Sunrise and Sunset in Motosu, 2026
Day length at Motosu runs from 9 h 45 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 34 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Motosu: light and direction
Monday, September 28
- SR Sunrise 5:45 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 5:42 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:16 PM, 72° ENE
- MS Moonset 7:09 AM, 284° WNW
- Moon 97% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:20 AM to 5:30 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:30 AM to 6:19 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:09 PM to 5:58 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 5:58 PM to 6:08 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 | 7:02 AM | 4:51 PM | 9 h 49 min | 7:02 AM | 5:03 PM | 10 h 01 min |
| February | 6:53 AM | 5:21 PM | 10 h 28 min | 6:40 AM | 5:35 PM | 10 h 55 min |
| March | 6:24 AM | 5:48 PM | 11 h 24 min | 6:05 AM | 6:00 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 5:41 AM | 6:14 PM | 12 h 33 min | 5:21 AM | 6:26 PM | 13 h 05 min |
| May | 5:02 AM | 6:39 PM | 13 h 37 min | 4:49 AM | 6:51 PM | 14 h 02 min |
| June | 4:39 AM | 7:03 PM | 14 h 24 min | 4:37 AM | 7:10 PM | 14 h 33 min |
| July | 4:41 AM | 7:13 PM | 14 h 32 min | 4:49 AM | 7:09 PM | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 5:01 AM | 6:58 PM | 13 h 57 min | 5:12 AM | 6:43 PM | 13 h 31 min |
| September | 5:25 AM | 6:21 PM | 12 h 56 min | 5:36 AM | 6:01 PM | 12 h 25 min |
| October | 5:48 AM | 5:38 PM | 11 h 50 min | 5:59 AM | 5:19 PM | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 6:15 AM | 4:59 PM | 10 h 44 min | 6:28 AM | 4:47 PM | 10 h 19 min |
| December | 6:44 AM | 4:41 PM | 9 h 57 min | 6:55 AM | 4:42 PM | 9 h 47 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Motosu'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 Motosu 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.