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Castrop-Rauxel, NRW, Germany — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:02:43 am
Sunrise Today: 8:04 am 115° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:25 pm 245° Southwest
Moonrise Today: 8:53 pm 87° East
Moonset Today: 9:04 am 278° West
Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 21 minutes (+3m 26s)

Today's Sun Position in Castrop-Rauxel

Time: 9:02 am
Altitude: 7.0°
Direction: 127° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 9h 20m 53s (Feb 4, 2026)

3 minutes, 26 seconds longer than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

1 hour, 31 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

7 hours, 18 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Castrop-Rauxel Today

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Night 12:00 am – 6:09 am
Astro. Twilight 6:09 am – 6:48 am
Nautical Twilight 6:48 am – 7:28 am
Civil Twilight 7:28 am – 8:04 am
Daylight 8:04 am – 5:25 pm
Civil Twilight 5:25 pm – 6:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:01 pm – 6:41 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:41 pm – 7:20 pm
Night 7:20 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Castrop-Rauxel - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 8:04 am 5:25 pm 9:20:53 +3:26 12:44 pm (22.3°) 91.636
Feb 5 8:02 am 5:27 pm 9:24:21 +3:28 12:44 pm (22.6°) 91.651
Feb 6 8:01 am 5:29 pm 9:27:52 +3:30 12:44 pm (22.9°) 91.666
Feb 7 7:59 am 5:30 pm 9:31:25 +3:32 12:44 pm (23.3°) 91.682
Feb 8 7:57 am 5:32 pm 9:34:59 +3:34 12:44 pm (23.6°) 91.698
Feb 9 7:55 am 5:34 pm 9:38:36 +3:36 12:44 pm (23.9°) 91.715
Feb 10 7:54 am 5:36 pm 9:42:13 +3:37 12:44 pm (24.2°) 91.732
* All times are local time for Castrop-Rauxel. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Castrop-Rauxel

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Castrop-Rauxel - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 9:04 am 8:53 pm 2:28 am (44.4°) 236,790 94.5%
Feb 5 - 9:15 am 10:09 pm 3:12 am (37.9°) 240,166 88.5%
Feb 6 - 9:26 am 11:24 pm 3:55 am (31.6°) 243,470 80.9%
Feb 7 - 9:37 am - 4:37 am (25.7°) 246,431 72.2%
Feb 8 12:39 am 9:51 am - 5:20 am (20.5°) 248,827 62.9%
Feb 9 1:53 am 10:08 am - 6:05 am (16.0°) 250,486 53.1%
Feb 10 3:07 am 10:31 am - 6:52 am (12.6°) 251,307 43.4%
* All times are local time for Castrop-Rauxel. 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 Castrop-Rauxel This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 8:38 am Wed 6:16 pm Wed 1:26 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 8:30 am Wed 5:57 pm Wed 1:13 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 7:59 am Wed 4:42 pm Wed 12:20 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 2:33 pm Thu 6:54 am Wed 10:44 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:40 am Wed 9:22 pm Wed 3:31 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 11:23 am Thu 3:00 am Wed 7:11 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:37 am Wed 9:31 pm Wed 3:34 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Castrop-Rauxel.

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