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Reading, ENG, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 12:12:04 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:04 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:18 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 6:35 am 65° East
Moonset Today: 10:08 pm 301° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 14 minutes (+3m 58s)

Today's Sun Position in Reading

Time: 12:12 pm
Altitude: 38.9°
Direction: 180° S
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 14m 4s (Mar 21, 2026)

3 minutes, 58 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

4 hours, 23 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 23 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Reading Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:10 am
Astro. Twilight 4:10 am – 4:51 am
Nautical Twilight 4:51 am – 5:31 am
Civil Twilight 5:31 am – 6:04 am
Daylight 6:04 am – 6:18 pm
Civil Twilight 6:18 pm – 6:51 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:51 pm – 7:31 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:31 pm – 8:12 pm
Night 8:12 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Reading - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:04 am 6:18 pm 12:14:04 +3:58 12:11 pm (38.9°) 92.599
Mar 22 6:02 am 6:20 pm 12:18:02 +3:57 12:10 pm (39.3°) 92.625
Mar 23 5:59 am 6:21 pm 12:21:59 +3:57 12:10 pm (39.7°) 92.651
Mar 24 5:57 am 6:23 pm 12:25:57 +3:57 12:10 pm (40.1°) 92.676
Mar 25 5:55 am 6:25 pm 12:29:55 +3:57 12:09 pm (40.5°) 92.702
Mar 26 5:53 am 6:26 pm 12:33:52 +3:57 12:09 pm (40.9°) 92.728
Mar 27 5:50 am 6:28 pm 12:37:49 +3:57 12:09 pm (41.3°) 92.754
* All times are local time for Reading. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Reading

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Reading - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 6:35 am 10:08 pm - 2:10 pm (55.1°) 228,215 8.5%
Mar 22 6:54 am 11:40 pm - 3:06 pm (60.5°) 227,962 16.5%
Mar 23 7:22 am - - 4:05 pm (64.3°) 228,364 26.5%
Mar 24 - 1:06 am 8:02 am 5:08 pm (66.3°) 229,296 37.7%
Mar 25 - 2:20 am 8:59 am 6:11 pm (66.2°) 230,621 49.6%
Mar 26 - 3:15 am 10:13 am 7:12 pm (64.2°) 232,215 61.3%
Mar 27 - 3:53 am 11:36 am 8:08 pm (60.4°) 233,988 72.2%
* All times are local time for Reading. 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 Reading This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:23 am Sat 4:12 pm Sat 10:48 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:41 am Sat 7:55 pm Sat 1:17 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 5:45 am Sat 4:42 pm Sat 11:13 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:01 am Sun 3:24 am Sat 7:13 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 6:25 am Sat 6:28 pm Sat 12:26 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 8:02 am Sat 11:41 pm Sat 3:51 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 6:12 am Sun 6:13 pm Sun 12:12 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Reading.

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