Sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz
EditSunrise in Santa Cruz today is at 4:57 am and sunset is at 5:17 pm. Today has 12 hours, 20 minutes of daylight, 19 seconds more than yesterday. Read moreShow less
When it gets light and dark in Santa Cruz
Dawn (first light) is at 4:36 am, 21 minutes before sunrise, when civil twilight begins. The first faint glow in the sky (astronomical twilight) starts at 3:45 am.
It gets dark in Santa Cruz at 5:40 pm (dusk), 23 minutes after sunset, when civil twilight ends. Astronomical night starts at 6:30 pm.
Golden hour and blue hour in Santa Cruz
Golden hour is 4:44–5:26 am and 4:49–5:31 pm.
Blue hour is 4:36–4:44 am, before sunrise, and 5:31–5:40 pm, after sunset.
Solar noon is at 11:08 am, when the Sun is highest, 81° above the horizon.
Sunrise and sunset in Santa Cruz tomorrow
Tomorrow in Santa Cruz, sunrise is at 4:57 am and sunset is at 5:18 pm.
Today
November 3, 2026. Current time: 4:49:59 pm
Sunrise time: 4:57:22 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.4:36First light4:35:47 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.4:36–4:44Blue hour4:35:47 am – 4:44:09 am
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.4:44–5:26Golden hour4:44:09 am – 5:25:50 am
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.
Sunset time: 5:17:54 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.5:31–5:40Blue hour5:31:08 pm – 5:39:31 pm
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.5:40Dark5:39:31 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:30Night6:30:03 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 5.88° · Azimuth: 255.24° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 12 hours, 20 minutes
27 minutes left for today's sunset in Santa Cruz
Moonrise: 12:38 am
Moonset: 12:51 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waning Crescent (29%)🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 4:02 am · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 11:53 amTomorrow
November 4, 2026
Night ends at 3:45 am3:45:03 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 4:36 am4:35:37 am
Dawn, the start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 4:57:14 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 5:18:04 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 5:40 pm5:39:42 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 6:30 pm6:30:20 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 12 hours, 20 minutes
Tomorrow will be 18 seconds longer than today in Santa Cruz
Moonrise: 1:22 am Moonset: 1:39 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waning Crescent (17%)
- Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
- Latitude: -6.22944 (South)
- Longitude: -36.022781 (West)
- Time zone: Brasilia Standard Time (UTC−3), no clock changes since 2002
Shortest day in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The shortest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 11 hours, 45 minutes.Longest day in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 18 days, during the summer solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 12 hours, 29 minutes.Earliest sunset in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The earliest sunset of the year was around 5 months ago, on May 23, 2026, at 5:15 pm.Latest sunset in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The latest sunset of the year was around 9 months ago, on January 30, 2026, at 5:48 pm.Earliest sunrise in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The earliest sunrise of the year will be in 9 days, on November 12, 2026, at 4:56 am.Latest sunrise in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
The latest sunrise of the year was around 3 months ago, on July 16, 2026, at 5:36 am.
November 2026 - Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of November in Santa Cruz.
All times are in Santa Cruz's time: Brasilia Standard Time (UTC−3).
