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Ephemeris of Thursday 16 July, 2026

The sun and moon on 07/16/2026 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:15 AM
Sunset: 8:47 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:31 PM
Sunshine duration: 14 hours and 31 minutes (-1 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:16 AM and set at 8:46 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 12:40 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 3 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

1 day moon

On 07/16/2026 the moon will be 1 days old.
Next full moon on 29 July, 2026.
Next new moon on 12 August, 2026.

Commemorations on 16 July

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Athenogenes, Bishop of Pidachthoa, and his ten disciples, Martyrs
    Αγίου Αθηνογένους, Eπισκόπου Πηδαχθόης, και των δέκα μαθητών αυτού, Μαρτύρων
  • Saint Faustus, Martyr
    Αγίου Φαύστου, Μάρτυρος
  • Saint Antiochus, Martyr
    Αγίου Αντιόχου, Μάρτυρος
  • Saints 15,000 Martyrs of Pisidia
    Αγίων Δεκαπέντε χιλιάδων Μαρτύρων των εν Πισσιδεία
  • Saint Julia of Carthage
    Αγίας Ιουλίας εν Κορσική

Fasting Instructions: the July 16 is a free of fasting day (κατάλυση)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

  • There are no known names celebrated this day

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