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

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 9:18:01 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:37 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 5:47 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 6:17 am 72° East
Moonset Today: 8:39 pm 293° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 10 minutes (+2m 57s)

Today's Sun Position in Sapporo

Time: 9:18 pm
Altitude: -36.0°
Direction: 314° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 10m 25s (Mar 21, 2026)

2 minutes, 57 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

3 hours, 10 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

3 hours, 11 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Sapporo Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:01 am
Astro. Twilight 4:01 am – 4:35 am
Nautical Twilight 4:35 am – 5:08 am
Civil Twilight 5:08 am – 5:37 am
Daylight 5:37 am – 5:47 pm
Civil Twilight 5:47 pm – 6:15 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:15 pm – 6:49 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:49 pm – 7:23 pm
Night 7:23 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Sapporo - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 5:37 am 5:47 pm 12:10:25 +2:57 11:41 am (47.2°) 92.589
Mar 22 5:35 am 5:48 pm 12:13:22 +2:57 11:41 am (47.6°) 92.615
Mar 23 5:33 am 5:49 pm 12:16:19 +2:56 11:41 am (47.9°) 92.640
Mar 24 5:31 am 5:51 pm 12:19:16 +2:56 11:41 am (48.3°) 92.666
Mar 25 5:29 am 5:52 pm 12:22:13 +2:56 11:40 am (48.7°) 92.692
Mar 26 5:28 am 5:53 pm 12:25:09 +2:56 11:40 am (49.1°) 92.717
Mar 27 5:26 am 5:54 pm 12:28:06 +2:56 11:40 am (49.5°) 92.743
* All times are local time for Sapporo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Sapporo

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Sapporo - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 6:17 am 8:39 pm - 1:20 pm (61.2°) 228,518 6.0%
Mar 22 6:44 am 9:59 pm - 2:14 pm (67.0°) 227,978 13.1%
Mar 23 7:18 am 11:19 pm - 3:12 pm (71.5°) 228,133 22.3%
Mar 24 8:01 am - - 4:14 pm (74.3°) 228,873 33.2%
Mar 25 - 12:33 am 8:56 am 5:17 pm (75.1°) 230,059 44.9%
Mar 26 - 1:37 am 10:02 am 6:19 pm (73.7°) 231,561 56.7%
Mar 27 - 2:27 am 11:16 am 7:17 pm (70.6°) 233,269 68.0%
* All times are local time for Sapporo. 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 Sapporo This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 4:42 am Sun 3:49 pm Sun 10:16 am Difficult to see
Venus Sun 6:20 am Sun 7:18 pm Sun 12:48 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sun 5:06 am Sun 4:21 pm Sun 10:43 am Very difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:09 am Sun 2:20 am Sat 6:45 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sun 5:54 am Sun 5:56 pm Sun 11:55 am Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 8:03 am Sat 10:44 pm Sat 3:23 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 5:44 am Sun 5:45 pm Sun 11:44 am Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Sapporo.

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