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Athens, Greece — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 6:28:36 am
Sunrise Today: 6:20 am 67° East
Sunset Today: 8:23 pm 293° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:10 am 117° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:18 pm 246° West
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 2 minutes (+1m 55s)

Today's Sun Position in Athens

Time: 6:28 am
Altitude: 1.0°
Direction: 68° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 14h 2m 29s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 55 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

4 hours, 30 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

45 minutes, 38 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Athens Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:38 am
Astro. Twilight 4:38 am – 5:16 am
Nautical Twilight 5:16 am – 5:51 am
Civil Twilight 5:51 am – 6:20 am
Daylight 6:20 am – 8:23 pm
Civil Twilight 8:23 pm – 8:52 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:52 pm – 9:27 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:27 pm – 10:05 pm
Night 10:05 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Athens - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:20 am 8:23 pm 14:02:29 +1:55 1:21 pm (69.4°) 93.837
May 10 6:19 am 8:23 pm 14:04:22 +1:53 1:21 pm (69.7°) 93.859
May 11 6:18 am 8:24 pm 14:06:14 +1:51 1:21 pm (70.0°) 93.881
May 12 6:17 am 8:25 pm 14:08:04 +1:50 1:21 pm (70.2°) 93.902
May 13 6:16 am 8:26 pm 14:09:53 +1:48 1:21 pm (70.5°) 93.924
May 14 6:15 am 8:27 pm 14:11:40 +1:46 1:21 pm (70.7°) 93.944
May 15 6:14 am 8:28 pm 14:13:24 +1:44 1:21 pm (70.9°) 93.965
* All times are local time for Athens. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Athens

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Athens - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 2:10 am 12:18 pm - 7:11 am (31.6°) 246,516 57.1%
May 10 2:39 am 1:22 pm - 7:57 am (36.5°) 243,391 46.9%
May 11 3:05 am 2:27 pm - 8:41 am (42.2°) 239,751 36.4%
May 12 3:29 am 3:33 pm - 9:26 am (48.6°) 235,816 26.3%
May 13 3:54 am 4:41 pm - 10:12 am (55.3°) 231,861 16.9%
May 14 4:20 am 5:53 pm - 11:00 am (62.1°) 228,235 9.1%
May 15 4:50 am 7:09 pm - 11:53 am (68.5°) 225,267 3.3%
* All times are local time for Athens. 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 Athens This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:06 am Sat 7:50 pm Sat 12:57 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:59 am Sat 10:51 pm Sat 3:25 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:13 am Sat 6:10 pm Sat 11:41 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:25 am Sun 1:00 am Sat 5:42 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:48 am Sat 5:05 pm Sat 10:56 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:01 am Sat 9:19 pm Sat 2:10 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:29 am Sat 4:34 pm Sat 10:31 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Athens.

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