The day length increases by 8 minutes over the course of November 2026 in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte - from 12 hours, 19 minutes on the first day to 12 hours, 27 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | Sunrise Variation |
SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Sunset Variation |
Last LightEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar NoonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. | Moonrise | Moonset |
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| Sun, Nov 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.4:36:11 am | 4:57:42 am | -12s | 5:17:37 pm | +8s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.5:39:09 pm | 12h 19m 55s | 19s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.11:07:37 am | 81.68° | 4:11:06 am | 6:04:16 pm | 3:45:53 am | 6:29:31 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 39m 55s | 🌓 (47%) Last quarter at 5:28 pmLast quarter at 5:28 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 47% illuminated |
11:07:37 pm | 14.5° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 2 | 4:35:59 am | 4:57:32 am | -10s | 5:17:45 pm | +8s | 5:39:19 pm | 12h 20m 13s | 19s | 11:07:36 am | 81.36° | 4:10:51 am | 6:04:29 pm | 3:45:36 am | 6:29:47 pm | 11h 39m 37s | 🌒 (36%)Waning Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:36 pm | 14.9° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 3 | 4:35:47 am | 4:57:22 am | -10s | 5:17:54 pm | +9s | 5:39:31 pm | 12h 20m 32s | 19s | 11:07:36 am | 81.05° | 4:10:37 am | 6:04:42 pm | 3:45:19 am | 6:30:03 pm | 11h 39m 20s | 🌒 (26%)Waning Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:37 pm | 15.2° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 4 | 4:35:37 am | 4:57:14 am | -8s | 5:18:04 pm | +10s | 5:39:42 pm | 12h 20m 50s | 18s | 11:07:37 am | 80.74° | 4:10:24 am | 6:04:57 pm | 3:45:03 am | 6:30:20 pm | 11h 39m 2s | 🌒 (17%)Waning Crescent: 17% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:38 pm | 15.5° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 5 | 4:35:27 am | 4:57:06 am | -8s | 5:18:15 pm | +11s | 5:39:55 pm | 12h 21m 9s | 18s | 11:07:38 am | 80.44° | 4:10:12 am | 6:05:12 pm | 3:44:48 am | 6:30:38 pm | 11h 38m 44s | 🌒 (10%)Waning Crescent: 10% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:39 pm | 15.8° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 6 | 4:35:18 am | 4:56:59 am | -7s | 5:18:26 pm | +11s | 5:40:08 pm | 12h 21m 27s | 18s | 11:07:40 am | 80.14° | 4:10:01 am | 6:05:28 pm | 3:44:34 am | 6:30:57 pm | 11h 38m 28s | 🌒 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:42 pm | 16.1° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 7 | 4:35:10 am | 4:56:54 am | -5s | 5:18:38 pm | +12s | 5:40:23 pm | 12h 21m 44s | 18s | 11:07:43 am | 79.84° | 4:09:50 am | 6:05:44 pm | 3:44:21 am | 6:31:16 pm | 11h 38m 11s | 🌒 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:46 pm | 16.4° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 8 | 4:35:03 am | 4:56:49 am | -5s | 5:18:51 pm | +13s | 5:40:37 pm | 12h 22m 2s | 18s | 11:07:48 am | 79.55° | 4:09:41 am | 6:06:02 pm | 3:44:08 am | 6:31:37 pm | 11h 37m 54s | 🌒 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:07:50 pm | 16.7° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 9 | 4:34:57 am | 4:56:45 am | -4s | 5:19:04 pm | +13s | 5:40:53 pm | 12h 22m 19s | 17s | 11:07:52 am | 79.27° | 4:09:32 am | 6:06:20 pm | 3:43:57 am | 6:31:58 pm | 11h 37m 38s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 4:02 amNew moon at 4:02 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
