Sunrise and Sunset in Santa Cruz, 2026
Day length at Santa Cruz runs from 9 h 50 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 29 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Santa Cruz: light and direction
Tuesday, September 29
- SR Sunrise 7:25 AM, 94° E
- SS Sunset 7:47 PM, 266° W
- MR Moonrise 11:27 PM, 62° ENE
- MS Moonset 8:46 AM, 295° WNW
- Moon 90% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 7:00 AM to 7:09 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:09 AM to 7:58 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 7:14 PM to 8:03 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 8:03 PM to 8:12 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 | 6:36 AM | 9:02 PM | 14 h 26 min | 6:49 AM | 9:01 PM | 14 h 12 min |
| February | 7:06 AM | 8:52 PM | 13 h 46 min | 7:20 AM | 8:39 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| March | 7:33 AM | 8:22 PM | 12 h 49 min | 7:45 AM | 8:03 PM | 12 h 18 min |
| April | 7:58 AM | 7:40 PM | 11 h 42 min | 7:09 AM | 6:21 PM | 11 h 12 min |
| May | 7:21 AM | 6:03 PM | 10 h 42 min | 7:32 AM | 5:51 PM | 10 h 19 min |
| June | 7:44 AM | 5:43 PM | 9 h 59 min | 7:51 AM | 5:41 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| July | 7:53 AM | 5:46 PM | 9 h 53 min | 7:50 AM | 5:53 PM | 10 h 03 min |
| August | 7:39 AM | 6:05 PM | 10 h 26 min | 7:25 AM | 6:15 PM | 10 h 50 min |
| September | 7:04 AM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 23 min | 7:45 AM | 7:37 PM | 11 h 52 min |
| October | 7:22 AM | 7:49 PM | 12 h 27 min | 7:03 AM | 8:00 PM | 12 h 57 min |
| November | 6:44 AM | 8:15 PM | 13 h 31 min | 6:32 AM | 8:29 PM | 13 h 57 min |
| December | 6:26 AM | 8:44 PM | 14 h 18 min | 6:27 AM | 8:55 PM | 14 h 28 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Santa Cruz'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 Cruz 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.