Sun & moon
Columbus, OH
Today’s daylight, twilight, and the moon’s current phase.
Today's times
- Civil dawn
- 10:10 AM
- Sunrise
- 10:40 AM
- Solar noon
- 5:37 PM
- Sunset
- 12:34 AM
- Civil dusk
- 1:03 AM
Moon
Waning Crescent
3% illuminated
27.9 days old
About these times
Civil twilight brackets the day — the period when the sun is up to 6° below the horizon, light enough to see comfortably without artificial light. Solar noon is the moment the sun reaches its highest point and is rarely at exactly 12:00 because of how time zones average across longitude.
Calculations use the NOAA solar position algorithm and the standard synodic month approximation for the moon — precise to roughly the nearest minute for the sun and the nearest percent of illumination for the moon. No internet round-trip required.