Sunrise and Sunset around the World

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The tide is the rise and
fall of seas and oceans
due to the gravitational
pull of the Moon and Sun.

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Beautiful sunset over a distant land

Here you can find out the Sunrise and Sunset times this year for anywhere in the world.

Choose from the options, and then click on the map to choose a part of the World to study. A data file will be created which you can download and use in a spreadsheet package like Excel.

1) What data do you want to get?

Sunrise Time:	Yes No
Sunset Time:	Yes No
Length of Day:	Yes No
Position of Sunrise:	Yes No
Position of Sunset:	Yes No

2) How do you want to see the date?

Day/Month/Year (eg 28/5/2001)
Month/Day/Year (eg 5/28/2001)
Days from January 1st (eg 148)

3) Click on the Map

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