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Southend-on-Sea, ENG, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 12:23:03 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:57 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:11 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 6:28 am 65° East
Moonset Today: 10:01 pm 301° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 14 minutes (+3m 58s)

Today's Sun Position in Southend-on-Sea

Time: 12:23 pm
Altitude: 38.7°
Direction: 186° S
Phase: Daylight

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

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

4 hours, 24 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 24 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Southend-on-Sea Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:03 am
Astro. Twilight 4:03 am – 4:45 am
Nautical Twilight 4:45 am – 5:24 am
Civil Twilight 5:24 am – 5:57 am
Daylight 5:57 am – 6:11 pm
Civil Twilight 6:11 pm – 6:45 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:45 pm – 7:24 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:24 pm – 8:06 pm
Night 8:06 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Southend-on-Sea - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 5:57 am 6:11 pm 12:14:04 +3:58 12:04 pm (38.8°) 92.599
Mar 22 5:55 am 6:13 pm 12:18:03 +3:58 12:04 pm (39.2°) 92.625
Mar 23 5:53 am 6:15 pm 12:22:02 +3:58 12:03 pm (39.6°) 92.650
Mar 24 5:50 am 6:16 pm 12:26:00 +3:58 12:03 pm (40.0°) 92.676
Mar 25 5:48 am 6:18 pm 12:29:58 +3:58 12:03 pm (40.4°) 92.702
Mar 26 5:46 am 6:20 pm 12:33:56 +3:58 12:02 pm (40.8°) 92.728
Mar 27 5:44 am 6:21 pm 12:37:54 +3:57 12:02 pm (41.2°) 92.753
* All times are local time for Southend-on-Sea. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Southend-on-Sea

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Southend-on-Sea - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 6:28 am 10:01 pm - 2:03 pm (55.0°) 228,218 8.5%
Mar 22 6:47 am 11:33 pm - 2:59 pm (60.3°) 227,961 16.4%
Mar 23 7:14 am - - 3:58 pm (64.2°) 228,361 26.4%
Mar 24 - 1:00 am 7:54 am 5:01 pm (66.2°) 229,291 37.7%
Mar 25 - 2:14 am 8:51 am 6:04 pm (66.2°) 230,614 49.5%
Mar 26 - 3:09 am 10:05 am 7:05 pm (64.1°) 232,207 61.2%
Mar 27 - 3:47 am 11:29 am 8:01 pm (60.4°) 233,979 72.1%
* All times are local time for Southend-on-Sea. 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 Southend-on-Sea This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:16 am Sat 4:05 pm Sat 10:41 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:34 am Sat 7:48 pm Sat 1:10 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 5:39 am Sat 4:35 pm Sat 11:07 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:54 am Sun 3:18 am Sat 7:06 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 6:18 am Sat 6:21 pm Sat 12:19 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 7:55 am Sat 11:34 pm Sat 3:45 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 6:05 am Sun 6:06 pm Sun 12:05 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Southend-on-Sea.

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