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Bottrop, NRW, Germany — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 24.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 11:17:07 am
Sunrise Today: 6:28 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 6:50 pm 273° West
Moonrise Today: 7:49 am 48° Northeast
Moonset Today: 12:06 am 310° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 22 minutes (+3m 58s)

Today's Sun Position in Bottrop

Time: 11:17 am
Altitude: 36.8°
Direction: 154° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 21m 57s (Mar 23, 2026)

3 minutes, 58 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

4 hours, 32 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 16 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Bottrop Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:33 am
Astro. Twilight 4:33 am – 5:15 am
Nautical Twilight 5:15 am – 5:55 am
Civil Twilight 5:55 am – 6:28 am
Daylight 6:28 am – 6:50 pm
Civil Twilight 6:50 pm – 7:23 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:23 pm – 8:03 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:03 pm – 8:45 pm
Night 8:45 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Bottrop - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 6:28 am 6:50 pm 12:21:57 +3:58 12:38 pm (39.6°) 92.650
Mar 24 6:26 am 6:52 pm 12:25:55 +3:58 12:38 pm (40.0°) 92.676
Mar 25 6:23 am 6:53 pm 12:29:53 +3:58 12:38 pm (40.4°) 92.701
Mar 26 6:21 am 6:55 pm 12:33:51 +3:57 12:37 pm (40.8°) 92.727
Mar 27 6:19 am 6:57 pm 12:37:49 +3:57 12:37 pm (41.2°) 92.753
Mar 28 6:16 am 6:58 pm 12:41:47 +3:57 12:37 pm (41.6°) 92.779
Note: hours shift because clocks change forward 1 hour. (See the note below this table for details)
Mar 29 7:14 am 8:00 pm 12:45:44 +3:57 1:37 pm (42.0°) 92.805
* All times are local time for Bottrop. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

Note that Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2:00 am, and this is accounted for above.

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Today's Moon in Bottrop

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Bottrop - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 - 12:06 am 7:49 am 4:32 pm (64.2°) 228,349 26.2%
Mar 24 - 1:33 am 8:29 am 5:35 pm (66.2°) 229,271 37.5%
Mar 25 - 2:48 am 9:25 am 6:38 pm (66.2°) 230,589 49.3%
Mar 26 - 3:43 am 10:39 am 7:39 pm (64.2°) 232,178 61.0%
Mar 27 - 4:21 am 12:02 pm 8:35 pm (60.4°) 233,947 72.0%
Mar 28 - 4:47 am 1:28 pm 9:28 pm (55.5°) 235,851 81.5%
Note: hours shift because clocks change forward 1 hour. (See the note below this table for details)
Mar 29 - 6:05 am 3:52 pm 11:16 pm (49.7°) 237,863 89.3%
* All times are local time for Bottrop. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. 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 Bottrop This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 5:46 am Mon 4:30 pm Mon 11:08 am Difficult to see
Venus Mon 7:06 am Mon 8:30 pm Mon 1:47 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 6:09 am Mon 5:11 pm Mon 11:40 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 11:22 am Tue 3:46 am Mon 7:34 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 6:42 am Tue 6:46 pm Tue 12:44 pm Not visible
Uranus Mon 8:22 am Tue 12:02 am Mon 4:12 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 6:33 am Tue 6:34 pm Tue 12:33 pm Not visible
* All times are local time for Bottrop.

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