Sunrise and Sunset in Shirakawa, 2026
Day length at Shirakawa runs from 9 h 36 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 44 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Shirakawa: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:30 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 5:31 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 5:05 PM, 88° E
- MS Moonset 4:42 AM, 268° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:04 AM to 5:14 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:14 AM to 6:04 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 4:56 PM to 5:46 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 5:46 PM to 5:56 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 | 6:53 AM | 4:32 PM | 9 h 39 min | 6:52 AM | 4:45 PM | 9 h 53 min |
| February | 6:42 AM | 5:03 PM | 10 h 21 min | 6:28 AM | 5:18 PM | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 6:11 AM | 5:33 PM | 11 h 22 min | 5:51 AM | 5:46 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 5:25 AM | 6:01 PM | 12 h 36 min | 5:05 AM | 6:13 PM | 13 h 08 min |
| May | 4:45 AM | 6:28 PM | 13 h 43 min | 4:31 AM | 6:40 PM | 14 h 09 min |
| June | 4:21 AM | 6:53 PM | 14 h 32 min | 4:18 AM | 7:00 PM | 14 h 42 min |
| July | 4:22 AM | 7:03 PM | 14 h 41 min | 4:30 AM | 6:59 PM | 14 h 29 min |
| August | 4:43 AM | 6:47 PM | 14 h 04 min | 4:55 AM | 6:31 PM | 13 h 36 min |
| September | 5:09 AM | 6:08 PM | 12 h 59 min | 5:21 AM | 5:47 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| October | 5:34 AM | 5:23 PM | 11 h 49 min | 5:46 AM | 5:03 PM | 11 h 17 min |
| November | 6:03 AM | 4:42 PM | 10 h 39 min | 6:17 AM | 4:29 PM | 10 h 12 min |
| December | 6:33 AM | 4:22 PM | 9 h 49 min | 6:45 AM | 4:23 PM | 9 h 38 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Shirakawa's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 2, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 27, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 19, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 17, June 15, July 14, August 13, September 11, October 11, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Shirakawa 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.