Aurora Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in August 2026
Day length goes from 11 h 49 min on August 1 to 11 h 58 min on August 31. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:37 AM and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:35 PM.
Every day
Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 49 min | Waning gibbous, 90% | 8:07 PM | 7:49 AM | |
| Aug 2 | 5:26 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 49 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 82% | 8:53 PM | 8:29 AM |
| Aug 3 | 5:26 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 50 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 74% | 9:41 PM | 9:10 AM |
| Aug 4 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 64% | 10:32 PM | 9:52 AM |
| Aug 5 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 11:21 PM | 11:27 PM | 10:39 AM |
| Aug 6 | 5:25 AM | 5:47 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 50 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter, 43% | 11:30 AM | |
| Aug 7 | 5:25 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 51 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 32% | 12:26 AM | 12:27 PM |
| Aug 8 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 23% | 1:29 AM | 1:29 PM |
| Aug 9 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 15% | 2:34 AM | 2:34 PM |
| Aug 10 | 5:24 AM | 5:46 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 51 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 3:38 AM | 3:40 PM |
| Aug 11 | 5:24 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:59 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 52 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 4:37 AM | 4:42 PM |
| Aug 12 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | New moon 2:37 PM | 5:32 AM | 5:41 PM |
| Aug 13 | 5:23 AM | 5:45 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 52 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 0% | 6:21 AM | 6:35 PM |
| Aug 14 | 5:23 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 7:06 AM | 7:25 PM |
| Aug 15 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 7:49 AM | 8:14 PM |
| Aug 16 | 5:22 AM | 5:44 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 53 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 12% | 8:31 AM | 9:01 PM |
| Aug 17 | 5:22 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 54 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 20% | 9:12 AM | 9:49 PM |
| Aug 18 | 5:21 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 29% | 9:55 AM | 10:38 PM |
| Aug 19 | 5:21 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +1.0 min | First quarter 11:46 PM | 10:39 AM | 11:28 PM |
| Aug 20 | 5:21 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:37 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 49% | 11:26 AM | |
| Aug 21 | 5:20 AM | 5:42 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 54 min | -1.0 min | First quarter, 60% | 12:16 PM | 12:19 AM |
| Aug 22 | 5:20 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 70% | 1:07 PM | 1:11 AM |
| Aug 23 | 5:20 AM | 5:41 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:58 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 55 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:59 PM | 2:02 AM |
| Aug 24 | 5:19 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 56 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 2:51 PM | 2:52 AM |
| Aug 25 | 5:19 AM | 5:40 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 56 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 93% | 3:41 PM | 3:39 AM |
| Aug 26 | 5:18 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 57 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 4:30 PM | 4:24 AM |
| Aug 27 | 5:18 AM | 5:39 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 57 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:17 PM | 5:07 AM |
| Aug 28 | 5:17 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 58 min | +1.0 min | Full moon 1:18 AM | 6:04 PM | 5:48 AM |
| Aug 29 | 5:17 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:46 PM | 11 h 58 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 6:51 PM | 6:28 AM |
| Aug 30 | 5:16 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:36 PM | 5:57 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:45 PM | 11 h 58 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 7:39 PM | 7:09 AM |
| Aug 31 | 5:16 AM | 5:37 AM | 5:35 PM | 5:56 PM | 5:08 PM | 6:45 PM | 11 h 58 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 8:29 PM | 7:52 AM |
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Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.