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Cancún, QR, Mexico — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:17:56 am
Sunrise Today: 6:12 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 7:15 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 1:09 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:30 pm 252° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 4 minutes (+55s)

Today's Sun Position in Cancún

Time: 12:17 am
Altitude: -51.0°
Direction: 350° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 3m 33s (May 9, 2026)

55 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

2 hours, 12 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

21 minutes, 41 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cancún Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:52 am
Astro. Twilight 4:52 am – 5:20 am
Nautical Twilight 5:20 am – 5:48 am
Civil Twilight 5:48 am – 6:12 am
Daylight 6:12 am – 7:15 pm
Civil Twilight 7:15 pm – 7:39 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:39 pm – 8:07 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:07 pm – 8:35 pm
Night 8:35 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cancún - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:12 am 7:15 pm 13:03:33 +0:55 12:43 pm (86.3°) 93.844
May 10 6:11 am 7:16 pm 13:04:28 +0:54 12:43 pm (86.6°) 93.866
May 11 6:11 am 7:16 pm 13:05:23 +0:54 12:43 pm (86.9°) 93.887
May 12 6:10 am 7:16 pm 13:06:16 +0:53 12:43 pm (87.1°) 93.909
May 13 6:10 am 7:17 pm 13:07:08 +0:52 12:43 pm (87.4°) 93.930
May 14 6:09 am 7:17 pm 13:08:00 +0:51 12:43 pm (87.6°) 93.951
May 15 6:09 am 7:18 pm 13:08:50 +0:50 12:43 pm (87.8°) 93.971
* All times are local time for Cancún. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Cancún

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cancún - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 1:09 am 12:30 pm - 6:47 am (50.0°) 245,619 54.0%
May 10 1:45 am 1:24 pm - 7:33 am (55.2°) 242,320 43.7%
May 11 2:21 am 2:19 pm - 8:17 am (61.2°) 238,560 33.3%
May 12 2:55 am 3:14 pm - 9:02 am (67.7°) 234,589 23.3%
May 13 3:31 am 4:12 pm - 9:48 am (74.5°) 230,696 14.3%
May 14 4:09 am 5:14 pm - 10:38 am (81.2°) 227,239 7.0%
May 15 4:51 am 6:20 pm - 11:32 am (87.4°) 224,540 2.1%
* All times are local time for Cancún. 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 Cancún This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:54 am Sat 6:49 pm Sat 12:21 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:04 am Sat 9:31 pm Sat 2:47 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:48 am Sat 5:18 pm Sat 11:03 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:25 am Sat 11:42 pm Sat 5:04 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:13 am Sat 4:22 pm Sat 10:18 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:57 am Sat 8:05 pm Sat 1:31 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:50 am Sat 3:54 pm Sat 9:52 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cancún.

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