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

Moon: 16.6%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 8:02:24 am
Sunrise Today: 6:45 am↑ 115° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:28 pm↑ 245° West
Moonrise Today: 11:05 am↑ 129° Southeast
Moonset Today: 7:33 pm↑ 233° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 9 hours, 43 minutes (-2m 21s)

Today's Sun Position in Rapid City

Time: 8:02 am
Altitude: 10.9°
Direction: 129° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 9h 42m 35s (Nov 13, 2026)

2 minutes, 21 seconds shorter than yesterday (Nov 12, 2026)

49 minutes, 54 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

5 hours, 47 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2026)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rapid City Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:05 am
Astro. Twilight 5:05 am – 5:39 am
Nautical Twilight 5:39 am – 6:14 am
Civil Twilight 6:14 am – 6:45 am
Daylight 6:45 am – 4:28 pm
Civil Twilight 4:28 pm – 4:59 pm
Nautical Twilight 4:59 pm – 5:34 pm
Astro. Twilight 5:34 pm – 6:08 pm
Night 6:08 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rapid City - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Nov Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Nov 13 6:45 am 4:28 pm 9:42:35 −2:21 11:37 am (27.8°) 91.988
Nov 14 6:46 am 4:27 pm 9:40:16 −2:19 11:37 am (27.6°) 91.967
Nov 15 6:48 am 4:26 pm 9:37:59 −2:16 11:37 am (27.3°) 91.946
Nov 16 6:49 am 4:25 pm 9:35:45 −2:14 11:37 am (27.1°) 91.925
Nov 17 6:50 am 4:24 pm 9:33:33 −2:12 11:37 am (26.8°) 91.905
Nov 18 6:52 am 4:23 pm 9:31:23 −2:09 11:38 am (26.6°) 91.884
Nov 19 6:53 am 4:22 pm 9:29:16 −2:06 11:38 am (26.4°) 91.864
* All times are local time for Rapid City. 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
Nov Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Nov 13 11:05 am 7:33 pm - 3:17 pm (18.9°) 252,029 18.8%
Nov 14 11:41 am 8:36 pm - 4:06 pm (21.5°) 251,532 26.9%
Nov 15 12:10 pm 9:41 pm - 4:52 pm (25.1°) 250,257 35.9%
Nov 16 12:34 pm 10:47 pm - 5:36 pm (29.7°) 248,190 45.6%
Nov 17 12:55 pm 11:53 pm - 6:19 pm (35.0°) 245,384 55.7%
Nov 18 1:15 pm - - 7:02 pm (40.9°) 241,962 65.7%
Nov 19 - 1:00 am 1:34 pm 7:45 pm (47.1°) 238,127 75.4%
* All times are local time for Rapid City. 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, Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 5:17 am Fri 3:53 pm Fri 10:35 am Difficult to see
Venus Fri 4:22 am Fri 3:04 pm Fri 9:43 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Thu 11:09 pm Fri 1:15 pm Fri 6:12 am Average visibility
Jupiter Thu 11:18 pm Fri 1:11 pm Fri 6:14 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Fri 2:49 pm Sat 3:01 am Fri 8:55 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Fri 4:59 pm Sat 7:56 am Sat 12:28 am Average visibility
Neptune Fri 2:28 pm Sat 2:28 am Fri 8:28 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rapid City.

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