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Bismarck, ND, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:16:51 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 63° Northeast
Sunset Today: 9:02 pm 297° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:38 am 125° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:26 am 237° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 45 minutes (+2m 43s)

Today's Sun Position in Bismarck

Time: 11:16 pm
Altitude: -18.3°
Direction: 324° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 14h 45m 11s (May 8, 2026)

2 minutes, 43 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

6 hours, 13 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 6 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Bismarck Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:06 am
Astro. Twilight 4:06 am – 4:58 am
Nautical Twilight 4:58 am – 5:42 am
Civil Twilight 5:42 am – 6:17 am
Daylight 6:17 am – 9:02 pm
Civil Twilight 9:02 pm – 9:37 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:37 pm – 10:21 pm
Astro. Twilight 10:21 pm – 11:14 pm
Night 11:14 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Bismarck - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 6:17 am 9:02 pm 14:45:11 +2:43 1:39 pm (60.4°) 93.822
May 9 6:16 am 9:03 pm 14:47:52 +2:41 1:39 pm (60.7°) 93.844
May 10 6:14 am 9:05 pm 14:50:31 +2:39 1:39 pm (61.0°) 93.866
May 11 6:13 am 9:06 pm 14:53:08 +2:36 1:39 pm (61.2°) 93.888
May 12 6:12 am 9:07 pm 14:55:43 +2:34 1:39 pm (61.5°) 93.910
May 13 6:10 am 9:08 pm 14:58:15 +2:32 1:39 pm (61.7°) 93.931
May 14 6:09 am 9:10 pm 15:00:45 +2:29 1:39 pm (62.0°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Bismarck. 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 Bismarck

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Bismarck - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 2:38 am 11:26 am - 6:58 am (20.0°) 248,219 63.6%
May 9 3:03 am 12:36 pm - 7:45 am (24.3°) 245,502 53.6%
May 10 3:23 am 1:48 pm - 8:30 am (29.5°) 242,182 43.3%
May 11 3:41 am 3:01 pm - 9:15 am (35.5°) 238,408 32.9%
May 12 3:58 am 4:15 pm - 9:59 am (42.0°) 234,435 22.9%
May 13 4:16 am 5:33 pm - 10:46 am (48.7°) 230,552 14.0%
May 14 4:35 am 6:55 pm - 11:36 am (55.4°) 227,118 6.8%
* All times are local time for Bismarck. 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 Bismarck This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:06 am Sat 8:30 pm Sat 1:17 pm Difficult to see
Venus Fri 7:43 am Fri 11:40 pm Fri 3:41 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:21 am Sat 6:38 pm Sat 11:59 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:16 am Sat 1:49 am Fri 6:03 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 5:02 am Sat 5:24 pm Sat 11:13 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:52 am Sat 10:02 pm Sat 2:27 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:45 am Sat 4:51 pm Sat 10:48 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Bismarck.

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