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Kingston, Jamaica — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 10:41:01 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:36 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:30 pm 289° West
Moonset Today: 11:00 am 247° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 54 minutes (+47s)

Today's Sun Position in Kingston

Time: 10:41 pm
Altitude: -49.2°
Direction: 329° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 53m 32s (May 8, 2026)

47 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

1 hour, 50 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

18 minutes, 59 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kingston Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:19 am
Astro. Twilight 4:19 am – 4:46 am
Nautical Twilight 4:46 am – 5:13 am
Civil Twilight 5:13 am – 5:36 am
Daylight 5:36 am – 6:30 pm
Civil Twilight 6:30 pm – 6:53 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:53 pm – 7:20 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:20 pm – 7:48 pm
Night 7:48 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kingston - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:36 am 6:30 pm 12:53:32 +0:47 12:03 pm (89.2°) 93.821
May 9 5:36 am 6:30 pm 12:54:19 +0:46 12:03 pm (89.5°) 93.843
May 10 5:36 am 6:31 pm 12:55:05 +0:46 12:03 pm (89.8°) 93.865
May 11 5:35 am 6:31 pm 12:55:51 +0:45 12:03 pm (90.0°) 93.887
May 12 5:35 am 6:31 pm 12:56:35 +0:44 12:03 pm (89.7°) 93.908
May 13 5:34 am 6:32 pm 12:57:19 +0:43 12:03 pm (89.5°) 93.929
May 14 5:34 am 6:32 pm 12:58:02 +0:43 12:03 pm (89.2°) 93.950
* All times are local time for Kingston. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kingston

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kingston - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 - 11:00 am - 5:19 am (48.8°) 248,375 64.2%
May 9 12:22 am 11:53 am - 6:06 am (53.1°) 245,703 54.3%
May 10 1:00 am 12:46 pm - 6:51 am (58.3°) 242,419 44.0%
May 11 1:37 am 1:38 pm - 7:36 am (64.2°) 238,669 33.5%
May 12 2:13 am 2:32 pm - 8:20 am (70.7°) 234,701 23.5%
May 13 2:50 am 3:28 pm - 9:07 am (77.5°) 230,800 14.5%
May 14 3:30 am 4:28 pm - 9:56 am (84.3°) 227,327 7.2%
* All times are local time for Kingston. 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 Kingston This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:17 am Sat 6:05 pm Sat 11:41 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:31 am Sat 8:44 pm Sat 2:07 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:10 am Sat 4:36 pm Sat 10:23 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:54 am Fri 10:59 pm Fri 4:27 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:33 am Sat 3:42 pm Sat 9:37 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:22 am Sat 7:20 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 Kingston.

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