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Bloemfontein, South Africa — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:44:09 am
Sunrise Today: 5:47 am 109° East
Sunset Today: 7:09 pm 251° West
Moonrise Today: 8:49 pm 88° East
Moonset Today: 8:09 am 276° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 22 minutes (-1m 29s)

Today's Sun Position in Bloemfontein

Time: 9:44 am
Altitude: 50.1°
Direction: 80° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 22m 24s (Feb 4, 2026)

1 minute, 29 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

3 hours, 5 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

38 minutes, 16 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Bloemfontein Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:20 am
Astro. Twilight 4:20 am – 4:52 am
Nautical Twilight 4:52 am – 5:22 am
Civil Twilight 5:22 am – 5:47 am
Daylight 5:47 am – 7:09 pm
Civil Twilight 7:09 pm – 7:35 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:35 pm – 8:05 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:05 pm – 8:36 pm
Night 8:36 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Bloemfontein - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 5:47 am 7:09 pm 13:22:24 −1:29 12:29 pm (77.0°) 91.636
Feb 5 5:48 am 7:09 pm 13:20:53 −1:30 12:29 pm (76.7°) 91.650
Feb 6 5:49 am 7:08 pm 13:19:22 −1:31 12:29 pm (76.4°) 91.666
Feb 7 5:50 am 7:07 pm 13:17:50 −1:32 12:29 pm (76.1°) 91.681
Feb 8 5:50 am 7:07 pm 13:16:17 −1:32 12:29 pm (75.8°) 91.698
Feb 9 5:51 am 7:06 pm 13:14:44 −1:33 12:29 pm (75.5°) 91.714
Feb 10 5:52 am 7:05 pm 13:13:09 −1:34 12:29 pm (75.2°) 91.731
* All times are local time for Bloemfontein. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Bloemfontein

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Bloemfontein - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 8:09 am 8:49 pm 2:10 am (53.4°) 236,616 94.7%
Feb 5 - 9:07 am 9:17 pm 2:54 am (59.9°) 239,988 88.8%
Feb 6 - 10:04 am 9:46 pm 3:37 am (66.3°) 243,303 81.3%
Feb 7 - 11:00 am 10:15 pm 4:19 am (72.2°) 246,288 72.7%
Feb 8 - 11:56 am 10:47 pm 5:02 am (77.6°) 248,719 63.4%
Feb 9 - 12:53 pm 11:23 pm 5:47 am (82.1°) 250,420 53.7%
Feb 10 - 1:50 pm - 6:34 am (85.7°) 251,286 43.9%
* All times are local time for Bloemfontein. 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 Bloemfontein This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:34 am Wed 7:47 pm Wed 1:11 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 6:19 am Wed 7:35 pm Wed 12:58 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 5:18 am Wed 6:51 pm Wed 12:05 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 5:20 pm Thu 3:36 am Wed 10:28 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:08 am Wed 9:23 pm Wed 3:16 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 1:39 pm Thu 12:13 am Wed 6:56 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:15 am Wed 9:23 pm Wed 3:19 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Bloemfontein.

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