Sunrise and Sunset in Belfast, 2026
Day length at Belfast runs from 7 h 15 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 17 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Belfast: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:17 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:12 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:48 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:56 AM, 272° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:41 AM to 6:55 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:55 AM to 8:04 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:25 PM to 7:34 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:34 PM to 7:48 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 | 8:46 AM | 4:09 PM | 7 h 23 min | 8:37 AM | 4:29 PM | 7 h 52 min |
| February | 8:13 AM | 5:02 PM | 8 h 49 min | 7:45 AM | 5:31 PM | 9 h 46 min |
| March | 7:13 AM | 6:00 PM | 10 h 47 min | 6:39 AM | 6:27 PM | 11 h 48 min |
| April | 6:56 AM | 8:00 PM | 13 h 04 min | 6:22 AM | 8:27 PM | 14 h 05 min |
| May | 5:45 AM | 8:58 PM | 15 h 13 min | 5:18 AM | 9:23 PM | 16 h 05 min |
| June | 4:55 AM | 9:49 PM | 16 h 54 min | 4:47 AM | 10:02 PM | 17 h 15 min |
| July | 4:52 AM | 10:03 PM | 17 h 11 min | 5:07 AM | 9:51 PM | 16 h 44 min |
| August | 5:34 AM | 9:25 PM | 15 h 51 min | 5:59 AM | 8:56 PM | 14 h 57 min |
| September | 6:31 AM | 8:16 PM | 13 h 45 min | 6:56 AM | 7:40 PM | 12 h 44 min |
| October | 7:26 AM | 7:00 PM | 11 h 34 min | 7:52 AM | 6:26 PM | 10 h 34 min |
| November | 7:26 AM | 4:48 PM | 9 h 22 min | 7:54 AM | 4:22 PM | 8 h 28 min |
| December | 8:22 AM | 4:03 PM | 7 h 41 min | 8:40 AM | 3:58 PM | 7 h 18 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Belfast'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 Belfast 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.