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Kobe, Japan — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:16:57 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:01 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 6:50 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 12:26 am 117° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:41 am 245° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 48 minutes (+1m 41s)

Today's Sun Position in Kobe

Time: 1:16 pm
Altitude: 64.9°
Direction: 231° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 48m 27s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 41 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

3 hours, 58 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

40 minutes, 35 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kobe Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:25 am
Astro. Twilight 3:25 am – 4:01 am
Nautical Twilight 4:01 am – 4:34 am
Civil Twilight 4:34 am – 5:01 am
Daylight 5:01 am – 6:50 pm
Civil Twilight 6:50 pm – 7:17 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:17 pm – 7:50 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:50 pm – 8:26 pm
Night 8:26 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kobe - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:01 am 6:50 pm 13:48:27 +1:41 11:55 am (72.6°) 93.830
May 10 5:00 am 6:50 pm 13:50:08 +1:40 11:55 am (72.9°) 93.852
May 11 4:59 am 6:51 pm 13:51:47 +1:39 11:55 am (73.2°) 93.874
May 12 4:59 am 6:52 pm 13:53:24 +1:37 11:55 am (73.4°) 93.896
May 13 4:58 am 6:53 pm 13:55:00 +1:35 11:55 am (73.7°) 93.917
May 14 4:57 am 6:54 pm 13:56:35 +1:34 11:55 am (73.9°) 93.938
May 15 4:56 am 6:54 pm 13:58:07 +1:32 11:55 am (74.2°) 93.959
* All times are local time for Kobe. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kobe

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kobe - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:26 am 10:41 am - 5:31 am (33.6°) 247,358 60.2%
May 10 12:58 am 11:42 am - 6:17 am (38.2°) 244,420 50.1%
May 11 1:27 am 12:44 pm - 7:02 am (43.7°) 240,922 39.7%
May 12 1:54 am 1:47 pm - 7:46 am (49.9°) 237,049 29.4%
May 13 2:20 am 2:52 pm - 8:31 am (56.5°) 233,068 19.7%
May 14 2:48 am 4:00 pm - 9:19 am (63.3°) 229,302 11.3%
May 15 3:19 am 5:13 pm - 10:10 am (69.9°) 226,097 4.8%
* All times are local time for Kobe. 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 Kobe This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:45 am Sat 6:17 pm Sat 11:30 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:42 am Sat 9:14 pm Sat 1:58 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 3:51 am Sat 4:41 pm Sat 10:16 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:09 am Sat 11:26 pm Sat 4:18 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:24 am Sat 3:39 pm Sat 9:32 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 5:44 am Sat 7:46 pm Sat 12:45 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:04 am Sat 3:09 pm Sat 9:06 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Kobe.

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