Sunrise and Sunset in Cambridge, 2026
Day length at Cambridge runs from 9 h 32 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 48 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Cambridge: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:02 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:18 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:49 PM, 88° E
- MS Moonset 5:28 AM, 268° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:36 AM to 5:46 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:46 AM to 6:37 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:43 PM to 6:34 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:34 PM to 6:44 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 | 5:59 AM | 8:44 PM | 14 h 45 min | 6:12 AM | 8:42 PM | 14 h 30 min |
| February | 6:31 AM | 8:32 PM | 14 h 01 min | 6:47 AM | 8:17 PM | 13 h 30 min |
| March | 7:02 AM | 7:59 PM | 12 h 57 min | 7:16 AM | 7:38 PM | 12 h 22 min |
| April | 7:32 AM | 7:12 PM | 11 h 40 min | 6:44 AM | 5:52 PM | 11 h 08 min |
| May | 6:59 AM | 5:31 PM | 10 h 32 min | 7:11 AM | 5:18 PM | 10 h 07 min |
| June | 7:24 AM | 5:07 PM | 9 h 43 min | 7:32 AM | 5:05 PM | 9 h 33 min |
| July | 7:35 AM | 5:09 PM | 9 h 34 min | 7:31 AM | 5:18 PM | 9 h 47 min |
| August | 7:19 AM | 5:31 PM | 10 h 12 min | 7:04 AM | 5:42 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| September | 6:41 AM | 5:57 PM | 11 h 16 min | 6:19 AM | 6:08 PM | 11 h 49 min |
| October | 6:55 AM | 7:22 PM | 12 h 27 min | 6:34 AM | 7:35 PM | 13 h 01 min |
| November | 6:12 AM | 7:52 PM | 13 h 40 min | 5:58 AM | 8:08 PM | 14 h 10 min |
| December | 5:50 AM | 8:25 PM | 14 h 35 min | 5:50 AM | 8:36 PM | 14 h 46 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Cambridge's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 4, April 2, May 2, May 31, June 30, July 30, August 28, September 27, October 26, November 25, December 24
- New moons
- January 19, February 18, 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 Cambridge 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.