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Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:40:59 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:39 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:27 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 11:01 am 247° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 48 minutes (+42s)

Today's Sun Position in Basse-Terre

Time: 11:40 pm
Altitude: -56.2°
Direction: 350° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 47m 59s (May 8, 2026)

42 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

1 hour, 37 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

16 minutes, 48 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Basse-Terre Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:22 am
Astro. Twilight 4:22 am – 4:50 am
Nautical Twilight 4:50 am – 5:16 am
Civil Twilight 5:16 am – 5:39 am
Daylight 5:39 am – 6:27 pm
Civil Twilight 6:27 pm – 6:50 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:50 pm – 7:16 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:16 pm – 7:44 pm
Night 7:44 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Basse-Terre - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:39 am 6:27 pm 12:47:59 +0:42 12:03 pm (88.8°) 93.820
May 9 5:39 am 6:27 pm 12:48:40 +0:41 12:03 pm (88.5°) 93.842
May 10 5:38 am 6:28 pm 12:49:21 +0:40 12:03 pm (88.3°) 93.864
May 11 5:38 am 6:28 pm 12:50:01 +0:40 12:03 pm (88.0°) 93.886
May 12 5:38 am 6:28 pm 12:50:41 +0:39 12:03 pm (87.7°) 93.907
May 13 5:37 am 6:29 pm 12:51:19 +0:38 12:03 pm (87.5°) 93.929
May 14 5:37 am 6:29 pm 12:51:58 +0:38 12:03 pm (87.3°) 93.949
* All times are local time for Basse-Terre. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Basse-Terre

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Basse-Terre - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 - 11:01 am - 5:17 am (50.7°) 248,472 64.6%
May 9 12:17 am 11:53 am - 6:04 am (54.9°) 245,828 54.7%
May 10 12:56 am 12:45 pm - 6:49 am (60.0°) 242,567 44.4%
May 11 1:34 am 1:37 pm - 7:34 am (66.0°) 238,833 34.0%
May 12 2:11 am 2:30 pm - 8:18 am (72.5°) 234,868 24.0%
May 13 2:49 am 3:25 pm - 9:05 am (79.3°) 230,957 14.9%
May 14 3:30 am 4:23 pm - 9:54 am (86.0°) 227,460 7.5%
* All times are local time for Basse-Terre. 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 Basse-Terre This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:19 am Sat 6:02 pm Sat 11:40 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:34 am Sat 8:40 pm Sat 2:07 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:11 am Sat 4:34 pm Sat 10:23 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:55 am Sat 10:52 pm Sat 4:24 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:34 am Sat 3:41 pm Sat 9:37 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:25 am Sat 7:17 pm Sat 12:51 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:10 am Sat 3:14 pm Sat 9:12 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Basse-Terre.

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