Aurora Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in October 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 09 min on October 1 to 12 h 21 min on October 31. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:09 AM and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 5:00 AM | 5:21 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 09 min | Waning gibbous, 74% | 10:18 PM | 9:15 AM | |
| Oct 2 | 4:59 AM | 5:20 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 10 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 64% | 11:21 PM | 10:17 AM |
| Oct 3 | 4:59 AM | 5:20 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:03 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 10 min | +0.0 min | Last quarter 10:25 AM | 11:20 AM | |
| Oct 4 | 4:58 AM | 5:19 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 11 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 43% | 12:20 AM | 12:22 PM |
| Oct 5 | 4:58 AM | 5:19 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 11 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 33% | 1:15 AM | 1:20 PM |
| Oct 6 | 4:57 AM | 5:18 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 12 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 24% | 2:06 AM | 2:14 PM |
| Oct 7 | 4:57 AM | 5:18 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 12 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 15% | 2:52 AM | 3:06 PM |
| Oct 8 | 4:56 AM | 5:17 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 13 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 8% | 3:36 AM | 3:55 PM |
| Oct 9 | 4:56 AM | 5:17 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 13 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 3% | 4:18 AM | 4:43 PM |
| Oct 10 | 4:55 AM | 5:16 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 14 min | +1.0 min | New moon 12:50 PM | 4:59 AM | 5:31 PM |
| Oct 11 | 4:55 AM | 5:16 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 13 min | -1.0 min | New moon, 0% | 5:41 AM | 6:19 PM |
| Oct 12 | 4:54 AM | 5:15 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 14 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 2% | 6:25 AM | 7:09 PM |
| Oct 13 | 4:54 AM | 5:15 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 6% | 7:11 AM | 8:01 PM |
| Oct 14 | 4:53 AM | 5:14 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:39 PM | 12 h 15 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 11% | 8:00 AM | 8:53 PM |
| Oct 15 | 4:53 AM | 5:14 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 15 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 19% | 8:50 AM | 9:45 PM |
| Oct 16 | 4:53 AM | 5:14 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 15 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 28% | 9:41 AM | 10:36 PM |
| Oct 17 | 4:52 AM | 5:13 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 16 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 38% | 10:33 AM | 11:25 PM |
| Oct 18 | 4:52 AM | 5:13 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | First quarter 1:12 PM | 11:24 AM | |
| Oct 19 | 4:51 AM | 5:12 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 17 min | +1.0 min | First quarter, 59% | 12:13 PM | 12:11 AM |
| Oct 20 | 4:51 AM | 5:12 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 17 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 69% | 1:00 PM | 12:54 AM |
| Oct 21 | 4:51 AM | 5:12 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:50 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 17 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 79% | 1:47 PM | 1:36 AM |
| Oct 22 | 4:50 AM | 5:11 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 18 min | +1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 87% | 2:34 PM | 2:17 AM |
| Oct 23 | 4:50 AM | 5:11 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 18 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 93% | 3:21 PM | 2:57 AM |
| Oct 24 | 4:49 AM | 5:11 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 18 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 97% | 4:11 PM | 3:39 AM |
| Oct 25 | 4:49 AM | 5:10 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:41 PM | 12 h 19 min | +1.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 5:04 PM | 4:24 AM |
| Oct 26 | 4:49 AM | 5:10 AM | 5:29 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:41 PM | 12 h 19 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 1:11 AM | 6:01 PM | 5:12 AM |
| Oct 27 | 4:49 AM | 5:10 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:41 PM | 12 h 20 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 98% | 7:02 PM | 6:06 AM |
| Oct 28 | 4:48 AM | 5:10 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:41 PM | 12 h 20 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 8:07 PM | 7:05 AM |
| Oct 29 | 4:48 AM | 5:09 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:01 PM | 6:41 PM | 12 h 21 min | +1.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 9:12 PM | 8:08 AM |
| Oct 30 | 4:48 AM | 5:09 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:51 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:42 PM | 12 h 21 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 10:14 PM | 9:13 AM |
| Oct 31 | 4:47 AM | 5:09 AM | 5:30 PM | 5:52 PM | 5:02 PM | 6:42 PM | 12 h 21 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 70% | 11:12 PM | 10:16 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.