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Rapid City, SD, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 24.2%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 23, 2026 at 4:42:28 am
Sunrise Today: 6:50 am 88° East
Sunset Today: 7:09 pm 273° West
Moonrise Today: 9:00 am 52° Northeast
Moonset Today: 12:16 am 306° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 19 minutes (+3m 3s)

Today's Sun Position in Rapid City

Time: 4:42 am
Altitude: -23.0°
Direction: 64° NE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 18m 49s (Mar 23, 2026)

3 minutes, 3 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 22, 2026)

3 hours, 26 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

3 hours, 11 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rapid City Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:12 am
Astro. Twilight 5:12 am – 5:47 am
Nautical Twilight 5:47 am – 6:21 am
Civil Twilight 6:21 am – 6:50 am
Daylight 6:50 am – 7:09 pm
Civil Twilight 7:09 pm – 7:38 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:38 pm – 8:12 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:12 pm – 8:47 pm
Night 8:47 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rapid City - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 23 6:50 am 7:09 pm 12:18:49 +3:03 12:59 pm (47.2°) 92.658
Mar 24 6:48 am 7:10 pm 12:21:53 +3:03 12:59 pm (47.6°) 92.684
Mar 25 6:46 am 7:11 pm 12:24:56 +3:03 12:58 pm (48.0°) 92.709
Mar 26 6:44 am 7:12 pm 12:27:59 +3:02 12:58 pm (48.4°) 92.735
Mar 27 6:43 am 7:14 pm 12:31:01 +3:02 12:58 pm (48.8°) 92.761
Mar 28 6:41 am 7:15 pm 12:34:04 +3:02 12:57 pm (49.1°) 92.787
Mar 29 6:39 am 7:16 pm 12:37:06 +3:02 12:57 pm (49.5°) 92.813
* All times are local time for Rapid City. 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 Rapid City

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Rapid City - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 23 - 12:16 am 9:00 am 5:12 pm (72.6°) 228,581 29.6%
Mar 24 - 1:34 am 9:50 am 6:15 pm (74.0°) 229,639 41.1%
Mar 25 - 2:41 am 10:53 am 7:17 pm (73.3°) 231,052 53.0%
Mar 26 - 3:35 am 12:05 pm 8:17 pm (70.7°) 232,702 64.5%
Mar 27 - 4:16 am 1:22 pm 9:12 pm (66.6°) 234,517 75.0%
Mar 28 - 4:48 am 2:38 pm 10:03 pm (61.3°) 236,455 84.1%
Mar 29 - 5:13 am 3:52 pm 10:50 pm (55.3°) 238,500 91.3%
* All times are local time for Rapid City. 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 Rapid City This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Mar 23, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 5:57 am Mon 4:59 pm Mon 11:28 am Difficult to see
Venus Mon 7:35 am Mon 8:42 pm Mon 2:08 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Mon 6:22 am Mon 5:39 pm Mon 12:00 noon Very difficult to see
Jupiter Mon 12:14 pm Tue 3:32 am Mon 7:53 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Mon 7:06 am Mon 7:09 pm Mon 1:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Mon 9:08 am Mon 11:55 pm Mon 4:32 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Mon 6:56 am Mon 6:57 pm Mon 12:56 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Rapid City.

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