Home   Sun, Moon & Space   USA   Cape Canaveral
Flag for USA

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 23.6%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 5:23:30 am
Sunrise Today: 7:22 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 7:35 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 10:19 am 60° Northeast
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 13 minutes (+1m 42s)

Today's Sun Position in Cape Canaveral

Time: 5:23 am
Altitude: -26.7°
Direction: 73° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 12m 43s (Mar 23, 2026)

1 minute, 42 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

1 hour, 52 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 44 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cape Canaveral Today

12 am
2 am
4 am
6 am
8 am
10 am
12 pm
2 pm
4 pm
6 pm
8 pm
10 pm
Night 12:00 am – 6:04 am
Astro. Twilight 6:04 am – 6:31 am
Nautical Twilight 6:31 am – 6:59 am
Civil Twilight 6:59 am – 7:22 am
Daylight 7:22 am – 7:35 pm
Civil Twilight 7:35 pm – 7:59 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:59 pm – 8:26 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:26 pm – 8:54 pm
Night 8:54 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cape Canaveral - Next 7 Days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 7:22 am 7:35 pm 12:12:43 +1:42 1:28 pm (62.8°) 92.656
Mar 24 7:21 am 7:36 pm 12:14:25 +1:42 1:28 pm (63.2°) 92.682
Mar 25 7:20 am 7:36 pm 12:16:07 +1:42 1:28 pm (63.6°) 92.708
Mar 26 7:19 am 7:37 pm 12:17:49 +1:42 1:27 pm (64.0°) 92.733
Mar 27 7:18 am 7:37 pm 12:19:31 +1:41 1:27 pm (64.4°) 92.759
Mar 28 7:16 am 7:38 pm 12:21:13 +1:41 1:27 pm (64.8°) 92.785
Mar 29 7:15 am 7:38 pm 12:22:55 +1:41 1:27 pm (65.2°) 92.811
* All times are local time for Cape Canaveral. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

See full month's Sun


Today's Moon in Cape Canaveral

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cape Canaveral - Next 7 days

Scroll right to see more
2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 10:19 am - - 5:38 pm (88.4°) 228,530 28.9%
Mar 24 - 1:00 am 11:16 am 6:40 pm (89.9°) 229,561 40.3%
Mar 25 - 2:06 am 12:18 pm 7:43 pm (89.4°) 230,955 52.2%
Mar 26 - 3:05 am 1:25 pm 8:43 pm (86.9°) 232,593 63.8%
Mar 27 - 3:55 am 2:32 pm 9:39 pm (82.8°) 234,399 74.4%
Mar 28 - 4:38 am 3:37 pm 10:30 pm (77.6°) 236,330 83.6%
Mar 29 - 5:15 am 4:39 pm 11:17 pm (71.7°) 238,368 90.9%
* All times are local time for Cape Canaveral. 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.

See full month's Moon

Planets Visible in the Sky in Cape Canaveral This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 6:13 am Mon 5:42 pm Mon 11:58 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Mon 8:18 am Mon 8:57 pm Mon 2:38 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 6:41 am Mon 6:18 pm Mon 12:30 pm Difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 1:28 pm Tue 3:17 am Mon 8:23 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Mon 7:36 am Mon 7:38 pm Mon 1:37 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Mon 10:15 am Mon 11:48 pm Mon 5:01 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Mon 7:25 am Mon 7:27 pm Mon 1:26 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Cape Canaveral.

More about the planets visible in the night sky in Cape Canaveral