Sunrise and Sunset in Hongqiao, 2026
Day length at Hongqiao runs from 10 h 27 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 50 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Hongqiao: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:22 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:24 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:02 PM, 88° E
- MS Moonset 5:41 AM, 269° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:59 AM to 6:07 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:07 AM to 6:52 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:53 PM to 6:38 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:38 PM to 6:47 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 | 7:20 AM | 5:50 PM | 10 h 30 min | 7:22 AM | 6:00 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| February | 7:17 AM | 6:14 PM | 10 h 57 min | 7:08 AM | 6:24 PM | 11 h 16 min |
| March | 6:56 AM | 6:32 PM | 11 h 36 min | 6:41 AM | 6:40 PM | 11 h 59 min |
| April | 6:23 AM | 6:49 PM | 12 h 26 min | 6:08 AM | 6:56 PM | 12 h 48 min |
| May | 5:54 AM | 7:04 PM | 13 h 10 min | 5:44 AM | 7:12 PM | 13 h 28 min |
| June | 5:38 AM | 7:21 PM | 13 h 43 min | 5:38 AM | 7:26 PM | 13 h 48 min |
| July | 5:41 AM | 7:29 PM | 13 h 48 min | 5:47 AM | 7:27 PM | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 5:56 AM | 7:20 PM | 13 h 24 min | 6:03 AM | 7:09 PM | 13 h 06 min |
| September | 6:11 AM | 6:52 PM | 12 h 41 min | 6:17 AM | 6:36 PM | 12 h 19 min |
| October | 6:24 AM | 6:18 PM | 11 h 54 min | 6:31 AM | 6:04 PM | 11 h 33 min |
| November | 6:41 AM | 5:49 PM | 11 h 08 min | 6:51 AM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 7:03 AM | 5:38 PM | 10 h 35 min | 7:12 AM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 29 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Hongqiao's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 2, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 27, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 19, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 17, June 15, July 14, August 13, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Hongqiao 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.