Sun & moon times today, The Settlement, Christmas Island

Moon: 72.0%

Current Time:	Oct 22, 2024 at 11:20:00 am
Sunrise Today:	5:30 am↑ 101° East
Sunset Today:	5:53 pm↑ 258° West
Moonrise Today:	10:58 pm↑ 61° Northeast
Moonset Today:	9:39 am↑ 299° Northwest
Daylight Hours:	12 hours, 24 minutes (+33s)

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Time:	11:20 am
Altitude:	84.6°
Direction:	99° E
Phase:	Daylight

Day length today: 12h 23m 32s (Oct 22, 2024)

33 seconds longer than yesterday (Oct 21, 2024)

52 minutes, 40 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2024)

20 minutes, 43 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2023)

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Night	12:00 am – 4:18 am
Astro. Twilight	4:18 am – 4:43 am
Nautical Twilight	4:43 am – 5:08 am
Civil Twilight	5:08 am – 5:30 am
Daylight	5:30 am – 5:53 pm
Civil Twilight	5:53 pm – 6:15 pm
Nautical Twilight	6:15 pm – 6:40 pm
Astro. Twilight	6:40 pm – 7:05 pm
Night	7:05 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in The Settlement - Next 7 Days

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2024	Sunrise/Sunset		Daylength		Solar Noon
Oct	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Oct	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Diff.	Time	Mil. mi
Oct 22	5:30 am	5:53 pm	12:23:32	+0:33	11:41 am (89.2°)	92.505
Oct 23	5:29 am	5:53 pm	12:24:05	+0:33	11:41 am (88.9°)	92.480
Oct 24	5:29 am	5:53 pm	12:24:38	+0:32	11:41 am (88.5°)	92.455
Oct 25	5:28 am	5:54 pm	12:25:11	+0:32	11:41 am (88.2°)	92.430
Oct 26	5:28 am	5:54 pm	12:25:44	+0:32	11:41 am (87.8°)	92.406
Oct 27	5:28 am	5:54 pm	12:26:16	+0:32	11:41 am (87.5°)	92.381
Oct 28	5:27 am	5:54 pm	12:26:48	+0:32	11:41 am (87.1°)	92.357
* All times are local time for The Settlement. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Equinoxes & Solstices 2024

March equinox	Mar 20	10:06 am
June solstice	Jun 21	3:51 am
September equinox	Sep 22	7:44 pm
December solstice	Dec 21	4:21 pm
* All times are local The Settlement time.

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Percent Illuminated:

72.0%

Time:	11:20 am
Altitude:	-21.8°
Direction:	297° NW
Position:	Waning Gibbous

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Moon in The Settlement - Next 7 days

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2024	Moonrise/Moonset			Meridian Passing
Oct	Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Time		Distance (mi)	Illumination
Oct 22	-	9:39 am	10:58 pm	3:48 am	(50.3°)	233,739	75.1%
Oct 23	-	10:39 am	11:52 pm	4:48 am	(51.0°)	237,810	64.7%
Oct 24	-	11:36 am	-	5:43 am	(53.3°)	241,672	54.1%
Oct 25	12:41 am	12:29 pm	-	6:34 am	(57.0°)	245,081	43.6%
Oct 26	1:25 am	1:18 pm	-	7:21 am	(61.6°)	247,881	33.8%
Oct 27	2:04 am	2:05 pm	-	8:03 am	(66.8°)	249,997	24.7%
Oct 28	2:40 am	2:49 pm	-	8:44 am	(72.5°)	251,421	16.8%
* All times are local time for The Settlement. 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 The Settlement This Coming Night

	Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Oct 22, 2024
Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Comment
Mercury	Tue 6:18 am	Tue 6:49 pm	Tue 12:34 pm	Difficult to see
Venus	Tue 7:45 am	Tue 8:25 pm	Tue 2:05 pm	Good visibility
Mars	Mon 11:57 pm	Tue 11:26 am	Tue 5:41 am	Average visibility
Jupiter	Tue 9:27 pm	Wed 8:55 am	Wed 3:11 am	Perfect visibility
Saturn	Tue 2:45 pm	Wed 3:00 am	Tue 8:52 pm	Perfect visibility
Uranus	Tue 7:39 pm	Wed 7:13 am	Wed 1:26 am	Average visibility
Neptune	Tue 3:42 pm	Wed 3:47 am	Tue 9:44 pm	Difficult to see
* All times are local time for The Settlement.

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