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San Rafael, CA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 93.3%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 3, 2026 at 11:09:45 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:12 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:35 pm 250° West
Moonrise Today: 7:54 pm 83° East
Moonset Today: 8:18 am 281° West
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 23 minutes (+2m 1s)

Today's Sun Position in San Rafael

Time: 11:09 pm
Altitude: -62.8°
Direction: 318° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 10h 23m 19s (Feb 3, 2026)

2 minutes, 1 second longer than yesterday (Feb 2, 2026)

51 minutes, 34 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

4 hours, 24 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in San Rafael Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:42 am
Astro. Twilight 5:42 am – 6:13 am
Nautical Twilight 6:13 am – 6:44 am
Civil Twilight 6:44 am – 7:12 am
Daylight 7:12 am – 5:35 pm
Civil Twilight 5:35 pm – 6:03 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:03 pm – 6:34 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:34 pm – 7:05 pm
Night 7:05 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in San Rafael - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 3 7:12 am 5:35 pm 10:23:19 +2:01 12:23 pm (35.7°) 91.627
Feb 4 7:11 am 5:36 pm 10:25:22 +2:03 12:24 pm (36.0°) 91.642
Feb 5 7:10 am 5:38 pm 10:27:26 +2:04 12:24 pm (36.3°) 91.657
Feb 6 7:09 am 5:39 pm 10:29:32 +2:05 12:24 pm (36.6°) 91.672
Feb 7 7:08 am 5:40 pm 10:31:40 +2:07 12:24 pm (36.9°) 91.688
Feb 8 7:07 am 5:41 pm 10:33:48 +2:08 12:24 pm (37.3°) 91.704
Feb 9 7:06 am 5:42 pm 10:35:58 +2:09 12:24 pm (37.6°) 91.721
* All times are local time for San Rafael. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in San Rafael

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in San Rafael - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 3 - 8:18 am 7:54 pm 1:38 am (62.2°) 234,723 97.3%
Feb 4 - 8:43 am 8:59 pm 2:24 am (55.8°) 237,999 92.5%
Feb 5 - 9:05 am 10:02 pm 3:07 am (49.3°) 241,379 85.9%
Feb 6 - 9:28 am 11:04 pm 3:50 am (43.1°) 244,591 77.9%
Feb 7 - 9:52 am - 4:32 am (37.4°) 247,370 68.9%
Feb 8 12:05 am 10:19 am - 5:16 am (32.5°) 249,519 59.4%
Feb 9 1:07 am 10:50 am - 6:01 am (28.3°) 250,882 49.6%
* All times are local time for San Rafael. 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 San Rafael This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Feb 3, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Wed 7:49 am Wed 6:25 pm Wed 1:07 pm Difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:39 am Wed 6:08 pm Wed 12:53 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 6:58 am Wed 5:01 pm Wed 12:00 noon Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Tue 3:08 pm Wed 5:44 am Tue 10:26 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Wed 9:14 am Wed 9:04 pm Wed 3:09 pm Average visibility
Uranus Tue 11:47 am Wed 1:59 am Tue 6:53 pm Average visibility
Neptune Wed 9:14 am Wed 9:11 pm Wed 3:12 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for San Rafael.

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