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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:52:18 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:16 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 5:59 pm 287° West
Moonset Today: 12:07 pm 250° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 43 minutes (-22s)

Today's Sun Position in Port Moresby

Time: 1:52 pm
Altitude: 52.8°
Direction: 316° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 43m 12s (May 9, 2026)

22 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

8 minutes, 53 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

57 minutes, 34 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Port Moresby Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:03 am
Astro. Twilight 5:03 am – 5:28 am
Nautical Twilight 5:28 am – 5:54 am
Civil Twilight 5:54 am – 6:16 am
Daylight 6:16 am – 5:59 pm
Civil Twilight 5:59 pm – 6:21 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:21 pm – 6:46 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:46 pm – 7:11 pm
Night 7:11 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Port Moresby - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:16 am 5:59 pm 11:43:12 −0:22 12:07 pm (63.2°) 93.829
May 10 6:16 am 5:59 pm 11:42:49 −0:22 12:07 pm (63.0°) 93.851
May 11 6:16 am 5:58 pm 11:42:27 −0:22 12:07 pm (62.7°) 93.873
May 12 6:16 am 5:58 pm 11:42:05 −0:21 12:07 pm (62.4°) 93.895
May 13 6:16 am 5:58 pm 11:41:44 −0:21 12:07 pm (62.2°) 93.916
May 14 6:16 am 5:58 pm 11:41:23 −0:20 12:07 pm (62.0°) 93.937
May 15 6:17 am 5:58 pm 11:41:03 −0:20 12:07 pm (61.7°) 93.958
* All times are local time for Port Moresby. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Port Moresby

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Port Moresby - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:07 pm - 5:41 am (78.1°) 247,445 60.5%
May 10 12:04 am 12:49 pm - 6:27 am (82.8°) 244,528 50.4%
May 11 12:53 am 1:29 pm - 7:12 am (88.3°) 241,046 40.0%
May 12 1:41 am 2:10 pm - 7:57 am (85.5°) 237,181 29.7%
May 13 2:31 am 2:51 pm - 8:42 am (78.8°) 233,199 20.0%
May 14 3:22 am 3:34 pm - 9:29 am (72.0°) 229,420 11.5%
May 15 4:17 am 4:22 pm - 10:20 am (65.4°) 226,191 5.0%
* All times are local time for Port Moresby. 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 Port Moresby This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:49 am Sat 5:35 pm Sat 11:42 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:24 am Sat 7:56 pm Sat 2:10 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:31 am Sat 4:24 pm Sat 10:28 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:44 am Sat 10:16 pm Sat 4:30 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:44 am Sat 3:44 pm Sat 9:44 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:10 am Sat 6:45 pm Sat 12:57 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:17 am Sat 3:20 pm Sat 9:19 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Port Moresby.

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