11:07:55 pm | 17.0° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 10 | 4:34:52 am | 4:56:42 am | -3s | 5:19:19 pm | +15s | 5:41:09 pm | 12h 22m 37s | 17s | 11:07:58 am | 78.98° | 4:09:25 am | 6:06:39 pm | 3:43:46 am | 6:32:20 pm | 11h 37m 21s | 🌘 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:02 pm | 17.2° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 11 | 4:34:48 am | 4:56:40 am | -2s | 5:19:34 pm | +15s | 5:41:27 pm | 12h 22m 54s | 17s | 11:08:05 am | 78.71° | 4:09:18 am | 6:06:59 pm | 3:43:37 am | 6:32:42 pm | 11h 37m 5s | 🌘 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:09 pm | 17.5° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 12 | 4:34:45 am | 4:56:39 am | -1s | 5:19:50 pm | +16s | 5:41:45 pm | 12h 23m 11s | 17s | 11:08:12 am | 78.44° | 4:09:12 am | 6:07:19 pm | 3:43:28 am | 6:33:06 pm | 11h 36m 49s | 🌘 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:16 pm | 17.8° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 13 | 4:34:43 am | 4:56:39 am | 0s | 5:20:06 pm | +16s | 5:42:03 pm | 12h 23m 27s | 17s | 11:08:20 am | 78.17° | 4:09:08 am | 6:07:41 pm | 3:43:21 am | 6:33:30 pm | 11h 36m 34s | 🌘 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:25 pm | 18.1° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 14 | 4:34:42 am | 4:56:40 am | +1s | 5:20:23 pm | +17s | 5:42:22 pm | 12h 23m 43s | 16s | 11:08:30 am | 77.91° | 4:09:04 am | 6:08:02 pm | 3:43:14 am | 6:33:54 pm | 11h 36m 19s | 🌘 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:35 pm | 18.3° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 15 | 4:34:42 am | 4:56:42 am | +2s | 5:20:41 pm | +18s | 5:42:42 pm | 12h 23m 59s | 16s | 11:08:40 am | 77.65° | 4:09:01 am | 6:08:25 pm | 3:43:09 am | 6:34:20 pm | 11h 36m 4s | 🌘 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:45 pm | 18.6° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 16 | 4:34:43 am | 4:56:45 am | +3s | 5:21:00 pm | +19s | 5:43:03 pm | 12h 24m 15s | 16s | 11:08:50 am | 77.40° | 4:09:00 am | 6:08:48 pm | 3:43:04 am | 6:34:46 pm | 11h 35m 49s | 🌘 (47%)Waxing Crescent: 47% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:08:56 pm | 18.8° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4:34:45 am | 4:56:49 am | +4s | 5:21:19 pm | +19s | 5:43:25 pm | 12h 24m 30s | 15s | 11:09:02 am | 77.16° | 4:08:59 am | 6:09:12 pm | 3:43:01 am | 6:35:13 pm | 11h 35m 35s | 🌗 (56%) First quarter at 8:47 amFirst quarter at 8:47 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
11:09:09 pm | 19.1° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 18 | 4:34:48 am | 4:56:54 am | +5s | 5:21:39 pm | +20s | 5:43:47 pm | 12h 24m 45s | 15s | 11:09:15 am | 76.92° | 4:09:00 am | 6:09:37 pm | 3:42:58 am | 6:35:40 pm | 11h 35m 21s | 🌖 (66%)Waxing Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:09:22 pm | 19.3° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 19 | 4:34:52 am | 4:57:00 am | +6s | 5:22:00 pm | +21s | 5:44:09 pm | 12h 25m 0s | 15s | 11:09:28 am | 76.69° | 4:09:01 am | 6:10:02 pm | 3:42:57 am | 6:36:08 pm | 11h 35m 7s | 🌖 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:09:35 pm | 19.5° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 20 | 4:34:57 am | 4:57:07 am | +7s | 5:22:22 pm | +22s | 5:44:33 pm | 12h 25m 15s | 14s | 11:09:42 am | 76.46° | 4:09:03 am | 6:10:28 pm | 3:42:57 am | 6:36:37 pm | 11h 34m 53s | 🌖 (84%)Waxing Gibbous: 84% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:09:50 pm | 19.8° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 21 | 4:35:03 am | 4:57:15 am | +8s | 5:22:44 pm | +22s | 5:44:57 pm | 12h 25m 29s | 14s | 11:09:57 am | 76.24° | 4:09:07 am | 6:10:54 pm | 3:42:58 am | 6:37:06 pm | 11h 34m 39s | 🌖 (91%)Waxing Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:10:05 pm | 20.0° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 22 | 4:35:10 am | 4:57:23 am | +8s | 5:23:06 pm | +22s | 5:45:21 pm | 12h 25m 43s | 14s | 11:10:13 am | 76.02° | 4:09:11 am | 6:11:21 pm | 3:43:00 am | 6:37:35 pm | 11h 34m 27s | 🌖 (97%)Waxing Gibbous: 97% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:10:22 pm | 20.2° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 23 | 4:35:18 am | 4:57:33 am | +10s | 5:23:30 pm | +24s | 5:45:47 pm | 12h 25m 57s | 13s | 11:10:30 am | 75.81° | 4:09:17 am | 6:11:49 pm | 3:43:02 am | 6:38:05 pm | 11h 34m 14s | 🌖 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:10:39 pm | 20.4° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 24 | 4:35:26 am | 4:57:44 am | +11s | 5:23:54 pm | +24s | 5:46:12 pm | 12h 26m 10s | 13s | 11:10:47 am | 75.61° | 4:09:24 am | 6:12:17 pm | 3:43:06 am | 6:38:36 pm | 11h 34m 2s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 11:53 amFull moon at 11:53 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
