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Sun and Moon in Colombo

Sri Lanka · 6.93°, 79.86°

Sunrise05:58
Sunset17:49
Day length11h 50m
Solar noon11:54
First light05:37
Last light18:11

Times are local (+0530). First and last light are civil twilight, when the Sun is up to 6° below the horizon.

The Moon tonight

New moon

About 1% lit · 28.7 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
Sun 8 Nov05:5817:4911h 50m
Mon 9 Nov05:5917:4911h 50m
Tue 10 Nov05:5917:4911h 49m
Wed 11 Nov05:5917:4911h 49m
Thu 12 Nov05:5917:4911h 49m
Fri 13 Nov06:0017:4911h 49m
Sat 14 Nov06:0017:4911h 48m
Sun 15 Nov06:0017:4911h 48m
Mon 16 Nov06:0117:4911h 48m
Tue 17 Nov06:0117:4911h 48m
Wed 18 Nov06:0117:4911h 47m
Thu 19 Nov06:0217:4911h 47m
Fri 20 Nov06:0217:4911h 47m
Sat 21 Nov06:0217:4911h 47m

Weather in Colombo →

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”.