Current Time: | May 6, 2021 at 10:02:34 pm |
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Sunrise Today: | 5:55 am↑ 73° East |
Sunset Today: | 6:19 pm↑ 287° West |
Moonrise Today: | 2:15 am↑ 103° East |
Moonset Today: | 2:24 pm↑ 260° West |
Daylight Hours: | 12 hours, 24 minutes (+18s) |
Today's Sun Position in Colombo
Time: | 10:02 pm |
Altitude: | -51.2° |
Direction: | 308° NW |
Phase: | Night |
Day length today: 12h 23m 34s (May 6, 2021)
18 seconds longer than yesterday (May 5, 2021)
40 minutes, 10 seconds longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2020)
7 minutes, 59 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2020)
The Sun's altitude in Colombo 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 Colombo Today
Day, night, and twilight times in Colombo 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 – 4:42 am |
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Astro. Twilight | 4:42 am – 5:08 am |
Nautical Twilight | 5:08 am – 5:33 am |
Civil Twilight | 5:33 am – 5:55 am |
Daylight | 5:55 am – 6:19 pm |
Civil Twilight | 6:19 pm – 6:40 pm |
Nautical Twilight | 6:40 pm – 7:06 pm |
Astro. Twilight | 7:06 pm – 7:31 pm |
Night | 7:31 pm – 11:59 pm |
Sun in Colombo - Next 7 Days
2021 | Sunrise/Sunset | Daylength | Solar Noon | |||
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May | Sunrise | Sunset | Length | Diff. | Time | Mil. mi |
May 6 | 5:55 am | 6:19 pm | 12:23:34 | +0:18 | 12:07 pm (80.3°) | 93.778 |
May 7 | 5:55 am | 6:19 pm | 12:23:52 | +0:18 | 12:07 pm (80.0°) | 93.801 |
May 8 | 5:55 am | 6:19 pm | 12:24:11 | +0:18 | 12:07 pm (79.8°) | 93.824 |
May 9 | 5:54 am | 6:19 pm | 12:24:29 | +0:18 | 12:07 pm (79.5°) | 93.846 |
May 10 | 5:54 am | 6:19 pm | 12:24:46 | +0:17 | 12:06 pm (79.2°) | 93.868 |
May 11 | 5:54 am | 6:19 pm | 12:25:04 | +0:17 | 12:06 pm (79.0°) | 93.889 |
May 12 | 5:54 am | 6:19 pm | 12:25:21 | +0:17 | 12:06 pm (78.7°) | 93.910 |
* All times are local time for Colombo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. |
Equinoxes & Solstices 2021
March Equinox | Mar 20 | 3:08 pm |
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June Solstice | Jun 21 | 9:02 am |
September Equinox | Sep 23 | 12:51 am |
December Solstice | Dec 21 | 9:29 pm |
* All times are local Colombo time. |
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Today's Moon in Colombo
Percent Illuminated: | 22.4% |
Time: | 10:02 pm |
Altitude: | -70.6° |
Direction: | 96° E |
Position: | Waning Crescent |
The Moon's path in Colombo 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 Colombo - Next 7 days
2021 | Moonrise/Moonset | Meridian Passing | ||||||||
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May | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Time | Distance (mi) | Illumination | ||||
May 6 | 2:15 am | 2:24 pm | - | 8:19 am | (71.3°) | 245,184 | 27.4% | |||
May 7 | 2:56 am | 3:09 pm | - | 9:02 am | (76.5°) | 247,659 | 18.8% | |||
May 8 | 3:34 am | 3:53 pm | - | 9:43 am | (81.9°) | 249,611 | 11.6% | |||
May 9 | 4:12 am | 4:36 pm | - | 10:23 am | (87.3°) | 251,051 | 6.1% | |||
May 10 | 4:50 am | 5:20 pm | - | 11:04 am | (87.5°) | 252,008 | 2.3% | |||
May 11 | 5:29 am | 6:04 pm | - | 11:46 am | (82.7°) | 252,507 | 0.3% | |||
May 12 | 6:10 am | 6:51 pm | - | 12:30 pm | (78.4°) | 252,565 | 0.2% | |||
* All times are local time for Colombo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon. |
Planets Visible in the Sky in Colombo This Coming Night
Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, May 6, 2021 | ||||
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Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
Mercury | Fri 7:06 am | Fri 7:37 pm | Fri 1:21 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Venus | Fri 6:38 am | Fri 7:04 pm | Fri 12:51 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
Mars | Fri 9:31 am | Fri 10:00 pm | Fri 3:45 pm | Average visibility |
Jupiter | Fri 1:21 am | Fri 1:11 pm | Fri 7:16 am | Fairly good visibility |
Saturn | Fri 12:21 am | Fri 12:06 pm | Fri 6:13 am | Average visibility |
Uranus | Fri 5:35 am | Fri 5:53 pm | Fri 11:44 am | Extremely difficult to see |
Neptune | Fri 2:44 am | Fri 2:43 pm | Fri 8:44 am | Very difficult to see |
* All times are local time for Colombo. |