Sunrise and Sunset in Draperstown, 2026
Day length at Draperstown runs from 7 h 12 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 20 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Draperstown: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 7:22 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 7:13 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 7:01 PM, 72° ENE
- MS Moonset 8:25 AM, 284° WNW
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:46 AM to 7:00 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:00 AM to 8:10 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:26 PM to 7:35 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:35 PM to 7:49 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 | 8:51 AM | 4:11 PM | 7 h 20 min | 8:42 AM | 4:32 PM | 7 h 50 min |
| February | 8:17 AM | 5:05 PM | 8 h 48 min | 7:49 AM | 5:34 PM | 9 h 45 min |
| March | 7:17 AM | 6:03 PM | 10 h 46 min | 6:42 AM | 6:31 PM | 11 h 49 min |
| April | 6:59 AM | 8:04 PM | 13 h 05 min | 6:25 AM | 8:31 PM | 14 h 06 min |
| May | 5:48 AM | 9:02 PM | 15 h 14 min | 5:21 AM | 9:28 PM | 16 h 07 min |
| June | 4:57 AM | 9:54 PM | 16 h 57 min | 4:49 AM | 10:07 PM | 17 h 18 min |
| July | 4:54 AM | 10:07 PM | 17 h 13 min | 5:09 AM | 9:56 PM | 16 h 47 min |
| August | 5:37 AM | 9:29 PM | 15 h 52 min | 6:02 AM | 9:00 PM | 14 h 58 min |
| September | 6:34 AM | 8:19 PM | 13 h 45 min | 7:00 AM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 44 min |
| October | 7:29 AM | 7:03 PM | 11 h 34 min | 7:56 AM | 6:29 PM | 10 h 33 min |
| November | 7:30 AM | 4:50 PM | 9 h 20 min | 7:58 AM | 4:25 PM | 8 h 27 min |
| December | 8:27 AM | 4:05 PM | 7 h 38 min | 8:45 AM | 4:00 PM | 7 h 15 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Draperstown'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 Draperstown 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.