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Midland, TX, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:17:33 am
Sunrise Today: 6:55 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 8:34 pm 291° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:31 am 113° Southeast
Moonset Today: 1:16 pm 250° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 39 minutes (+1m 30s)

Today's Sun Position in Midland

Time: 12:17 am
Altitude: -36.4°
Direction: 334° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 39m 18s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 30 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

3 hours, 35 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

35 minutes, 24 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Midland Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:23 am
Astro. Twilight 5:23 am – 5:56 am
Nautical Twilight 5:56 am – 6:28 am
Civil Twilight 6:28 am – 6:55 am
Daylight 6:55 am – 8:34 pm
Civil Twilight 8:34 pm – 9:01 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:01 pm – 9:33 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:33 pm – 10:06 pm
Night 10:06 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Midland - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:55 am 8:34 pm 13:39:18 +1:30 1:44 pm (75.5°) 93.845
May 10 6:54 am 8:35 pm 13:40:47 +1:29 1:44 pm (75.8°) 93.867
May 11 6:53 am 8:36 pm 13:42:15 +1:28 1:44 pm (76.0°) 93.888
May 12 6:52 am 8:36 pm 13:43:42 +1:26 1:44 pm (76.3°) 93.910
May 13 6:52 am 8:37 pm 13:45:07 +1:25 1:44 pm (76.5°) 93.931
May 14 6:51 am 8:38 pm 13:46:31 +1:23 1:44 pm (76.8°) 93.952
May 15 6:50 am 8:38 pm 13:47:53 +1:22 1:44 pm (77.0°) 93.972
* All times are local time for Midland. 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 Midland

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Midland - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 2:31 am 1:16 pm - 7:50 am (39.2°) 245,491 53.6%
May 10 3:02 am 2:16 pm - 8:35 am (44.5°) 242,169 43.2%
May 11 3:31 am 3:16 pm - 9:20 am (50.5°) 238,395 32.8%
May 12 4:00 am 4:19 pm - 10:05 am (57.0°) 234,420 22.9%
May 13 4:29 am 5:24 pm - 10:51 am (63.8°) 230,538 14.0%
May 14 5:00 am 6:32 pm - 11:41 am (70.5°) 227,107 6.8%
May 15 5:36 am 7:45 pm - 12:36 pm (76.6°) 224,448 2.0%
* All times are local time for Midland. 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 Midland This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:40 am Sat 8:06 pm Sat 1:22 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:40 am Sat 10:58 pm Sat 3:48 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:41 am Sat 6:27 pm Sat 12:04 pm Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:03 am Sun 1:06 am Sat 6:05 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 5:12 am Sat 5:25 pm Sat 11:18 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:37 am Sat 9:27 pm Sat 2:32 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:51 am Sat 4:55 pm Sat 10:53 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Midland.

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