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

Moon: 57.2%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:54:50 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:19 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 6:29 pm 287° West
Moonset Today: 12:04 pm 250° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 10 minutes (+4s)

Today's Sun Position in Tarawa

Time: 3:54 pm
Altitude: 36.0°
Direction: 291° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 10m 26s (May 9, 2026)

4 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

7 minutes, 49 seconds longer than December solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

1 minute, 47 seconds shorter than June solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Tarawa Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:07 am
Astro. Twilight 5:07 am – 5:32 am
Nautical Twilight 5:32 am – 5:57 am
Civil Twilight 5:57 am – 6:19 am
Daylight 6:19 am – 6:29 pm
Civil Twilight 6:29 pm – 6:51 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:51 pm – 7:16 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:16 pm – 7:41 pm
Night 7:41 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Tarawa - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:19 am 6:29 pm 12:10:26 +0:04 12:24 pm (74.1°) 93.827
May 10 6:19 am 6:29 pm 12:10:31 +0:04 12:24 pm (73.8°) 93.850
May 11 6:19 am 6:29 pm 12:10:35 +0:04 12:24 pm (73.6°) 93.872
May 12 6:19 am 6:29 pm 12:10:39 +0:04 12:24 pm (73.3°) 93.893
May 13 6:18 am 6:29 pm 12:10:43 +0:04 12:24 pm (73.1°) 93.915
May 14 6:18 am 6:29 pm 12:10:47 +0:04 12:24 pm (72.8°) 93.936
May 15 6:18 am 6:29 pm 12:10:51 +0:04 12:24 pm (72.6°) 93.956
* All times are local time for Tarawa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Tarawa

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Tarawa - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:04 pm - 5:54 am (66.8°) 247,629 61.3%
May 10 12:32 am 12:50 pm - 6:41 am (71.4°) 244,757 51.2%
May 11 1:16 am 1:35 pm - 7:26 am (76.8°) 241,312 40.8%
May 12 2:00 am 2:20 pm - 8:10 am (83.0°) 237,466 30.4%
May 13 2:45 am 3:07 pm - 8:55 am (89.6°) 233,483 20.7%
May 14 3:30 am 3:55 pm - 9:43 am (83.5°) 229,676 12.1%
May 15 4:20 am 4:48 pm - 10:33 am (76.9°) 226,398 5.4%
* All times are local time for Tarawa. 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 Tarawa This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:54 am Sat 6:04 pm Sat 11:59 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:21 am Sat 8:32 pm Sat 2:27 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:42 am Sat 4:47 pm Sat 10:45 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:43 am Sat 10:51 pm Sat 4:47 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:59 am Sat 4:02 pm Sat 10:01 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:11 am Sat 7:18 pm Sat 1:14 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:30 am Sun 3:33 pm Sun 9:32 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Tarawa.

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