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Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 0.6%
Waning Crescent
Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 3:15:44 am
Sunrise Today: 6:38 am 117° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:49 pm 243° Southwest
Moonrise Today: 6:29 am 123° Southeast
Moonset Today: 4:22 pm 237° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 11 minutes (-6s)

Today's Sun Position in Fort Walton Beach

Time: 3:15 am
Altitude: -42.6°
Direction: 95° E
Phase: Night

Day length today: 10h 11m 1s (Dec 19, 2025)

6 seconds shorter than yesterday (Dec 18, 2025)

4 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

3 hours, 55 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Fort Walton Beach Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:12 am
Astro. Twilight 5:12 am – 5:41 am
Nautical Twilight 5:41 am – 6:11 am
Civil Twilight 6:11 am – 6:38 am
Daylight 6:38 am – 4:49 pm
Civil Twilight 4:49 pm – 5:15 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Astro. Twilight 5:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Night 6:15 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Fort Walton Beach - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Dec 19 6:38 am 4:49 pm 10:11:01 −0:06 11:43 am (36.2°) 147.195
Dec 20 6:38 am 4:49 pm 10:10:58 −0:03 11:44 am (36.2°) 147.184
Dec 21 6:39 am 4:50 pm 10:10:57 −0:01 11:44 am (36.2°) 147.173
Dec 22 6:39 am 4:50 pm 10:10:58 +0:01 11:45 am (36.2°) 147.163
Dec 23 6:40 am 4:51 pm 10:11:03 +0:04 11:45 am (36.2°) 147.154
Dec 24 6:40 am 4:51 pm 10:11:10 +0:06 11:46 am (36.2°) 147.145
Dec 25 6:41 am 4:52 pm 10:11:19 +0:09 11:46 am (36.2°) 147.137
* All times are local time for Fort Walton Beach. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Fort Walton Beach is at 9:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 56 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

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Today's Moon in Fort Walton Beach

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Fort Walton Beach - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Dec 19 6:29 am 4:22 pm - 11:26 am (30.6°) 404,103 0.3%
Dec 20 7:21 am 5:17 pm - 12:18 pm (31.0°) 402,087 0.6%
Dec 21 8:08 am 6:15 pm - 1:10 pm (32.9°) 399,562 2.9%
Dec 22 8:50 am 7:15 pm - 2:00 pm (36.1°) 396,563 7.2%
Dec 23 9:26 am 8:15 pm - 2:48 pm (40.4°) 393,109 13.4%
Dec 24 9:59 am 9:15 pm - 3:34 pm (45.7°) 389,205 21.2%
Dec 25 10:29 am 10:15 pm - 4:19 pm (51.7°) 384,882 30.6%
* All times are local time for Fort Walton Beach. 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 Fort Walton Beach This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 5:15 am Fri 3:38 pm Fri 10:27 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Fri 6:20 am Fri 4:29 pm Fri 11:24 am Slightly difficult to see
Mars Fri 7:05 am Fri 5:08 pm Fri 12:06 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Thu 6:37 pm Fri 8:28 am Fri 1:32 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Fri 11:46 am Fri 11:31 pm Fri 5:38 pm Average visibility
Uranus Fri 2:45 pm Sat 4:24 am Fri 9:35 pm Average visibility
Neptune Fri 11:52 am Fri 11:49 pm Fri 5:51 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Fort Walton Beach.

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