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

Moon: 23.5%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 9:04:43 am
Sunrise Today: 6:06 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 6:29 pm 273° West
Moonrise Today: 7:16 am 45° Northeast
Moonset Today: 12:00 midnight 313° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 23 minutes (+4m 16s)

Today's Sun Position in Skelmersdale

Time: 9:04 am
Altitude: 24.3°
Direction: 125° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 23m 26s (Mar 23, 2026)

4 minutes, 16 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

4 hours, 55 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 39 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Skelmersdale Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:05 am
Astro. Twilight 4:05 am – 4:49 am
Nautical Twilight 4:49 am – 5:31 am
Civil Twilight 5:31 am – 6:06 am
Daylight 6:06 am – 6:29 pm
Civil Twilight 6:29 pm – 7:05 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:05 pm – 7:46 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:46 pm – 8:31 pm
Night 8:31 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Skelmersdale - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 6:06 am 6:29 pm 12:23:26 +4:16 12:17 pm (37.6°) 92.651
Mar 24 6:04 am 6:31 pm 12:27:43 +4:16 12:17 pm (38.0°) 92.676
Mar 25 6:01 am 6:33 pm 12:31:59 +4:16 12:17 pm (38.4°) 92.702
Mar 26 5:59 am 6:35 pm 12:36:15 +4:16 12:16 pm (38.8°) 92.728
Mar 27 5:56 am 6:37 pm 12:40:31 +4:16 12:16 pm (39.2°) 92.754
Mar 28 5:54 am 6:39 pm 12:44:47 +4:15 12:16 pm (39.6°) 92.780
Note: hours shift because clocks change forward 1 hour. (See the note below this table for details)
Mar 29 6:51 am 7:40 pm 12:49:03 +4:15 1:15 pm (40.0°) 92.806
* All times are local time for Skelmersdale. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

Note that Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am, and this is accounted for above.

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Today's Moon in Skelmersdale

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Skelmersdale - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 - 12:00 am 7:16 am 4:13 pm (62.2°) 228,367 26.5%
Mar 24 - 1:30 am 7:53 am 5:15 pm (64.2°) 229,302 37.8%
Mar 25 - 2:46 am 8:49 am 6:18 pm (64.1°) 230,629 49.7%
Mar 26 - 3:39 am 10:04 am 7:19 pm (62.0°) 232,224 61.4%
Mar 27 - 4:14 am 11:31 am 8:16 pm (58.3°) 233,997 72.2%
Mar 28 - 4:36 am 1:00 pm 9:08 pm (53.3°) 235,904 81.8%
Note: hours shift because clocks change forward 1 hour. (See the note below this table for details)
Mar 29 - 5:51 am 3:27 pm 10:56 pm (47.5°) 237,919 89.5%
* All times are local time for Skelmersdale. 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 Skelmersdale This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 5:28 am Mon 4:06 pm Mon 10:47 am Very difficult to see
Venus Mon 6:41 am Mon 8:12 pm Mon 1:26 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 5:50 am Mon 4:48 pm Mon 11:18 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 10:49 am Tue 3:36 am Mon 7:12 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 6:21 am Tue 6:25 pm Tue 12:23 pm Not visible
Uranus Mon 7:52 am Mon 11:50 pm Mon 3:51 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Tue 6:11 am Tue 6:12 pm Tue 12:12 pm Not visible
* All times are local time for Skelmersdale.

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