Current Time: | Apr 20, 2021 at 12:26:00 am |
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Sunrise Today: | 6:27 am↑ 74° East |
Sunset Today: | 7:50 pm↑ 286° West |
Moonrise Today: | 12:41 pm↑ 61° Northeast |
Moonset Today: | 2:54 am↑ 300° Northwest |
Daylight Hours: | 13 hours, 23 minutes (+2m 15s) |
Today's Sun Position in San Francisco
Time: | 12:26 am |
Altitude: | -39.6° |
Direction: | 346° N |
Phase: | Night |
Day length today: 13h 23m 11s (Apr 20, 2021)
2 minutes, 15 seconds longer than yesterday (Apr 19, 2021)
3 hours, 50 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2020)
1 hour, 23 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2020)
The Sun's altitude in San Francisco today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show the times of sunrise and sunset. Altitude and heading are displayed below the graph. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in San Francisco Today
Day, night, and twilight times in San Francisco today. Black is nighttime, light blue is daytime. The darker blue shadings represent the twilight phases during dawn (left) and dusk (right). Hover over the graph for more information. How to use this
Night | 12:00 am – 4:52 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 4:52 am – 5:26 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:26 am – 5:59 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:59 am – 6:27 am |
Daylight | 6:27 am – 7:50 pm |
Civil Twilight | 7:50 pm – 8:17 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 8:17 pm – 8:50 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 8:50 pm – 9:25 pm |
Night | 9:25 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in San Francisco - Next 7 Days
2021 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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Apr | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
Apr 20 | 6:27 am | 7:50 pm | 13:23:11 | +2:15 | 1:08 pm (64.0°) | 93.404 |
Apr 21 | 6:25 am | 7:51 pm | 13:25:25 | +2:14 | 1:08 pm (64.4°) | 93.429 |
Apr 22 | 6:24 am | 7:52 pm | 13:27:39 | +2:13 | 1:08 pm (64.7°) | 93.454 |
Apr 23 | 6:23 am | 7:53 pm | 13:29:52 | +2:12 | 1:07 pm (65.0°) | 93.478 |
Apr 24 | 6:21 am | 7:54 pm | 13:32:04 | +2:11 | 1:07 pm (65.4°) | 93.503 |
Apr 25 | 6:20 am | 7:54 pm | 13:34:15 | +2:11 | 1:07 pm (65.7°) | 93.528 |
Apr 26 | 6:19 am | 7:55 pm | 13:36:25 | +2:10 | 1:07 pm (66.0°) | 93.552 |
* All times are local time for San Francisco. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
Equinoxes & Solstices 2021
March Equinox | Mar 20 | 2:38 am |
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June Solstice | Jun 20 | 8:32 pm |
September Equinox | Sep 22 | 12:21 pm |
December Solstice | Dec 21 | 7:59 am |
* All times are local San Francisco time. |
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Today's Moon in San Francisco
Percent Illuminated: | 50.3% |
Time: | 12:26 am |
Altitude: | 25.8° |
Direction: | 281° W |
Position: | Waxing Gibbous |
The Moon's path in San Francisco today. The horizontal line signifies the horizon, the vertical lines show times and headings of moonrise and moonset. The graph defaults to current time. Hover over it to select a different time. How to use this
Moon in San Francisco - Next 7 days
2021 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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Apr | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
Apr 20 | - | 2:54 am | 12:41 pm | 8:11 pm | (73.7°) | 240,185 | 58.7% | |||
Apr 21 | - | 3:34 am | 1:46 pm | 9:03 pm | (69.8°) | 236,241 | 69.3% | |||
Apr 22 | - | 4:10 am | 2:54 pm | 9:54 pm | (64.8°) | 232,225 | 79.2% | |||
Apr 23 | - | 4:43 am | 4:04 pm | 10:44 pm | (58.9°) | 228,468 | 87.9% | |||
Apr 24 | - | 5:14 am | 5:16 pm | 11:35 pm | (52.3°) | 225,326 | 94.7% | |||
Apr 25 | - | 5:44 am | 6:29 pm | Moon does not pass the meridian on this day. | ||||||
Apr 26 | - | 6:15 am | 7:44 pm | 12:27 am | (45.6°) | 223,127 | 98.8% | |||
* All times are local time for San Francisco. 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. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in San Francisco This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Apr 20, 2021 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Tue 6:34 am | Tue 8:00 pm | Tue 1:16 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Venus | Tue 6:49 am | Tue 8:20 pm | Tue 1:34 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Mars | Tue 9:38 am | Wed 12:33 am | Tue 5:05 pm | Average visibility |
Jupiter | Tue 3:50 am | Tue 2:31 pm | Tue 9:10 am | Fairly good visibility |
Saturn | Tue 3:09 am | Tue 1:20 pm | Tue 8:15 am | Average visibility |
Uranus | Tue 6:56 am | Tue 8:32 pm | Tue 1:44 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
Neptune | Tue 4:57 am | Tue 4:35 pm | Tue 10:46 am | Very difficult to see |
* All times are local time for San Francisco. |
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