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Brookings, SD, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:26:03 am
Sunrise Today: 6:07 am 64° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:40 pm 296° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:39 am 117° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:27 pm 246° West
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 34 minutes (+2m 26s)

Today's Sun Position in Brookings

Time: 12:26 am
Altitude: -26.9°
Direction: 345° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 14h 33m 39s (May 9, 2026)

2 minutes, 26 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

5 hours, 42 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

57 minutes, 55 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Brookings Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:06 am
Astro. Twilight 4:06 am – 4:53 am
Nautical Twilight 4:53 am – 5:34 am
Civil Twilight 5:34 am – 6:07 am
Daylight 6:07 am – 8:40 pm
Civil Twilight 8:40 pm – 9:13 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:13 pm – 9:55 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:55 pm – 10:42 pm
Night 10:42 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Brookings - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:07 am 8:40 pm 14:33:39 +2:26 1:23 pm (63.2°) 93.844
May 10 6:05 am 8:41 pm 14:36:04 +2:24 1:23 pm (63.5°) 93.866
May 11 6:04 am 8:43 pm 14:38:26 +2:22 1:23 pm (63.7°) 93.888
May 12 6:03 am 8:44 pm 14:40:46 +2:20 1:23 pm (64.0°) 93.909
May 13 6:02 am 8:45 pm 14:43:03 +2:17 1:23 pm (64.2°) 93.931
May 14 6:01 am 8:46 pm 14:45:19 +2:15 1:23 pm (64.5°) 93.951
May 15 6:00 am 8:47 pm 14:47:32 +2:13 1:23 pm (64.7°) 93.972
* All times are local time for Brookings. 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 Brookings

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Brookings - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 2:39 am 12:27 pm - 7:28 am (26.8°) 245,536 53.7%
May 10 3:02 am 1:36 pm - 8:14 am (32.0°) 242,221 43.4%
May 11 3:22 am 2:46 pm - 8:58 am (37.9°) 238,452 33.0%
May 12 3:41 am 3:58 pm - 9:43 am (44.4°) 234,479 23.0%
May 13 4:01 am 5:13 pm - 10:30 am (51.2°) 230,593 14.1%
May 14 4:23 am 6:32 pm - 11:19 am (57.9°) 227,153 6.9%
May 15 4:48 am 7:56 pm - 12:14 pm (64.0°) 224,480 2.0%
* All times are local time for Brookings. 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 Brookings This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:56 am Sat 8:08 pm Sat 1:01 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:39 am Sat 11:16 pm Sat 3:27 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:08 am Sat 6:19 pm Sat 11:43 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:06 am Sun 1:21 am Sat 5:43 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:47 am Sat 5:07 pm Sat 10:57 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:44 am Sat 9:37 pm Sat 2:11 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:29 am Sat 4:35 pm Sat 10:32 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Brookings.

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