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Wake Island, US Minor Outlying Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 4:18:05 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:21 am 71° East
Sunset Today: 7:18 pm 289° West
Moonrise Today: 12:43 am 114° Southeast
Moonset Today: 12:01 pm 248° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 57 minutes (+50s)

Today's Sun Position in Wake Island

Time: 4:18 pm
Altitude: 40.7°
Direction: 277° W
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 57m 27s (May 9, 2026)

50 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

1 hour, 59 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

20 minutes, 11 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Wake Island Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:02 am
Astro. Twilight 5:02 am – 5:30 am
Nautical Twilight 5:30 am – 5:57 am
Civil Twilight 5:57 am – 6:21 am
Daylight 6:21 am – 7:18 pm
Civil Twilight 7:18 pm – 7:41 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:41 pm – 8:09 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:09 pm – 8:37 pm
Night 8:37 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Wake Island - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 6:21 am 7:18 pm 12:57:27 +0:50 12:49 pm (88.0°) 93.828
May 10 6:20 am 7:19 pm 12:58:17 +0:50 12:49 pm (88.3°) 93.850
May 11 6:20 am 7:19 pm 12:59:07 +0:49 12:49 pm (88.6°) 93.872
May 12 6:19 am 7:19 pm 12:59:56 +0:48 12:49 pm (88.8°) 93.894
May 13 6:19 am 7:20 pm 13:00:43 +0:47 12:49 pm (89.1°) 93.915
May 14 6:19 am 7:20 pm 13:01:30 +0:47 12:49 pm (89.3°) 93.936
May 15 6:18 am 7:20 pm 13:02:17 +0:46 12:49 pm (89.5°) 93.957
* All times are local time for Wake Island. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Wake Island

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Wake Island - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:43 am 12:01 pm - 6:21 am (48.8°) 247,584 61.1%
May 10 1:23 am 12:55 pm - 7:07 am (53.3°) 244,701 51.0%
May 11 2:00 am 1:48 pm - 7:52 am (58.8°) 241,247 40.6%
May 12 2:36 am 2:41 pm - 8:36 am (65.0°) 237,396 30.2%
May 13 3:11 am 3:37 pm - 9:22 am (71.6°) 233,413 20.5%
May 14 3:48 am 4:35 pm - 10:09 am (78.4°) 229,613 12.0%
May 15 4:28 am 5:36 pm - 11:00 am (85.0°) 226,346 5.3%
* All times are local time for Wake Island. 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 Wake Island This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:00 am Sat 6:49 pm Sat 12:24 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 8:13 am Sat 9:32 pm Sat 2:52 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:57 am Sat 5:24 pm Sat 11:10 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 10:37 am Sat 11:47 pm Sat 5:12 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:22 am Sat 4:30 pm Sat 10:26 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:09 am Sat 8:11 pm Sat 1:40 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:55 am Sun 3:59 pm Sun 9:57 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Wake Island.

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