Sunrise and Sunset in Westhoughton, 2026
Day length at Westhoughton runs from 7 h 27 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 03 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Westhoughton: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:03 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:59 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:36 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:42 AM, 272° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:28 AM to 6:41 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:41 AM to 7:49 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:13 PM to 7:20 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:20 PM to 7:34 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 | 4:01 PM | 7 h 35 min | 8:18 AM | 4:21 PM | 8 h 03 min |
| February | 7:55 AM | 4:53 PM | 8 h 58 min | 7:29 AM | 5:20 PM | 9 h 51 min |
| March | 6:58 AM | 5:48 PM | 10 h 50 min | 6:25 AM | 6:14 PM | 11 h 49 min |
| April | 6:44 AM | 7:45 PM | 13 h 01 min | 6:10 AM | 8:11 PM | 14 h 01 min |
| May | 5:35 AM | 8:40 PM | 15 h 05 min | 5:10 AM | 9:04 PM | 15 h 54 min |
| June | 4:48 AM | 9:29 PM | 16 h 41 min | 4:40 AM | 9:41 PM | 17 h 01 min |
| July | 4:45 AM | 9:42 PM | 16 h 57 min | 5:00 AM | 9:32 PM | 16 h 32 min |
| August | 5:25 AM | 9:06 PM | 15 h 41 min | 5:49 AM | 8:39 PM | 14 h 50 min |
| September | 6:19 AM | 8:00 PM | 13 h 41 min | 6:43 AM | 7:26 PM | 12 h 43 min |
| October | 7:12 AM | 6:47 PM | 11 h 35 min | 7:37 AM | 6:14 PM | 10 h 37 min |
| November | 7:09 AM | 4:37 PM | 9 h 28 min | 7:36 AM | 4:13 PM | 8 h 37 min |
| December | 8:03 AM | 3:55 PM | 7 h 52 min | 8:20 AM | 3:50 PM | 7 h 30 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Westhoughton'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 Westhoughton 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.