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Decatur, IL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 90.4%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 5:15:51 am
Sunrise Today: 6:32 am 83° East
Sunset Today: 7:12 pm 277° West
Moonrise Today: 8:38 pm 69° East
Moonset Today: 9:56 am 287° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 40 minutes (-2m 33s)

Today's Sun Position in Decatur

Time: 5:15 am
Altitude: -15.1°
Direction: 70° E
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 39m 32s (Sep 10, 2025)

2 minutes, 33 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

3 hours, 18 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Decatur Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:59 am
Astro. Twilight 4:59 am – 5:32 am
Nautical Twilight 5:32 am – 6:05 am
Civil Twilight 6:05 am – 6:32 am
Daylight 6:32 am – 7:12 pm
Civil Twilight 7:12 pm – 7:39 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:39 pm – 8:11 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:11 pm – 8:44 pm
Night 8:44 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Decatur - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Sep 10 6:32 am 7:12 pm 12:39:32 −2:33 12:52 pm (54.8°) 93.589
Sep 11 6:33 am 7:10 pm 12:36:58 −2:34 12:52 pm (54.4°) 93.566
Sep 12 6:34 am 7:08 pm 12:34:24 −2:34 12:51 pm (54.0°) 93.542
Sep 13 6:35 am 7:07 pm 12:31:49 −2:34 12:51 pm (53.7°) 93.518
Sep 14 6:36 am 7:05 pm 12:29:14 −2:34 12:51 pm (53.3°) 93.494
Sep 15 6:37 am 7:03 pm 12:26:39 −2:34 12:50 pm (52.9°) 93.470
Sep 16 6:38 am 7:02 pm 12:24:04 −2:35 12:50 pm (52.5°) 93.445
* All times are local time for Decatur. 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 Decatur

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Decatur - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Sep 10 - 9:56 am 8:38 pm 2:56 am (61.3°) 226,672 91.1%
Sep 11 - 11:13 am 9:11 pm 3:49 am (67.7°) 226,937 82.9%
Sep 12 - 12:32 pm 9:52 pm 4:45 am (73.0°) 227,912 72.7%
Sep 13 - 1:47 pm 10:42 pm 5:45 am (76.7°) 229,439 61.4%
Sep 14 - 2:54 pm 11:42 pm 6:47 am (78.5°) 231,339 49.5%
Sep 15 - 3:51 pm - 7:49 am (78.2°) 233,463 37.9%
Sep 16 12:49 am 4:36 pm - 8:47 am (76.1°) 235,684 27.2%
* All times are local time for Decatur. 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 Decatur This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 6:17 am Wed 7:13 pm Wed 12:46 pm Extremely difficult to see
Venus Wed 4:06 am Wed 6:00 pm Wed 11:03 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Wed 9:24 am Wed 8:31 pm Wed 2:58 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Wed 1:39 am Wed 4:22 pm Wed 9:00 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Tue 7:45 pm Wed 7:32 am Wed 1:39 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Tue 10:20 pm Wed 12:48 pm Wed 5:34 am Average visibility
Neptune Tue 7:44 pm Wed 7:43 am Wed 1:43 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Decatur.

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