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Dexter, MO, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:23:26 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:58 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 7:54 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 1:19 am 120° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:13 am 242° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 56 minutes (+1m 51s)

Today's Sun Position in Dexter

Time: 11:23 pm
Altitude: -31.6°
Direction: 334° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 56m 13s (May 8, 2026)

1 minute, 51 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

4 hours, 17 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

44 minutes, 48 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Dexter Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:18 am
Astro. Twilight 4:18 am – 4:55 am
Nautical Twilight 4:55 am – 5:30 am
Civil Twilight 5:30 am – 5:58 am
Daylight 5:58 am – 7:54 pm
Civil Twilight 7:54 pm – 8:23 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:23 pm – 8:57 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:57 pm – 9:34 pm
Night 9:34 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Dexter - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:58 am 7:54 pm 13:56:13 +1:51 12:56 pm (70.4°) 93.821
May 9 5:57 am 7:55 pm 13:58:02 +1:49 12:56 pm (70.7°) 93.844
May 10 5:56 am 7:56 pm 13:59:50 +1:48 12:56 pm (71.0°) 93.866
May 11 5:55 am 7:57 pm 14:01:37 +1:46 12:56 pm (71.2°) 93.888
May 12 5:54 am 7:58 pm 14:03:21 +1:44 12:56 pm (71.5°) 93.909
May 13 5:53 am 7:58 pm 14:05:04 +1:43 12:56 pm (71.7°) 93.930
May 14 5:53 am 7:59 pm 14:06:46 +1:41 12:56 pm (72.0°) 93.951
* All times are local time for Dexter. 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 Dexter

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Dexter - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 1:19 am 11:13 am - 6:14 am (30.0°) 248,290 63.9%
May 9 1:52 am 12:16 pm - 7:00 am (34.2°) 245,593 53.9%
May 10 2:20 am 1:19 pm - 7:45 am (39.4°) 242,289 43.6%
May 11 2:46 am 2:23 pm - 8:30 am (45.4°) 238,526 33.2%
May 12 3:11 am 3:28 pm - 9:15 am (51.9°) 234,555 23.2%
May 13 3:37 am 4:37 pm - 10:01 am (58.7°) 230,664 14.2%
May 14 4:05 am 5:49 pm - 10:51 am (65.4°) 227,212 7.0%
* All times are local time for Dexter. 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 Dexter This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:43 am Sat 7:25 pm Sat 12:33 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:38 am Sat 10:23 pm Sat 3:00 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:49 am Sat 5:43 pm Sat 11:16 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:06 am Sat 12:33 am Fri 5:19 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:22 am Sat 4:38 pm Sat 10:30 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:38 am Sat 8:49 pm Sat 1:44 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:02 am Sat 4:07 pm Sat 10:05 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Dexter.

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