Sunrise and Sunset in Ballymena, 2026
Day length at Ballymena runs from 7 h 11 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 21 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Ballymena: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 7:20 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 7:11 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:58 PM, 71° ENE
- MS Moonset 8:23 AM, 284° WNW
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:44 AM to 6:58 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:58 AM to 8:08 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:23 PM to 7:33 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:33 PM to 7:47 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 | 8:49 AM | 4:08 PM | 7 h 19 min | 8:40 AM | 4:29 PM | 7 h 49 min |
| February | 8:15 AM | 5:03 PM | 8 h 48 min | 7:47 AM | 5:32 PM | 9 h 45 min |
| March | 7:15 AM | 6:01 PM | 10 h 46 min | 6:40 AM | 6:29 PM | 11 h 49 min |
| April | 6:57 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 05 min | 6:22 AM | 8:29 PM | 14 h 07 min |
| May | 5:46 AM | 9:00 PM | 15 h 14 min | 5:18 AM | 9:26 PM | 16 h 08 min |
| June | 4:55 AM | 9:52 PM | 16 h 57 min | 4:46 AM | 10:05 PM | 17 h 19 min |
| July | 4:52 AM | 10:06 PM | 17 h 14 min | 5:07 AM | 9:54 PM | 16 h 47 min |
| August | 5:34 AM | 9:27 PM | 15 h 53 min | 6:00 AM | 8:58 PM | 14 h 58 min |
| September | 6:32 AM | 8:17 PM | 13 h 45 min | 6:57 AM | 7:42 PM | 12 h 45 min |
| October | 7:27 AM | 7:01 PM | 11 h 34 min | 7:54 AM | 6:27 PM | 10 h 33 min |
| November | 7:28 AM | 4:48 PM | 9 h 20 min | 7:56 AM | 4:22 PM | 8 h 26 min |
| December | 8:25 AM | 4:03 PM | 7 h 38 min | 8:43 AM | 3:57 PM | 7 h 14 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Ballymena'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 Ballymena 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.