Sun & moon times today, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Moon: 93.6%

Where is the Sun directly overhead right now?

Day length today: 8h 50m 57s (Feb 4, 2026)

4 minutes, 9 seconds longer than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

1 hour, 53 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

8 hours, 45 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

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Sun in Edinburgh - Next 7 Days

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2026	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
Feb	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Feb	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Feb 4	8:01 am	4:52 pm	8:50:57	+4:09	12:26 pm (18.0°)	91.637
Feb 5	7:59 am	4:54 pm	8:55:09	+4:11	12:26 pm (18.3°)	91.652
Feb 6	7:57 am	4:56 pm	8:59:23	+4:13	12:26 pm (18.6°)	91.667
Feb 7	7:55 am	4:59 pm	9:03:39	+4:15	12:26 pm (18.9°)	91.683
Feb 8	7:53 am	5:01 pm	9:07:56	+4:17	12:26 pm (19.2°)	91.699
Feb 9	7:51 am	5:03 pm	9:12:16	+4:19	12:26 pm (19.5°)	91.715
Feb 10	7:49 am	5:05 pm	9:16:37	+4:20	12:26 pm (19.8°)	91.732
* All times are local time for Edinburgh. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

March equinox	Mar 20	2:46 pm
June solstice	Jun 21	9:25 am
September equinox	Sep 23	1:05 am
December solstice	Dec 21	8:50 pm
* All times are local Edinburgh time.

Percent Illuminated:

93.6%

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2026	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
Feb	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
Feb 4	-	8:50 am	8:36 pm	2:12 am	(39.7°)	236,887	94.3%
Feb 5	-	8:56 am	9:58 pm	2:56 am	(33.3°)	240,264	88.3%
Feb 6	-	9:01 am	11:19 pm	3:38 am	(27.0°)	243,563	80.7%
Feb 7	-	9:07 am	-	4:20 am	(21.2°)	246,510	72.0%
Feb 8	12:40 am	9:15 am	-	5:04 am	(16.0°)	248,887	62.6%
Feb 9	2:01 am	9:25 am	-	5:49 am	(11.6°)	250,523	52.9%
Feb 10	3:22 am	9:41 am	-	6:36 am	(8.1°)	251,318	43.1%
* All times are local time for Edinburgh. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

	Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Wed 8:34 am	Wed 5:45 pm	Wed 1:09 pm	Difficult to see
Venus	Wed 8:27 am	Wed 5:25 pm	Wed 12:55 pm	Slightly difficult to see
Mars	Wed 8:00 am	Wed 4:06 pm	Wed 12:02 pm	Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter	Wed 1:49 pm	Thu 7:02 am	Wed 10:26 pm	Perfect visibility
Saturn	Wed 9:24 am	Wed 9:02 pm	Wed 3:13 pm	Average visibility
Uranus	Wed 10:44 am	Thu 3:03 am	Wed 6:53 pm	Average visibility
Neptune	Wed 9:20 am	Wed 9:13 pm	Wed 3:16 pm	Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Edinburgh.