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Williston, ND, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.1%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 11:22:55 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:24 am 63° Northeast
Sunset Today: 9:18 pm 298° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 2:55 am 126° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:32 am 236° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 53 minutes (+2m 52s)

Today's Sun Position in Williston

Time: 11:22 pm
Altitude: -16.6°
Direction: 323° NW
Phase: Astronomical Twilight

Day length today: 14h 53m 17s (May 8, 2026)

2 minutes, 52 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

6 hours, 32 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

1 hour, 10 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Williston Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:07 am
Astro. Twilight 4:07 am – 5:02 am
Nautical Twilight 5:02 am – 5:48 am
Civil Twilight 5:48 am – 6:24 am
Daylight 6:24 am – 9:18 pm
Civil Twilight 9:18 pm – 9:54 pm
Nautical Twilight 9:54 pm – 10:40 pm
Astro. Twilight 10:40 pm – 11:36 pm
Night 11:36 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Williston - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 6:24 am 9:18 pm 14:53:17 +2:52 1:50 pm (59.1°) 93.822
May 9 6:23 am 9:19 pm 14:56:07 +2:50 1:50 pm (59.4°) 93.845
May 10 6:21 am 9:20 pm 14:58:55 +2:47 1:50 pm (59.6°) 93.867
May 11 6:20 am 9:22 pm 15:01:41 +2:45 1:50 pm (59.9°) 93.888
May 12 6:19 am 9:23 pm 15:04:24 +2:43 1:50 pm (60.1°) 93.910
May 13 6:17 am 9:24 pm 15:07:05 +2:40 1:50 pm (60.4°) 93.931
May 14 6:16 am 9:26 pm 15:09:43 +2:38 1:50 pm (60.6°) 93.952
* All times are local time for Williston. 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 Williston

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Williston - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 2:55 am 11:32 am - 7:10 am (18.7°) 248,200 63.5%
May 9 3:19 am 12:44 pm - 7:57 am (23.0°) 245,478 53.5%
May 10 3:38 am 1:57 pm - 8:42 am (28.2°) 242,153 43.2%
May 11 3:55 am 3:11 pm - 9:26 am (34.2°) 238,377 32.8%
May 12 4:10 am 4:27 pm - 10:11 am (40.7°) 234,403 22.8%
May 13 4:26 am 5:47 pm - 10:58 am (47.4°) 230,523 13.9%
May 14 4:44 am 7:10 pm - 11:48 am (54.1°) 227,094 6.8%
* All times are local time for Williston. 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 Williston This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:14 am Sat 8:45 pm Sat 1:28 pm Difficult to see
Venus Fri 7:49 am Fri 11:58 pm Fri 3:53 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 5:31 am Sat 6:51 pm Sat 12:10 pm Difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:22 am Sat 2:06 am Fri 6:14 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 5:13 am Sat 5:36 pm Sat 11:25 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:59 am Sat 10:18 pm Sat 2:38 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 4:56 am Sat 5:02 pm Sat 10:59 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Williston.

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