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Belfast, NIR, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 88.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 4:56:24 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:47 am 80° East
Sunset Today: 7:52 pm 279° West
Moonrise Today: 8:23 pm 64° Northeast
Moonset Today: 10:36 am 291° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 5 minutes (-4m 20s)

Today's Sun Position in Belfast

Time: 4:56 pm
Altitude: 24.0°
Direction: 242° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 4m 47s (Sep 10, 2025)

4 minutes, 20 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

5 hours, 49 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

4 hours, 11 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Belfast Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:37 am
Astro. Twilight 4:37 am – 5:26 am
Nautical Twilight 5:26 am – 6:10 am
Civil Twilight 6:10 am – 6:47 am
Daylight 6:47 am – 7:52 pm
Civil Twilight 7:52 pm – 8:28 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:28 pm – 9:13 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:13 pm – 10:02 pm
Night 10:02 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Belfast - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Sep 10 6:47 am 7:52 pm 13:04:47 −4:20 1:20 pm (40.1°) 93.595
Sep 11 6:49 am 7:49 pm 13:00:26 −4:20 1:20 pm (39.8°) 93.571
Sep 12 6:51 am 7:47 pm 12:56:05 −4:21 1:19 pm (39.4°) 93.547
Sep 13 6:53 am 7:44 pm 12:51:43 −4:21 1:19 pm (39.0°) 93.523
Sep 14 6:54 am 7:42 pm 12:47:22 −4:21 1:19 pm (38.6°) 93.499
Sep 15 6:56 am 7:39 pm 12:43:00 −4:21 1:18 pm (38.2°) 93.475
Sep 16 6:58 am 7:37 pm 12:38:38 −4:22 1:18 pm (37.8°) 93.451
* All times are local time for Belfast. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Belfast

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Belfast - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Sep 10 - 10:36 am 8:23 pm 3:12 am (44.7°) 226,728 92.6%
Sep 11 - 12:13 pm 8:37 pm 4:04 am (51.3°) 226,808 85.0%
Sep 12 - 1:51 pm 8:57 pm 5:00 am (56.9°) 227,632 75.2%
Sep 13 - 3:25 pm 9:29 pm 5:59 am (61.0°) 229,047 64.1%
Sep 14 - 4:43 pm 10:19 pm 7:00 am (63.2°) 230,877 52.3%
Sep 15 - 5:38 pm 11:32 pm 8:02 am (63.5°) 232,962 40.6%
Sep 16 - 6:12 pm - 9:02 am (61.7°) 235,167 29.6%
* All times are local time for Belfast. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. 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 Belfast This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:25 am Wed 7:58 pm Wed 1:13 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:53 am Wed 7:08 pm Wed 11:31 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 10:11 am Wed 8:41 pm Wed 3:26 pm Very difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 1:06 am Wed 5:52 pm Wed 9:29 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Wed 8:15 pm Thu 7:52 am Thu 2:03 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Wed 9:50 pm Thu 2:07 pm Thu 5:59 am Average visibility
Neptune Wed 8:10 pm Thu 8:06 am Thu 2:08 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Belfast.

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