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Sun and Moon in Beijing

China · 39.90°, 116.41°

Sunrise06:48
Sunset17:07
Day length10h 18m
Solar noon11:57
First light06:20
Last light17:35

Times are local (CST). First and last light are civil twilight, when the Sun is up to 6° below the horizon.

The Moon tonight

Waning crescent

About 10% lit · 26.6 days since the new moon

  • New moon Mon 9 Nov, 12:32 IST
  • Full moon Tue 24 Nov, 20:23 IST
  • New moon Wed 9 Dec, 06:22 IST
  • Full moon Thu 24 Dec, 06:58 IST

The next two weeks

DaySunriseSunsetDay length
Fri 6 Nov06:4817:0710h 18m
Sat 7 Nov06:4917:0610h 16m
Sun 8 Nov06:5017:0510h 14m
Mon 9 Nov06:5217:0410h 12m
Tue 10 Nov06:5317:0310h 10m
Wed 11 Nov06:5417:0210h 08m
Thu 12 Nov06:5517:0110h 05m
Fri 13 Nov06:5617:0010h 03m
Sat 14 Nov06:5716:5910h 01m
Sun 15 Nov06:5816:5810h 00m
Mon 16 Nov07:0016:589h 58m
Tue 17 Nov07:0116:579h 56m
Wed 18 Nov07:0216:569h 54m
Thu 19 Nov07:0316:559h 52m

Weather in Beijing →

Calculated by this website: sunrise and sunset with PHP’s astronomical functions (accurate to about a minute); the Moon’s phases with Jean Meeus’ method from “Astronomical Algorithms”.