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Kiritimati, Kiribati — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 5:40:30 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:20 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 6:31 pm 287° West
Moonset Today: 12:00 noon 249° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 12 minutes (+5s)

Today's Sun Position in Kiritimati

Time: 5:40 pm
Altitude: 11.4°
Direction: 287° W
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 11m 33s (May 9, 2026)

5 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

10 minutes, 30 seconds longer than December solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

2 minutes, 13 seconds shorter than June solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kiritimati Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:07 am
Astro. Twilight 5:07 am – 5:33 am
Nautical Twilight 5:33 am – 5:58 am
Civil Twilight 5:58 am – 6:20 am
Daylight 6:20 am – 6:31 pm
Civil Twilight 6:31 pm – 6:53 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:53 pm – 7:18 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:18 pm – 7:43 pm
Night 7:43 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kiritimati - 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 6:31 pm 12:11:33 +0:05 12:25 pm (74.6°) 93.826
May 10 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:11:39 +0:05 12:25 pm (74.3°) 93.848
May 11 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:11:44 +0:05 12:25 pm (74.1°) 93.870
May 12 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:11:49 +0:05 12:25 pm (73.8°) 93.892
May 13 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:11:55 +0:05 12:25 pm (73.6°) 93.913
May 14 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:12:00 +0:05 12:25 pm (73.3°) 93.934
May 15 6:19 am 6:31 pm 12:12:05 +0:05 12:25 pm (73.1°) 93.955
* All times are local time for Kiritimati. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kiritimati

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kiritimati - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:00 pm - 5:52 am (66.0°) 247,837 62.1%
May 10 12:30 am 12:47 pm - 6:38 am (70.5°) 245,018 52.0%
May 11 1:14 am 1:33 pm - 7:23 am (75.9°) 241,614 41.6%
May 12 1:58 am 2:18 pm - 8:08 am (82.0°) 237,791 31.3%
May 13 2:42 am 3:04 pm - 8:53 am (88.6°) 233,809 21.4%
May 14 3:28 am 3:53 pm - 9:40 am (84.6°) 229,974 12.7%
May 15 4:16 am 4:45 pm - 10:30 am (77.9°) 226,641 5.9%
* All times are local time for Kiritimati. 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 Kiritimati This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:54 am Sat 6:05 pm Sat 12:00 noon Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:22 am Sat 8:34 pm Sat 2:28 pm Good visibility
Mars Sun 4:42 am Sun 4:48 pm Sun 10:45 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:44 am Sat 10:53 pm Sat 4:48 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sun 3:57 am Sun 4:01 pm Sun 9:59 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:12 am Sat 7:20 pm Sat 1:16 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:32 am Sun 3:35 pm Sun 9:33 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Kiritimati.

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