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Aurora, IL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 90.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 5:17:00 am
Sunrise Today: 6:28 am 83° East
Sunset Today: 7:10 pm 277° West
Moonrise Today: 8:32 pm 68° East
Moonset Today: 9:56 am 288° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 42 minutes (-2m 44s)

Today's Sun Position in Aurora

Time: 5:17 am
Altitude: -13.8°
Direction: 70° E
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 41m 58s (Sep 10, 2025)

2 minutes, 44 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

3 hours, 33 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

2 hours, 30 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Aurora Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:52 am
Astro. Twilight 4:52 am – 5:27 am
Nautical Twilight 5:27 am – 6:00 am
Civil Twilight 6:00 am – 6:28 am
Daylight 6:28 am – 7:10 pm
Civil Twilight 7:10 pm – 7:38 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:38 pm – 8:11 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:11 pm – 8:46 pm
Night 8:46 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Aurora - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 6:28 am 7:10 pm 12:41:58 −2:44 12:50 pm (52.9°) 150.618
Sep 11 6:29 am 7:08 pm 12:39:13 −2:44 12:49 pm (52.5°) 150.580
Sep 12 6:30 am 7:07 pm 12:36:28 −2:45 12:49 pm (52.1°) 150.541
Sep 13 6:31 am 7:05 pm 12:33:43 −2:45 12:49 pm (51.7°) 150.503
Sep 14 6:32 am 7:03 pm 12:30:57 −2:45 12:48 pm (51.4°) 150.464
Sep 15 6:33 am 7:02 pm 12:28:11 −2:45 12:48 pm (51.0°) 150.425
Sep 16 6:34 am 7:00 pm 12:25:25 −2:46 12:47 pm (50.6°) 150.385
* All times are local time for Aurora. 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 Aurora

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Aurora - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 9:56 am 8:32 pm 2:53 am (59.3°) 364,794 91.1%
Sep 11 - 11:16 am 9:03 pm 3:46 am (65.7°) 365,218 82.9%
Sep 12 - 12:36 pm 9:42 pm 4:43 am (71.0°) 366,785 72.8%
Sep 13 - 1:52 pm 10:31 pm 5:42 am (74.7°) 369,241 61.4%
Sep 14 - 3:00 pm 11:30 pm 6:44 am (76.5°) 372,298 49.6%
Sep 15 - 3:57 pm - 7:46 am (76.3°) 375,717 38.0%
Sep 16 12:39 am 4:41 pm - 8:45 am (74.1°) 379,290 27.2%
* All times are local time for Aurora. 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 Aurora This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:12 am Wed 7:12 pm Wed 12:43 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 3:59 am Wed 6:02 pm Wed 11:01 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 9:23 am Wed 8:27 pm Wed 2:55 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Wed 1:31 am Wed 4:25 pm Wed 8:58 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Tue 7:43 pm Wed 7:29 am Wed 1:36 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Tue 10:12 pm Wed 12:51 pm Wed 5:31 am Average visibility
Neptune Tue 7:42 pm Wed 7:40 am Wed 1:41 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Aurora.

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