11:10:56 pm | 20.6° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 25 | 4:35:36 am | 4:57:56 am | +12s | 5:24:18 pm | +24s | 5:46:39 pm | 12h 26m 22s | 13s | 11:11:05 am | 75.41° | 4:09:31 am | 6:12:45 pm | 3:43:11 am | 6:39:07 pm | 11h 33m 50s | 🌔 (96%)Waning Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:11:15 pm | 20.8° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 26 | 4:35:47 am | 4:58:08 am | +12s | 5:24:43 pm | +25s | 5:47:05 pm | 12h 26m 35s | 12s | 11:11:24 am | 75.22° | 4:09:40 am | 6:13:14 pm | 3:43:18 am | 6:39:38 pm | 11h 33m 39s | 🌔 (91%)Waning Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:11:34 pm | 21.0° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 27 | 4:35:59 am | 4:58:22 am | +14s | 5:25:09 pm | +26s | 5:47:33 pm | 12h 26m 47s | 12s | 11:11:44 am | 75.04° | 4:09:49 am | 6:13:44 pm | 3:43:25 am | 6:40:10 pm | 11h 33m 28s | 🌔 (83%)Waning Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:11:54 pm | 21.2° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 28 | 4:36:12 am | 4:58:37 am | +15s | 5:25:35 pm | +26s | 5:48:00 pm | 12h 26m 58s | 12s | 11:12:04 am | 74.86° | 4:10:00 am | 6:14:14 pm | 3:43:33 am | 6:40:42 pm | 11h 33m 17s | 🌔 (73%)Waning Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:12:15 pm | 21.4° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 29 | 4:36:26 am | 4:58:52 am | +15s | 5:26:01 pm | +26s | 5:48:29 pm | 12h 27m 9s | 11s | 11:12:25 am | 74.69° | 4:10:12 am | 6:14:44 pm | 3:43:42 am | 6:41:15 pm | 11h 33m 7s | 🌔 (63%)Waning Gibbous: 63% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:12:36 pm | 21.5° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 30 | 4:36:40 am | 4:59:08 am | +16s | 5:26:28 pm | +27s | 5:48:57 pm | 12h 27m 20s | 11s | 11:12:47 am | 74.53° | 4:10:24 am | 6:15:14 pm | 3:43:53 am | 6:41:48 pm | 11h 32m 57s | 🌔 (52%)Waning Gibbous: 52% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 11:12:58 pm | 21.7° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
In Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on November 12 at 4:56 am, while the latest sunrise is on July 16 at 5:36 am. The earliest sunset is on May 23 at 5:15 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 30 at 5:48 pm.
Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte gets 0h 43m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (12h 29m versus 11h 45m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Santa Cruz Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Santa Cruz. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Santa Cruz.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 59.2° above the horizon (around Jun 18) and 84° (around Mar 2) in Santa Cruz. Sitting almost under the Sun's yearly path, Santa Cruz sees the analemma lying nearly flat overhead, with the Sun passing practically through the zenith twice a year. Notice the whole figure leans west of the meridian: over Santa Cruz the Sun reaches its highest point between 11:07 and 11:38 depending on the time of year, but always before 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
Places near Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
Campo Redondo 18 kmTangará 25 kmSão Tomé 29 kmJaçanã 30 kmCuité 32 kmNova Floresta 32 kmSão José do Campestre 35 kmCerro Corá 41 km
Larger cities around Santa Cruz, and how much earlier or later the sun sets there today:
Currais Novos 2 min laterNova Cruz 2 min earlierParnamirim 3 min earlierGuarabira 1 min earlierCeará Mirim 3 min earlier
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