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Rochester, MN, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 7:20:24 am
Sunrise Today: 7:11 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 7:23 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 8:07 am 66° East
Moonset Today: 11:09 pm 299° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 13 minutes (+3m 3s)

Today's Sun Position in Rochester

Time: 7:20 am
Altitude: 1.2°
Direction: 90° E
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 12m 36s (Mar 21, 2026)

3 minutes, 3 seconds longer than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

3 hours, 19 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

3 hours, 16 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rochester Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:33 am
Astro. Twilight 5:33 am – 6:08 am
Nautical Twilight 6:08 am – 6:42 am
Civil Twilight 6:42 am – 7:11 am
Daylight 7:11 am – 7:23 pm
Civil Twilight 7:23 pm – 7:52 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:52 pm – 8:26 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:26 pm – 9:01 pm
Night 9:01 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rochester - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 7:11 am 7:23 pm 12:12:36 +3:03 1:16 pm (46.4°) 92.606
Mar 22 7:09 am 7:24 pm 12:15:39 +3:03 1:16 pm (46.8°) 92.631
Mar 23 7:07 am 7:26 pm 12:18:42 +3:03 1:16 pm (47.2°) 92.657
Mar 24 7:05 am 7:27 pm 12:21:45 +3:02 1:16 pm (47.6°) 92.683
Mar 25 7:03 am 7:28 pm 12:24:48 +3:02 1:15 pm (48.0°) 92.708
Mar 26 7:01 am 7:29 pm 12:27:50 +3:02 1:15 pm (48.4°) 92.734
Mar 27 7:00 am 7:30 pm 12:30:53 +3:02 1:15 pm (48.8°) 92.760
* All times are local time for Rochester. 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 Rochester

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Rochester - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 8:07 am 11:09 pm - 3:30 pm (64.1°) 228,083 10.3%
Mar 22 8:37 am - - 4:27 pm (69.1°) 228,006 18.9%
Mar 23 - 12:31 am 9:16 am 5:27 pm (72.6°) 228,556 29.2%
Mar 24 - 1:48 am 10:06 am 6:30 pm (74.0°) 229,602 40.7%
Mar 25 - 2:56 am 11:08 am 7:33 pm (73.4°) 231,006 52.6%
Mar 26 - 3:50 am 12:20 pm 8:32 pm (70.9°) 232,650 64.2%
Mar 27 - 4:32 am 1:37 pm 9:28 pm (66.8°) 234,461 74.7%
* All times are local time for Rochester. 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 Rochester This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:20 am Sat 5:25 pm Sat 11:53 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:54 am Sat 8:53 pm Sat 2:23 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Sat 6:43 am Sat 5:56 pm Sat 12:19 pm Very difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 12:38 pm Sun 3:57 am Sat 8:18 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sat 7:30 am Sat 7:33 pm Sat 1:31 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sat 9:33 am Sun 12:19 am Sat 4:56 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sat 7:21 am Sat 7:21 pm Sat 1:21 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Rochester.

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