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Appleton, WI, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:22:10 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:34 am 65° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:05 pm 295° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 1:38 am 123° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:44 am 239° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 31 minutes (+2m 27s)

Today's Sun Position in Appleton

Time: 11:22 pm
Altitude: -25.2°
Direction: 337° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 14h 30m 56s (May 8, 2026)

2 minutes, 27 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

5 hours, 39 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Appleton Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:35 am
Astro. Twilight 3:35 am – 4:21 am
Nautical Twilight 4:21 am – 5:02 am
Civil Twilight 5:02 am – 5:34 am
Daylight 5:34 am – 8:05 pm
Civil Twilight 8:05 pm – 8:38 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:38 pm – 9:19 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:19 pm – 10:06 pm
Night 10:06 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Appleton - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:34 am 8:05 pm 14:30:56 +2:27 12:50 pm (63.0°) 93.821
May 9 5:33 am 8:07 pm 14:33:21 +2:25 12:50 pm (63.2°) 93.844
May 10 5:32 am 8:08 pm 14:35:45 +2:23 12:50 pm (63.5°) 93.866
May 11 5:31 am 8:09 pm 14:38:07 +2:21 12:49 pm (63.8°) 93.888
May 12 5:30 am 8:10 pm 14:40:27 +2:19 12:49 pm (64.0°) 93.909
May 13 5:28 am 8:11 pm 14:42:45 +2:17 12:49 pm (64.3°) 93.930
May 14 5:27 am 8:12 pm 14:45:00 +2:15 12:49 pm (64.5°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Appleton. 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 Appleton

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Appleton - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 1:38 am 10:44 am - 6:07 am (22.4°) 248,300 63.9%
May 9 2:05 am 11:52 am - 6:54 am (26.7°) 245,606 54.0%
May 10 2:28 am 1:01 pm - 7:39 am (31.9°) 242,304 43.6%
May 11 2:48 am 2:11 pm - 8:24 am (37.8°) 238,543 33.2%
May 12 3:07 am 3:23 pm - 9:08 am (44.3°) 234,572 23.2%
May 13 3:27 am 4:38 pm - 9:55 am (51.1°) 230,680 14.3%
May 14 3:49 am 5:57 pm - 10:45 am (57.8°) 227,226 7.0%
* All times are local time for Appleton. 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 Appleton This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:22 am Sat 7:34 pm Sat 12:27 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:05 am Sat 10:43 pm Sat 2:54 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:35 am Sat 5:45 pm Sat 11:10 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:36 am Sat 12:50 am Fri 5:13 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:14 am Sat 4:34 pm Sat 10:24 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:11 am Sat 9:04 pm Sat 1:37 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:55 am Sat 4:01 pm Sat 9:58 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Appleton.

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