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New York, NY, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:47:01 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:46 am 66° East
Sunset Today: 7:59 pm 294° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 1:26 am 122° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:55 am 240° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 13 minutes (+2m 9s)

Today's Sun Position in New York

Time: 11:47 pm
Altitude: -30.0°
Direction: 342° N
Phase: Night

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

2 minutes, 9 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

4 hours, 57 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

52 minutes, 23 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in New York Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:57 am
Astro. Twilight 3:57 am – 4:38 am
Nautical Twilight 4:38 am – 5:15 am
Civil Twilight 5:15 am – 5:46 am
Daylight 5:46 am – 7:59 pm
Civil Twilight 7:59 pm – 8:29 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:29 pm – 9:07 pm
Astro. Twilight 9:07 pm – 9:48 pm
Night 9:48 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in New York - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:46 am 7:59 pm 14:13:14 +2:09 12:52 pm (66.5°) 93.820
May 9 5:45 am 8:00 pm 14:15:21 +2:07 12:52 pm (66.8°) 93.843
May 10 5:43 am 8:01 pm 14:17:27 +2:05 12:52 pm (67.0°) 93.865
May 11 5:42 am 8:02 pm 14:19:31 +2:03 12:52 pm (67.3°) 93.887
May 12 5:41 am 8:03 pm 14:21:33 +2:01 12:52 pm (67.6°) 93.908
May 13 5:40 am 8:04 pm 14:23:33 +1:59 12:52 pm (67.8°) 93.929
May 14 5:39 am 8:05 pm 14:25:31 +1:57 12:52 pm (68.0°) 93.950
* All times are local time for New York. 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 New York

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in New York - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 1:26 am 10:55 am - 6:08 am (25.8°) 248,393 64.3%
May 9 1:56 am 12:00 pm - 6:54 am (30.1°) 245,727 54.4%
May 10 2:22 am 1:06 pm - 7:40 am (35.2°) 242,447 44.0%
May 11 2:45 am 2:13 pm - 8:24 am (41.2°) 238,699 33.6%
May 12 3:08 am 3:22 pm - 9:09 am (47.6°) 234,731 23.6%
May 13 3:30 am 4:33 pm - 9:55 am (54.4°) 230,829 14.6%
May 14 3:55 am 5:49 pm - 10:45 am (61.1°) 227,351 7.3%
* All times are local time for New York. 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 New York This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:32 am Sat 7:28 pm Sat 12:29 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:21 am Sat 10:32 pm Sat 2:56 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:41 am Sat 5:43 pm Sat 11:12 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:51 am Sat 12:41 am Fri 5:16 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:18 am Sat 4:35 pm Sat 10:26 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:24 am Sat 8:56 pm Sat 1:40 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:58 am Sat 4:04 pm Sat 10:01 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for New York.

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