Home   Sun, Moon & Space   USA   Alexandria
Flag for USA

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

Moon: 92.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 4:19:41 am
Sunrise Today: 7:11 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:33 pm 250° West
Moonrise Today: 8:49 pm 90° East
Moonset Today: 8:38 am 274° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 22 minutes (+2m 6s)

Today's Sun Position in Alexandria

Time: 4:19 am
Altitude: -33.7°
Direction: 84° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 10h 22m 1s (Feb 4, 2026)

2 minutes, 6 seconds longer than yesterday (Feb 3, 2026)

55 minutes, 7 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 31 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Alexandria Today

12 am
2 am
4 am
6 am
8 am
10 am
12 pm
2 pm
4 pm
6 pm
8 pm
10 pm
Night 12:00 am – 5:40 am
Astro. Twilight 5:40 am – 6:11 am
Nautical Twilight 6:11 am – 6:43 am
Civil Twilight 6:43 am – 7:11 am
Daylight 7:11 am – 5:33 pm
Civil Twilight 5:33 pm – 6:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:01 pm – 6:32 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:32 pm – 7:04 pm
Night 7:04 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Alexandria - Next 7 Days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 4 7:11 am 5:33 pm 10:22:01 +2:06 12:22 pm (35.1°) 91.640
Feb 5 7:10 am 5:34 pm 10:24:09 +2:08 12:22 pm (35.4°) 91.655
Feb 6 7:09 am 5:35 pm 10:26:19 +2:09 12:22 pm (35.8°) 91.670
Feb 7 7:08 am 5:36 pm 10:28:30 +2:11 12:22 pm (36.1°) 91.686
Feb 8 7:07 am 5:37 pm 10:30:43 +2:12 12:22 pm (36.4°) 91.702
Feb 9 7:06 am 5:39 pm 10:32:57 +2:13 12:22 pm (36.7°) 91.719
Feb 10 7:05 am 5:40 pm 10:35:12 +2:14 12:22 pm (37.0°) 91.736
* All times are local time for Alexandria. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

See full month's Sun


Today's Moon in Alexandria

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Alexandria - Next 7 days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 4 - 8:38 am 8:49 pm 2:16 am (55.7°) 237,574 93.2%
Feb 5 - 9:00 am 9:52 pm 3:00 am (49.3°) 240,956 86.8%
Feb 6 - 9:23 am 10:55 pm 3:42 am (43.0°) 244,204 78.9%
Feb 7 - 9:46 am 11:57 pm 4:25 am (37.3°) 247,050 70.1%
Feb 8 - 10:12 am - 5:08 am (32.2°) 249,288 60.6%
Feb 9 1:00 am 10:41 am - 5:53 am (27.9°) 250,756 50.9%
Feb 10 2:01 am 11:16 am - 6:41 am (24.7°) 251,373 41.1%
* All times are local time for Alexandria. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

See full month's Moon

Planets Visible in the Sky in Alexandria This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Feb 4, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 7:49 am Wed 6:22 pm Wed 1:05 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:38 am Wed 6:04 pm Wed 12:51 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 6:59 am Wed 4:57 pm Wed 11:58 am Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 2:59 pm Thu 5:41 am Wed 10:20 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:13 am Wed 9:02 pm Wed 3:08 pm Average visibility
Uranus Wed 11:40 am Thu 1:56 am Wed 6:48 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:12 am Wed 9:09 pm Wed 3:11 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Alexandria.

More about the planets visible in the night sky in Alexandria