Sunrise and Sunset in Ellesmere Port Town, 2026
Day length at Ellesmere Port Town runs from 7 h 30 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 00 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Ellesmere Port Town: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:04 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:01 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:37 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:43 AM, 272° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:30 AM to 6:43 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:43 AM to 7:50 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:15 PM to 7:22 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:22 PM to 7:35 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 | 8:26 AM | 4:04 PM | 7 h 38 min | 8:19 AM | 4:24 PM | 8 h 05 min |
| February | 7:56 AM | 4:55 PM | 8 h 59 min | 7:30 AM | 5:23 PM | 9 h 53 min |
| March | 6:59 AM | 5:50 PM | 10 h 51 min | 6:26 AM | 6:16 PM | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 6:45 AM | 7:47 PM | 13 h 02 min | 6:12 AM | 8:12 PM | 14 h 00 min |
| May | 5:38 AM | 8:41 PM | 15 h 03 min | 5:12 AM | 9:05 PM | 15 h 53 min |
| June | 4:51 AM | 9:29 PM | 16 h 38 min | 4:43 AM | 9:41 PM | 16 h 58 min |
| July | 4:48 AM | 9:42 PM | 16 h 54 min | 5:03 AM | 9:32 PM | 16 h 29 min |
| August | 5:28 AM | 9:07 PM | 15 h 39 min | 5:52 AM | 8:39 PM | 14 h 47 min |
| September | 6:21 AM | 8:01 PM | 13 h 40 min | 6:45 AM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 42 min |
| October | 7:13 AM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 36 min | 7:38 AM | 6:16 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| November | 7:10 AM | 4:40 PM | 9 h 30 min | 7:36 AM | 4:15 PM | 8 h 39 min |
| December | 8:03 AM | 3:58 PM | 7 h 55 min | 8:20 AM | 3:53 PM | 7 h 33 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Ellesmere Port Town'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 Ellesmere Port Town 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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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.