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Boise, ID, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 10:16:40 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:27 am 65° East
Sunset Today: 8:55 pm 295° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:29 am 123° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:42 am 240° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 28 minutes (+2m 24s)

Today's Sun Position in Boise

Time: 10:16 pm
Altitude: -13.2°
Direction: 310° NW
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 14h 27m 44s (May 8, 2026)

2 minutes, 24 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

5 hours, 31 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

58 minutes, 33 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Boise Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:30 am
Astro. Twilight 4:30 am – 5:15 am
Nautical Twilight 5:15 am – 5:55 am
Civil Twilight 5:55 am – 6:27 am
Daylight 6:27 am – 8:55 pm
Civil Twilight 8:55 pm – 9:27 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:27 pm – 10:08 pm
Astro. Twilight 10:08 pm – 10:53 pm
Night 10:53 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Boise - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 6:27 am 8:55 pm 14:27:44 +2:24 1:41 pm (63.6°) 93.823
May 9 6:26 am 8:56 pm 14:30:06 +2:22 1:41 pm (63.9°) 93.845
May 10 6:25 am 8:57 pm 14:32:26 +2:20 1:41 pm (64.2°) 93.867
May 11 6:24 am 8:58 pm 14:34:45 +2:18 1:41 pm (64.4°) 93.889
May 12 6:22 am 8:59 pm 14:37:01 +2:16 1:41 pm (64.7°) 93.911
May 13 6:21 am 9:01 pm 14:39:15 +2:14 1:41 pm (64.9°) 93.932
May 14 6:20 am 9:02 pm 14:41:26 +2:11 1:41 pm (65.2°) 93.952
* All times are local time for Boise. 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 Boise

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Boise - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 2:29 am 11:42 am - 7:02 am (23.4°) 248,116 63.2%
May 9 2:56 am 12:50 pm - 7:49 am (27.7°) 245,372 53.2%
May 10 3:19 am 1:58 pm - 8:34 am (33.0°) 242,028 42.8%
May 11 3:40 am 3:08 pm - 9:18 am (39.0°) 238,241 32.4%
May 12 4:00 am 4:19 pm - 10:03 am (45.5°) 234,264 22.5%
May 13 4:20 am 5:34 pm - 10:50 am (52.2°) 230,393 13.7%
May 14 4:43 am 6:53 pm - 11:40 am (58.9°) 226,986 6.5%
* All times are local time for Boise. 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 Boise This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:15 am Sat 8:24 pm Sat 1:19 pm Difficult to see
Venus Fri 7:58 am Fri 11:29 pm Fri 3:43 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:26 am Sat 6:35 pm Sat 12:01 pm Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:29 am Sat 1:39 am Fri 6:04 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 5:05 am Sat 5:25 pm Sat 11:15 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:04 am Sat 9:53 pm Sat 2:28 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:46 am Sat 4:52 pm Sat 10:49 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Boise.

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