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Dover, DE, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:15:47 am
Sunrise Today: 5:54 am 67° East
Sunset Today: 8:02 pm 294° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 1:58 am 115° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:10 pm 247° West
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 8 minutes (+2m)

Today's Sun Position in Dover

Time: 1:15 am
Altitude: -33.3°
Direction: 5° N
Phase: Night

Day length today: 14h 8m 13s (May 9, 2026)

2 minutes longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

4 hours, 43 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

47 minutes, 16 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Dover Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:09 am
Astro. Twilight 4:09 am – 4:48 am
Nautical Twilight 4:48 am – 5:25 am
Civil Twilight 5:25 am – 5:54 am
Daylight 5:54 am – 8:02 pm
Civil Twilight 8:02 pm – 8:32 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:32 pm – 9:09 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:09 pm – 9:48 pm
Night 9:48 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Dover - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:54 am 8:02 pm 14:08:13 +2:00 12:58 pm (68.3°) 93.843
May 10 5:53 am 8:03 pm 14:10:11 +1:58 12:58 pm (68.6°) 93.865
May 11 5:52 am 8:04 pm 14:12:08 +1:56 12:58 pm (68.9°) 93.887
May 12 5:51 am 8:05 pm 14:14:03 +1:54 12:58 pm (69.1°) 93.908
May 13 5:50 am 8:06 pm 14:15:56 +1:52 12:58 pm (69.4°) 93.929
May 14 5:49 am 8:07 pm 14:17:47 +1:51 12:58 pm (69.6°) 93.950
May 15 5:48 am 8:08 pm 14:19:36 +1:49 12:58 pm (69.8°) 93.970
* All times are local time for Dover. 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 Dover

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Dover - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 1:58 am 12:10 pm - 7:01 am (31.7°) 245,714 54.3%
May 10 2:25 am 1:15 pm - 7:46 am (36.8°) 242,432 44.0%
May 11 2:50 am 2:21 pm - 8:30 am (42.7°) 238,683 33.6%
May 12 3:13 am 3:28 pm - 9:15 am (49.2°) 234,715 23.6%
May 13 3:37 am 4:38 pm - 10:02 am (56.0°) 230,814 14.6%
May 14 4:03 am 5:52 pm - 10:51 am (62.7°) 227,338 7.2%
May 15 4:33 am 7:11 pm - 11:45 am (68.9°) 224,609 2.2%
* All times are local time for Dover. 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 Dover This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:41 am Sat 7:31 pm Sat 12:36 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:32 am Sat 10:32 pm Sat 3:02 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:49 am Sat 5:48 pm Sat 11:18 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:58 am Sun 12:39 am Sat 5:19 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:24 am Sat 4:41 pm Sat 10:32 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:34 am Sat 8:58 pm Sat 1:46 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:04 am Sat 4:10 pm Sat 10:07 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Dover.

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