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Jamestown, Saint Helena — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:34:16 am
Sunrise Today: 6:36 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:02 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 12:46 pm 251° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 26 minutes (-39s)

Today's Sun Position in Jamestown

Time: 3:34 am
Altitude: -43.4°
Direction: 81° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 11h 26m 5s (May 9, 2026)

39 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

15 minutes, 16 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 38 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Jamestown Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:22 am
Astro. Twilight 5:22 am – 5:47 am
Nautical Twilight 5:47 am – 6:13 am
Civil Twilight 6:13 am – 6:36 am
Daylight 6:36 am – 6:02 pm
Civil Twilight 6:02 pm – 6:24 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:24 pm – 6:50 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:50 pm – 7:16 pm
Night 7:16 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Jamestown - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:36 am 6:02 pm 11:26:05 −0:39 12:19 pm (56.6°) 93.839
May 10 6:36 am 6:01 pm 11:25:26 −0:38 12:19 pm (56.4°) 93.861
May 11 6:36 am 6:01 pm 11:24:48 −0:38 12:19 pm (56.1°) 93.883
May 12 6:37 am 6:01 pm 11:24:10 −0:37 12:19 pm (55.9°) 93.904
May 13 6:37 am 6:00 pm 11:23:33 −0:36 12:19 pm (55.6°) 93.925
May 14 6:37 am 6:00 pm 11:22:57 −0:36 12:19 pm (55.4°) 93.946
May 15 6:37 am 6:00 pm 11:22:21 −0:35 12:19 pm (55.1°) 93.966
* All times are local time for Jamestown. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Jamestown

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Jamestown - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:46 pm - 6:13 am (86.5°) 246,283 56.3%
May 10 12:28 am 1:24 pm - 6:58 am (88.4°) 243,110 46.0%
May 11 1:20 am 2:01 pm - 7:43 am (82.6°) 239,436 35.6%
May 12 2:12 am 2:39 pm - 8:27 am (76.1°) 235,489 25.5%
May 13 3:05 am 3:17 pm - 9:13 am (69.4°) 231,547 16.2%
May 14 4:02 am 3:59 pm - 10:02 am (62.6°) 227,963 8.5%
May 15 5:02 am 4:45 pm - 10:55 am (56.2°) 225,063 3.0%
* All times are local time for Jamestown. 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 Jamestown This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:09 am Sat 5:41 pm Sat 11:56 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:49 am Sat 7:56 pm Sat 2:23 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:46 am Sat 4:32 pm Sat 10:39 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:05 am Sat 10:15 pm Sat 4:40 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:55 am Sat 3:53 pm Sat 9:54 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:30 am Sat 6:45 pm Sat 1:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:27 am Sat 3:30 pm Sat 9:29 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Jamestown.

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