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Port Elizabeth, South Africa — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 88.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 5, 2026 at 3:41:25 am
Sunrise Today: 5:42 am 110° East
Sunset Today: 7:19 pm 250° West
Moonrise Today: 9:18 pm 95° East
Moonset Today: 9:10 am 269° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 37 minutes (-1m 49s)

Today's Sun Position in Port Elizabeth

Time: 3:41 am
Altitude: -22.7°
Direction: 130° SE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 36m 46s (Feb 5, 2026)

1 minute, 49 seconds shorter than yesterday (Feb 4, 2026)

3 hours, 43 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

48 minutes, 31 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Port Elizabeth Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:09 am
Astro. Twilight 4:09 am – 4:43 am
Nautical Twilight 4:43 am – 5:16 am
Civil Twilight 5:16 am – 5:42 am
Daylight 5:42 am – 7:19 pm
Civil Twilight 7:19 pm – 7:46 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:46 pm – 8:18 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:18 pm – 8:52 pm
Night 8:52 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Port Elizabeth - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 5 5:42 am 7:19 pm 13:36:46 −1:49 12:31 pm (71.9°) 91.650
Feb 6 5:43 am 7:18 pm 13:34:56 −1:50 12:31 pm (71.6°) 91.666
Feb 7 5:44 am 7:17 pm 13:33:04 −1:51 12:31 pm (71.3°) 91.681
Feb 8 5:45 am 7:17 pm 13:31:11 −1:52 12:31 pm (71.0°) 91.698
Feb 9 5:46 am 7:16 pm 13:29:17 −1:53 12:31 pm (70.6°) 91.714
Feb 10 5:47 am 7:15 pm 13:27:22 −1:54 12:31 pm (70.3°) 91.731
Feb 11 5:48 am 7:14 pm 13:25:26 −1:55 12:31 pm (70.0°) 91.748
* All times are local time for Port Elizabeth. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Port Elizabeth

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Port Elizabeth - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 5 - 9:10 am 9:18 pm 2:57 am (55.0°) 239,994 88.8%
Feb 6 - 10:10 am 9:43 pm 3:40 am (61.4°) 243,308 81.3%
Feb 7 - 11:09 am 10:10 pm 4:22 am (67.3°) 246,293 72.7%
Feb 8 - 12:08 pm 10:40 pm 5:05 am (72.7°) 248,722 63.3%
Feb 9 - 1:08 pm 11:13 pm 5:50 am (77.2°) 250,422 53.6%
Feb 10 - 2:07 pm 11:52 pm 6:37 am (80.8°) 251,286 43.9%
Feb 11 - 3:04 pm - 7:26 am (83.2°) 251,282 34.4%
* All times are local time for Port Elizabeth. 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 Elizabeth This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, Feb 5, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Thu 6:34 am Thu 7:57 pm Thu 1:16 pm Slightly difficult to see
Venus Thu 6:16 am Thu 7:45 pm Thu 1:01 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Thu 5:11 am Thu 7:02 pm Thu 12:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Thu 5:30 pm Fri 3:23 am Thu 10:26 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Thu 9:06 am Thu 9:23 pm Thu 3:14 pm Average visibility
Uranus Thu 1:47 pm Fri 12:02 am Thu 6:55 pm Average visibility
Neptune Thu 9:13 am Thu 9:22 pm Thu 3:17 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Port Elizabeth.

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