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Alexandria, VA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 8:19:03 am
Sunrise Today: 7:09 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 7:21 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 8:15 am 69° East
Moonset Today: 10:49 pm 296° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 11 minutes (+2m 32s)

Today's Sun Position in Alexandria

Time: 8:19 am
Altitude: 12.6°
Direction: 100° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 11m 11s (Mar 21, 2026)

2 minutes, 32 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

2 hours, 44 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

2 hours, 42 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Alexandria Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:40 am
Astro. Twilight 5:40 am – 6:12 am
Nautical Twilight 6:12 am – 6:43 am
Civil Twilight 6:43 am – 7:09 am
Daylight 7:09 am – 7:21 pm
Civil Twilight 7:21 pm – 7:47 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:47 pm – 8:18 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:18 pm – 8:50 pm
Night 8:50 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Alexandria - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 7:09 am 7:21 pm 12:11:11 +2:32 1:15 pm (51.6°) 92.605
Mar 22 7:08 am 7:22 pm 12:13:43 +2:32 1:14 pm (52.0°) 92.630
Mar 23 7:06 am 7:23 pm 12:16:16 +2:32 1:14 pm (52.4°) 92.656
Mar 24 7:05 am 7:24 pm 12:18:48 +2:32 1:14 pm (52.8°) 92.682
Mar 25 7:03 am 7:25 pm 12:21:20 +2:32 1:14 pm (53.2°) 92.707
Mar 26 7:02 am 7:26 pm 12:23:52 +2:31 1:13 pm (53.6°) 92.733
Mar 27 7:00 am 7:26 pm 12:26:24 +2:31 1:13 pm (54.0°) 92.759
* All times are local time for Alexandria. 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 Alexandria

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Alexandria - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:15 am 10:49 pm - 3:26 pm (69.2°) 228,102 10.0%
Mar 22 8:50 am - - 4:22 pm (74.3°) 227,995 18.4%
Mar 23 - 12:06 am 9:33 am 5:23 pm (77.8°) 228,522 28.8%
Mar 24 - 1:21 am 10:25 am 6:26 pm (79.3°) 229,549 40.2%
Mar 25 - 2:28 am 11:27 am 7:28 pm (78.8°) 230,940 52.1%
Mar 26 - 3:24 am 12:37 pm 8:28 pm (76.3°) 232,576 63.7%
Mar 27 - 4:10 am 1:49 pm 9:24 pm (72.3°) 234,381 74.3%
* All times are local time for Alexandria. 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 Alexandria This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:14 am Sat 5:28 pm Sat 11:51 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:57 am Sat 8:47 pm Sat 2:22 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 6:37 am Sat 5:58 pm Sat 12:17 pm Very difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 12:54 pm Sun 3:38 am Sat 8:16 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:29 am Sat 7:31 pm Sat 1:30 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 9:46 am Sun 12:03 am Sat 4:55 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 7:15 am Sun 7:16 pm Sun 1:16 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Alexandria.

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