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Albany, MN, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.0%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:24:50 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am 64° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:34 pm 296° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:08 am 124° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:04 am 238° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 38 minutes (+2m 35s)

Today's Sun Position in Albany

Time: 11:24 pm
Altitude: -22.3°
Direction: 332° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 14h 38m 24s (May 8, 2026)

2 minutes, 35 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

5 hours, 57 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 3 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Albany Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:50 am
Astro. Twilight 3:50 am – 4:39 am
Nautical Twilight 4:39 am – 5:22 am
Civil Twilight 5:22 am – 5:55 am
Daylight 5:55 am – 8:34 pm
Civil Twilight 8:34 pm – 9:08 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:08 pm – 9:51 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:51 pm – 10:40 pm
Night 10:40 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Albany - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:55 am 8:34 pm 14:38:24 +2:35 1:14 pm (61.6°) 93.822
May 9 5:54 am 8:35 pm 14:40:58 +2:33 1:14 pm (61.9°) 93.844
May 10 5:53 am 8:36 pm 14:43:30 +2:31 1:14 pm (62.1°) 93.866
May 11 5:52 am 8:38 pm 14:46:00 +2:29 1:14 pm (62.4°) 93.888
May 12 5:50 am 8:39 pm 14:48:27 +2:27 1:14 pm (62.7°) 93.909
May 13 5:49 am 8:40 pm 14:50:52 +2:25 1:14 pm (62.9°) 93.930
May 14 5:48 am 8:41 pm 14:53:15 +2:22 1:14 pm (63.1°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Albany. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Albany

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Albany - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 2:08 am 11:04 am - 6:33 am (21.1°) 248,260 63.7%
May 9 2:34 am 12:14 pm - 7:19 am (25.4°) 245,555 53.8%
May 10 2:56 am 1:24 pm - 8:04 am (30.6°) 242,243 43.4%
May 11 3:15 am 2:36 pm - 8:49 am (36.5°) 238,476 33.0%
May 12 3:33 am 3:49 pm - 9:34 am (43.0°) 234,504 23.1%
May 13 3:51 am 5:05 pm - 10:20 am (49.8°) 230,616 14.1%
May 14 4:12 am 6:26 pm - 11:10 am (56.5°) 227,172 6.9%
* All times are local time for Albany. 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 Albany This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:44 am Sat 8:02 pm Sat 12:52 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:25 am Sat 11:13 pm Sat 3:18 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:58 am Sat 6:11 pm Sat 11:34 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:56 am Sat 1:20 am Fri 5:38 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:38 am Sat 4:59 pm Sat 10:48 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:31 am Sat 9:33 pm Sat 2:02 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:20 am Sat 4:26 pm Sat 10:23 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Albany.

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