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Columbus, OH, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.9%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 3, 2026 at 11:13:47 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:38 am 111° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:53 pm 249° West
Moonrise Today: 8:07 pm 81° East
Moonset Today: 8:40 am 282° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 15 minutes (+2m 11s)

Today's Sun Position in Columbus

Time: 11:13 pm
Altitude: -59.0°
Direction: 313° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 10h 15m 26s (Feb 3, 2026)

2 minutes, 11 seconds longer than yesterday (Feb 2, 2026)

55 minutes, 30 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 45 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Columbus Today

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Night 12:00 am – 6:05 am
Astro. Twilight 6:05 am – 6:37 am
Nautical Twilight 6:37 am – 7:09 am
Civil Twilight 7:09 am – 7:38 am
Daylight 7:38 am – 5:53 pm
Civil Twilight 5:53 pm – 6:22 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:22 pm – 6:54 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:54 pm – 7:26 pm
Night 7:26 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Columbus - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 3 7:38 am 5:53 pm 10:15:26 +2:11 12:45 pm (33.7°) 91.626
Feb 4 7:37 am 5:54 pm 10:17:38 +2:12 12:45 pm (34.0°) 91.640
Feb 5 7:36 am 5:56 pm 10:19:52 +2:14 12:45 pm (34.3°) 91.655
Feb 6 7:35 am 5:57 pm 10:22:08 +2:15 12:46 pm (34.6°) 91.670
Feb 7 7:34 am 5:58 pm 10:24:25 +2:17 12:46 pm (34.9°) 91.686
Feb 8 7:33 am 5:59 pm 10:26:43 +2:18 12:46 pm (35.2°) 91.703
Feb 9 7:31 am 6:00 pm 10:29:03 +2:19 12:46 pm (35.6°) 91.719
* All times are local time for Columbus. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Columbus

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Columbus - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 3 - 8:40 am 8:07 pm 1:55 am (60.9°) 234,383 97.7%
Feb 4 - 9:03 am 9:14 pm 2:41 am (54.5°) 237,629 93.1%
Feb 5 - 9:24 am 10:18 pm 3:24 am (48.0°) 241,011 86.7%
Feb 6 - 9:46 am 11:22 pm 4:07 am (41.8°) 244,255 78.8%
Feb 7 - 10:08 am - 4:49 am (36.0°) 247,093 69.9%
Feb 8 12:25 am 10:33 am - 5:33 am (31.0°) 249,319 60.4%
Feb 9 1:28 am 11:02 am - 6:18 am (26.7°) 250,774 50.7%
* All times are local time for Columbus. 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 Columbus This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Feb 3, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 8:14 am Wed 6:44 pm Wed 1:28 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 8:04 am Wed 6:26 pm Wed 1:15 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 7:25 am Wed 5:18 pm Wed 12:21 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Tue 3:24 pm Wed 6:12 am Tue 10:48 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:37 am Wed 9:25 pm Wed 3:31 pm Average visibility
Uranus Tue 12:05 pm Wed 2:26 am Tue 7:16 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:36 am Wed 9:33 pm Wed 3:34 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Columbus.

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