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Payson, AZ, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 10:23:39 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:28 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 7:15 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 12:40 am 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:49 am 244° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 46 minutes (+1m 40s)

Today's Sun Position in Payson

Time: 10:23 pm
Altitude: -31.2°
Direction: 327° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 46m 9s (May 8, 2026)

1 minute, 40 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

3 hours, 54 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

40 minutes, 22 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Payson Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:53 am
Astro. Twilight 3:53 am – 4:28 am
Nautical Twilight 4:28 am – 5:01 am
Civil Twilight 5:01 am – 5:28 am
Daylight 5:28 am – 7:15 pm
Civil Twilight 7:15 pm – 7:42 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:42 pm – 8:15 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:15 pm – 8:50 pm
Night 8:50 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Payson - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:28 am 7:15 pm 13:46:09 +1:40 12:21 pm (73.0°) 93.823
May 9 5:28 am 7:15 pm 13:47:48 +1:39 12:21 pm (73.3°) 93.845
May 10 5:27 am 7:16 pm 13:49:26 +1:37 12:21 pm (73.5°) 93.867
May 11 5:26 am 7:17 pm 13:51:02 +1:36 12:21 pm (73.8°) 93.889
May 12 5:25 am 7:18 pm 13:52:37 +1:34 12:21 pm (74.1°) 93.910
May 13 5:24 am 7:18 pm 13:54:10 +1:33 12:21 pm (74.3°) 93.931
May 14 5:23 am 7:19 pm 13:55:41 +1:31 12:21 pm (74.5°) 93.952
* All times are local time for Payson. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Payson

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Payson - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 12:40 am 10:49 am - 5:42 am (32.8°) 248,149 63.3%
May 9 1:13 am 11:50 am - 6:28 am (37.1°) 245,413 53.3%
May 10 1:43 am 12:51 pm - 7:14 am (42.4°) 242,077 43.0%
May 11 2:11 am 1:54 pm - 7:58 am (48.4°) 238,294 32.6%
May 12 2:38 am 2:57 pm - 8:43 am (54.9°) 234,318 22.6%
May 13 3:05 am 4:04 pm - 9:30 am (61.7°) 230,443 13.8%
May 14 3:35 am 5:15 pm - 10:20 am (68.4°) 227,028 6.6%
* All times are local time for Payson. 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 Payson This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:13 am Sat 6:46 pm Sat 11:59 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:11 am Sat 9:41 pm Sat 2:26 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:16 am Sat 5:06 pm Sat 10:41 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 9:38 am Fri 11:52 pm Fri 4:45 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:48 am Sat 4:03 pm Sat 9:55 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:09 am Sat 8:09 pm Sat 1:09 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:28 am Sat 3:32 pm Sat 9:30 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Payson.

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