Sunrise and Sunset in Central Coast, 2026
Day length at Central Coast runs from 9 h 56 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 23 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Central Coast: light and direction
Tuesday, September 29
- SR Sunrise 5:35 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 5:55 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 8:49 PM, 66° ENE
- MS Moonset 6:35 AM, 291° WNW
- Moon 93% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:10 AM to 5:20 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:20 AM to 6:08 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:23 PM to 6:11 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:11 PM to 6:20 PM
Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon.
Day length through the year
- Day length
Month by month
Each month links to a day-by-day table with twilight, golden hour and the moon.
| Month | Sunrise, 1st | Sunset, 1st | Day, 1st | Sunrise, 15th | Sunset, 15th | Day, 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5:48 AM | 8:08 PM | 14 h 20 min | 6:00 AM | 8:07 PM | 14 h 07 min |
| February | 6:17 AM | 7:59 PM | 13 h 42 min | 6:30 AM | 7:47 PM | 13 h 17 min |
| March | 6:42 AM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 49 min | 6:54 AM | 7:13 PM | 12 h 19 min |
| April | 7:06 AM | 6:50 PM | 11 h 44 min | 6:16 AM | 5:32 PM | 11 h 16 min |
| May | 6:28 AM | 5:15 PM | 10 h 47 min | 6:38 AM | 5:03 PM | 10 h 25 min |
| June | 6:50 AM | 4:55 PM | 10 h 05 min | 6:56 AM | 4:53 PM | 9 h 57 min |
| July | 6:59 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 58 min | 6:57 AM | 5:05 PM | 10 h 08 min |
| August | 6:46 AM | 5:16 PM | 10 h 30 min | 6:33 AM | 5:25 PM | 10 h 52 min |
| September | 6:13 AM | 5:37 PM | 11 h 24 min | 5:54 AM | 5:46 PM | 11 h 52 min |
| October | 5:32 AM | 5:57 PM | 12 h 25 min | 6:14 AM | 7:07 PM | 12 h 53 min |
| November | 5:55 AM | 7:21 PM | 13 h 26 min | 5:44 AM | 7:34 PM | 13 h 50 min |
| December | 5:38 AM | 7:49 PM | 14 h 11 min | 5:39 AM | 8:00 PM | 14 h 21 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Central Coast's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 2, May 31, June 30, July 30, August 28, September 27, October 26, November 25, December 24
- New moons
- January 19, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 17, June 15, July 14, August 13, September 11, October 11, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Central Coast for the next twelve months as a calendar you subscribe to: each morning runs from first light to sunrise, each evening from sunset to last light, shown as free time. It keeps itself a year ahead.
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Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations (accurate to about a minute; the horizon is assumed flat and at sea level) and the lunar phase method of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms.