12:40 pm 7:55 pm (82.6°) 233,823 71.3%
Mar 28 - 3:02 am 1:46 pm 8:47 pm (77.6°) 235,719 80.9%
Mar 29 - 3:39 am 2:50 pm 9:35 pm (71.9°) 237,724 88.9%
* All times are local time for Cairo. 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 Cairo This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 4:48 am Mon 4:14 pm Mon 10:31 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Mon 6:50 am Mon 7:31 pm Mon 1:10 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 5:15 am Mon 4:50 pm Mon 11:03 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 11:58 am Tue 1:55 am Mon 6:57 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Mon 6:09 am Mon 6:12 pm Mon 12:11 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Mon 8:46 am Mon 10:25 pm Mon 3:35 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 5:55 am Tue 5:57 pm Tue 11:56 am Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cairo.

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