Sunrise and Sunset in Santa Maria, 2026
Day length at Santa Maria runs from 10 h 14 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 04 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Santa Maria: light and direction
Tuesday, September 29
- SR Sunrise 6:16 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 6:35 PM, 266° W
- MR Moonrise 10:01 PM, 64° ENE
- MS Moonset 7:45 AM, 293° WNW
- Moon 90% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:52 AM to 6:01 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:01 AM to 6:48 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:04 PM to 6:50 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:50 PM to 6:59 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 | 5:38 AM | 7:39 PM | 14 h 01 min | 5:50 AM | 7:40 PM | 13 h 50 min |
| February | 6:04 AM | 7:33 PM | 13 h 29 min | 6:16 AM | 7:22 PM | 13 h 06 min |
| March | 6:26 AM | 7:08 PM | 12 h 42 min | 6:36 AM | 6:52 PM | 12 h 16 min |
| April | 6:46 AM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 46 min | 6:54 AM | 6:16 PM | 11 h 22 min |
| May | 7:04 AM | 6:00 PM | 10 h 56 min | 7:13 AM | 5:50 PM | 10 h 37 min |
| June | 7:22 AM | 5:44 PM | 10 h 22 min | 7:28 AM | 5:43 PM | 10 h 15 min |
| July | 7:31 AM | 5:47 PM | 10 h 16 min | 7:29 AM | 5:54 PM | 10 h 25 min |
| August | 7:20 AM | 6:03 PM | 10 h 43 min | 7:08 AM | 6:11 PM | 11 h 03 min |
| September | 6:50 AM | 6:21 PM | 11 h 31 min | 6:33 AM | 6:28 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| October | 6:14 AM | 6:37 PM | 12 h 23 min | 5:57 AM | 6:45 PM | 12 h 48 min |
| November | 5:41 AM | 6:57 PM | 13 h 16 min | 5:32 AM | 7:08 PM | 13 h 36 min |
| December | 5:27 AM | 7:22 PM | 13 h 55 min | 5:29 AM | 7:32 PM | 14 h 03 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Santa Maria's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 1, May 1, May 31, June 29, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 23
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 18, April 17, May 16, June 14, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 8
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Santa Maria 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.