Sunrise and Sunset in Cars, 2026
Day length at Cars runs from 8 h 45 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 38 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Cars: light and direction
Wednesday, September 30
- SR Sunrise 7:59 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 7:45 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 9:22 PM, 53° NE
- MS Moonset 12:41 PM, 305° NW
- Moon 84% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 7:30 AM to 7:41 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:41 AM to 8:38 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 7:06 PM to 8:03 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 8:03 PM to 8:14 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 | 8:41 AM | 5:31 PM | 8 h 50 min | 8:38 AM | 5:47 PM | 9 h 09 min |
| February | 8:23 AM | 6:10 PM | 9 h 47 min | 8:04 AM | 6:30 PM | 10 h 26 min |
| March | 7:41 AM | 6:50 PM | 11 h 09 min | 7:15 AM | 7:08 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 7:43 AM | 8:30 PM | 12 h 47 min | 7:18 AM | 8:48 PM | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 6:52 AM | 9:08 PM | 14 h 16 min | 6:33 AM | 9:25 PM | 14 h 52 min |
| June | 6:19 AM | 9:43 PM | 15 h 24 min | 6:15 AM | 9:52 PM | 15 h 37 min |
| July | 6:19 AM | 9:53 PM | 15 h 34 min | 6:30 AM | 9:47 PM | 15 h 17 min |
| August | 6:47 AM | 9:30 PM | 14 h 43 min | 7:04 AM | 9:09 PM | 14 h 05 min |
| September | 7:24 AM | 8:40 PM | 13 h 16 min | 7:41 AM | 8:14 PM | 12 h 33 min |
| October | 8:00 AM | 7:43 PM | 11 h 43 min | 8:18 AM | 7:18 PM | 11 h 00 min |
| November | 7:41 AM | 5:50 PM | 10 h 09 min | 8:00 AM | 5:33 PM | 9 h 33 min |
| December | 8:21 AM | 5:22 PM | 9 h 01 min | 8:34 AM | 5:21 PM | 8 h 47 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Cars's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 16, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Cars 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.