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Cambridge, MA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 8:15:33 am
Sunrise Today: 6:45 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:57 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 7:43 am 67° East
Moonset Today: 10:34 pm 297° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 12 minutes (+2m 52s)

Today's Sun Position in Cambridge

Time: 8:15 am
Altitude: 15.6°
Direction: 104° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 11m 59s (Mar 21, 2026)

2 minutes, 52 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

3 hours, 7 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

3 hours, 5 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cambridge Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:11 am
Astro. Twilight 5:11 am – 5:45 am
Nautical Twilight 5:45 am – 6:17 am
Civil Twilight 6:17 am – 6:45 am
Daylight 6:45 am – 6:57 pm
Civil Twilight 6:57 pm – 7:25 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:25 pm – 7:58 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:58 pm – 8:32 pm
Night 8:32 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cambridge - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:45 am 6:57 pm 12:11:59 +2:52 12:51 pm (48.1°) 92.604
Mar 22 6:44 am 6:59 pm 12:14:52 +2:52 12:51 pm (48.5°) 92.630
Mar 23 6:42 am 7:00 pm 12:17:45 +2:52 12:50 pm (48.9°) 92.656
Mar 24 6:40 am 7:01 pm 12:20:37 +2:52 12:50 pm (49.3°) 92.681
Mar 25 6:38 am 7:02 pm 12:23:30 +2:52 12:50 pm (49.6°) 92.707
Mar 26 6:37 am 7:03 pm 12:26:22 +2:52 12:50 pm (50.0°) 92.733
Mar 27 6:35 am 7:04 pm 12:29:14 +2:52 12:49 pm (50.4°) 92.759
* All times are local time for Cambridge. 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 Cambridge

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cambridge - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 7:43 am 10:34 pm - 3:01 pm (65.5°) 228,110 9.9%
Mar 22 8:15 am 11:54 pm - 3:58 pm (70.6°) 227,992 18.3%
Mar 23 8:54 am - - 4:58 pm (74.1°) 228,509 28.6%
Mar 24 - 1:11 am 9:45 am 6:01 pm (75.7°) 229,528 40.0%
Mar 25 - 2:19 am 10:47 am 7:03 pm (75.2°) 230,915 51.9%
Mar 26 - 3:15 am 11:58 am 8:03 pm (72.8°) 232,548 63.5%
Mar 27 - 3:58 am 1:13 pm 8:59 pm (68.7°) 234,350 74.2%
* All times are local time for Cambridge. 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 Cambridge This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:53 am Sat 5:01 pm Sat 11:27 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:31 am Sat 8:26 pm Sat 1:58 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 6:16 am Sat 5:31 pm Sat 11:54 am Very difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 12:19 pm Sun 3:26 am Sat 7:52 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:05 am Sat 7:07 pm Sat 1:06 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 9:13 am Sat 11:49 pm Sat 4:31 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 6:52 am Sun 6:52 pm Sun 12:52 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Cambridge.

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