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Honiara, Solomon Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 2:31:14 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:24 am 73° East
Sunset Today: 6:08 pm 287° West
Moonset Today: 12:14 pm 250° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 43 minutes (-22s)

Today's Sun Position in Honiara

Time: 2:31 pm
Altitude: 47.3°
Direction: 309° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 11h 43m 15s (May 9, 2026)

22 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

8 minutes, 52 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

57 minutes, 26 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Honiara Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:12 am
Astro. Twilight 5:12 am – 5:37 am
Nautical Twilight 5:37 am – 6:03 am
Civil Twilight 6:03 am – 6:24 am
Daylight 6:24 am – 6:08 pm
Civil Twilight 6:08 pm – 6:30 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:30 pm – 6:55 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:55 pm – 7:20 pm
Night 7:20 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Honiara - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:24 am 6:08 pm 11:43:15 −0:22 12:16 pm (63.3°) 93.828
May 10 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:42:53 −0:22 12:16 pm (63.0°) 93.851
May 11 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:42:31 −0:21 12:16 pm (62.7°) 93.873
May 12 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:42:09 −0:21 12:16 pm (62.5°) 93.894
May 13 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:41:48 −0:21 12:16 pm (62.2°) 93.916
May 14 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:41:27 −0:20 12:16 pm (62.0°) 93.937
May 15 6:25 am 6:07 pm 11:41:07 −0:20 12:16 pm (61.7°) 93.957
* All times are local time for Honiara. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Honiara

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Honiara - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:14 pm - 5:48 am (77.9°) 247,537 60.9%
May 10 12:11 am 12:56 pm - 6:35 am (82.6°) 244,642 50.8%
May 11 1:00 am 1:37 pm - 7:19 am (88.1°) 241,178 40.4%
May 12 1:49 am 2:17 pm - 8:04 am (85.7°) 237,322 30.0%
May 13 2:38 am 2:58 pm - 8:49 am (79.1°) 233,339 20.3%
May 14 3:29 am 3:41 pm - 9:36 am (72.3°) 229,546 11.8%
May 15 4:24 am 4:29 pm - 10:27 am (65.6°) 226,293 5.2%
* All times are local time for Honiara. 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 Honiara This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:57 am Sat 5:44 pm Sat 11:51 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:33 am Sat 8:05 pm Sat 2:19 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:40 am Sat 4:33 pm Sat 10:37 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:53 am Sat 10:25 pm Sat 4:39 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:53 am Sat 3:53 pm Sat 9:53 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:19 am Sat 6:54 pm Sat 1:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:26 am Sat 3:29 pm Sat 9:28 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Honiara.

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