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Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:26:35 am
Sunrise Today: 5:48 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 6:43 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 12:34 am 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:03 pm 252° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 55 minutes (+47s)

Today's Sun Position in Saint Thomas

Time: 1:26 am
Altitude: -50.3°
Direction: 27° NE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 55m 16s (May 9, 2026)

47 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

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

18 minutes, 36 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Saint Thomas Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:30 am
Astro. Twilight 4:30 am – 4:58 am
Nautical Twilight 4:58 am – 5:25 am
Civil Twilight 5:25 am – 5:48 am
Daylight 5:48 am – 6:43 pm
Civil Twilight 6:43 pm – 7:06 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:06 pm – 7:34 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:34 pm – 8:02 pm
Night 8:02 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Saint Thomas - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:48 am 6:43 pm 12:55:16 +0:47 12:15 pm (89.1°) 93.842
May 10 5:48 am 6:44 pm 12:56:03 +0:47 12:15 pm (89.4°) 93.864
May 11 5:47 am 6:44 pm 12:56:50 +0:46 12:15 pm (89.7°) 93.886
May 12 5:47 am 6:44 pm 12:57:35 +0:45 12:15 pm (89.9°) 93.908
May 13 5:46 am 6:45 pm 12:58:20 +0:44 12:15 pm (89.8°) 93.929
May 14 5:46 am 6:45 pm 12:59:04 +0:44 12:15 pm (89.6°) 93.949
May 15 5:46 am 6:45 pm 12:59:47 +0:43 12:15 pm (89.4°) 93.970
* All times are local time for Saint Thomas. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Saint Thomas

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Saint Thomas - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:34 am 12:03 pm - 6:17 am (52.5°) 245,802 54.6%
May 10 1:12 am 12:56 pm - 7:02 am (57.7°) 242,536 44.3%
May 11 1:49 am 1:49 pm - 7:47 am (63.7°) 238,798 33.9%
May 12 2:25 am 2:43 pm - 8:31 am (70.1°) 234,833 23.9%
May 13 3:01 am 3:39 pm - 9:18 am (76.9°) 230,924 14.8%
May 14 3:41 am 4:39 pm - 10:07 am (83.7°) 227,432 7.4%
May 15 4:24 am 5:43 pm - 11:01 am (89.9°) 224,676 2.4%
* All times are local time for Saint Thomas. 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 Saint Thomas This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:29 am Sat 6:17 pm Sat 11:53 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:42 am Sat 8:57 pm Sat 2:20 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:23 am Sat 4:49 pm Sat 10:36 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:03 am Sat 11:09 pm Sat 4:36 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:46 am Sat 3:54 pm Sat 9:50 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:34 am Sat 7:33 pm Sat 1:04 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:23 am Sat 3:26 pm Sat 9:25 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Saint Thomas.

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