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

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 8:13:29 am
Sunrise Today: 7:03 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 7:15 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 8:08 am 68° East
Moonset Today: 10:44 pm 296° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 11 minutes (+2m 34s)

Today's Sun Position in Dover

Time: 8:13 am
Altitude: 12.7°
Direction: 100° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 11m 15s (Mar 21, 2026)

2 minutes, 34 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

2 hours, 46 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

2 hours, 44 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Dover Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:34 am
Astro. Twilight 5:34 am – 6:05 am
Nautical Twilight 6:05 am – 6:37 am
Civil Twilight 6:37 am – 7:03 am
Daylight 7:03 am – 7:15 pm
Civil Twilight 7:15 pm – 7:41 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:41 pm – 8:13 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:13 pm – 8:45 pm
Night 8:45 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Dover - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 7:03 am 7:15 pm 12:11:15 +2:34 1:09 pm (51.3°) 92.605
Mar 22 7:02 am 7:16 pm 12:13:49 +2:34 1:08 pm (51.7°) 92.630
Mar 23 7:00 am 7:17 pm 12:16:24 +2:34 1:08 pm (52.1°) 92.656
Mar 24 6:59 am 7:18 pm 12:18:58 +2:34 1:08 pm (52.5°) 92.682
Mar 25 6:57 am 7:19 pm 12:21:32 +2:33 1:07 pm (52.9°) 92.707
Mar 26 6:55 am 7:20 pm 12:24:06 +2:33 1:07 pm (53.3°) 92.733
Mar 27 6:54 am 7:21 pm 12:26:39 +2:33 1:07 pm (53.6°) 92.759
* 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
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:08 am 10:44 pm - 3:19 pm (68.8°) 228,104 10.0%
Mar 22 8:43 am - - 4:16 pm (73.9°) 227,995 18.4%
Mar 23 - 12:01 am 9:25 am 5:16 pm (77.4°) 228,518 28.7%
Mar 24 - 1:16 am 10:17 am 6:19 pm (79.0°) 229,543 40.2%
Mar 25 - 2:23 am 11:19 am 7:22 pm (78.5°) 230,934 52.1%
Mar 26 - 3:20 am 12:29 pm 8:22 pm (76.0°) 232,569 63.6%
Mar 27 - 4:05 am 1:42 pm 9:18 pm (72.0°) 234,373 74.3%
* 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, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:08 am Sat 5:22 pm Sat 11:45 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:51 am Sat 8:41 pm Sat 2:15 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 6:31 am Sat 5:52 pm Sat 12:11 pm Very difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 12:47 pm Sun 3:33 am Sat 8:10 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:22 am Sat 7:25 pm Sat 1:24 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 9:39 am Sat 11:58 pm Sat 4:49 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 7:09 am Sun 7:10 pm Sun 1:10 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Dover.

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