Sunrise and Sunset in Reykjavík, 2026
Day length at Reykjavík runs from 4 h 07 min at the winter solstice to 21 h 09 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Reykjavík: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:22 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:14 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:41 PM, 80° E
- MS Moonset 7:08 AM, 273° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:34 AM to 6:53 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:53 AM to 8:26 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:11 PM to 7:43 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:43 PM to 8:02 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 | 11:19 AM | 3:44 PM | 4 h 25 min | 10:55 AM | 4:20 PM | 5 h 25 min |
| February | 10:08 AM | 5:15 PM | 7 h 07 min | 9:23 AM | 6:02 PM | 8 h 39 min |
| March | 8:35 AM | 6:46 PM | 10 h 11 min | 7:46 AM | 7:28 PM | 11 h 42 min |
| April | 6:46 AM | 8:19 PM | 13 h 33 min | 5:56 AM | 9:01 PM | 15 h 05 min |
| May | 5:00 AM | 9:52 PM | 16 h 52 min | 4:13 AM | 10:37 PM | 18 h 24 min |
| June | 3:23 AM | 11:30 PM | 20 h 07 min | 2:57 AM | 12:00 AM | 21 h 03 min |
| July | 3:06 AM | 11:56 PM | 20 h 50 min | 3:41 AM | 11:24 PM | 19 h 43 min |
| August | 4:34 AM | 10:31 PM | 17 h 57 min | 5:19 AM | 9:43 PM | 16 h 24 min |
| September | 6:10 AM | 8:43 PM | 14 h 33 min | 6:50 AM | 7:53 PM | 13 h 03 min |
| October | 7:36 AM | 6:57 PM | 11 h 21 min | 8:18 AM | 6:08 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| November | 9:11 AM | 5:10 PM | 7 h 59 min | 9:56 AM | 4:27 PM | 6 h 31 min |
| December | 10:46 AM | 3:47 PM | 5 h 01 min | 11:16 AM | 3:29 PM | 4 h 13 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Reykjavík's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 29, 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 Reykjavík 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.