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Freetown, Sierra Leone — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 0.7%
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Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 7:55:56 am
Sunrise Today: 7:01 am 114° Southeast
Sunset Today: 6:39 pm 246° West
Moonrise Today: 6:28 am 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 6:15 pm 241° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 38 minutes (-1s)

Today's Sun Position in Freetown

Time: 7:55 am
Altitude: 11.5°
Direction: 116° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 37m 57s (Dec 19, 2025)

1 second shorter than yesterday (Dec 18, 2025)

1 second longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

59 minutes, 7 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Freetown Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:45 am
Astro. Twilight 5:45 am – 6:12 am
Nautical Twilight 6:12 am – 6:38 am
Civil Twilight 6:38 am – 7:01 am
Daylight 7:01 am – 6:39 pm
Civil Twilight 6:39 pm – 7:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:01 pm – 7:28 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:28 pm – 7:54 pm
Night 7:54 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Freetown - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Dec 19 7:01 am 6:39 pm 11:37:57 −0:01 12:50 pm (58.1°) 147.197
Dec 20 7:01 am 6:39 pm 11:37:56 < 1s 12:50 pm (58.1°) 147.186
Dec 21 7:02 am 6:40 pm 11:37:56 < 1s 12:51 pm (58.1°) 147.175
Dec 22 7:02 am 6:40 pm 11:37:56 < 1s 12:51 pm (58.1°) 147.165
Dec 23 7:03 am 6:41 pm 11:37:57 < 1s 12:52 pm (58.1°) 147.156
Dec 24 7:03 am 6:41 pm 11:37:59 +0:01 12:52 pm (58.1°) 147.147
Dec 25 7:04 am 6:42 pm 11:38:01 +0:02 12:53 pm (58.1°) 147.139
* All times are local time for Freetown. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Freetown is at 3:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 59 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

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Today's Moon in Freetown

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Moon in Freetown - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Dec 19 6:28 am 6:15 pm - 12:22 pm (52.9°) 404,445 0.5%
Dec 20 7:20 am 7:08 pm - 1:14 pm (53.0°) 402,541 0.4%
Dec 21 8:12 am 8:01 pm - 2:06 pm (54.5°) 400,116 2.3%
Dec 22 9:01 am 8:54 pm - 2:57 pm (57.5°) 397,210 6.2%
Dec 23 9:47 am 9:45 pm - 3:45 pm (61.7°) 393,851 12.0%
Dec 24 10:30 am 10:34 pm - 4:31 pm (66.8°) 390,035 19.5%
Dec 25 11:12 am 11:22 pm - 5:16 pm (72.7°) 385,796 28.6%
* All times are local time for Freetown. 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 Freetown This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 5:43 am Fri 5:23 pm Fri 11:33 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Fri 6:42 am Fri 6:19 pm Fri 12:31 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Fri 7:26 am Fri 7:00 pm Fri 1:13 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Thu 8:25 pm Fri 8:55 am Fri 2:40 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Fri 12:46 pm Sat 12:44 am Fri 6:45 pm Average visibility
Uranus Fri 4:28 pm Sat 4:55 am Fri 10:42 pm Average visibility
Neptune Fri 12:57 pm Sat 12:58 am Fri 6:58 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Freetown.

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