Sunrise and Sunset in Santa Catalina, 2026
Day length at Santa Catalina runs from 11 h 35 min at the winter solstice to 12 h 41 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Santa Catalina: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:37 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 5:42 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 5:21 PM, 88° E
- MS Moonset 4:58 AM, 269° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:17 AM to 5:25 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:25 AM to 6:05 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:15 PM to 5:55 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 5:55 PM to 6:03 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 | 6:04 AM | 5:40 PM | 11 h 36 min | 6:09 AM | 5:47 PM | 11 h 38 min |
| February | 6:10 AM | 5:54 PM | 11 h 44 min | 6:08 AM | 5:58 PM | 11 h 50 min |
| March | 6:03 AM | 5:59 PM | 11 h 56 min | 5:56 AM | 5:59 PM | 12 h 03 min |
| April | 5:46 AM | 5:59 PM | 12 h 13 min | 5:39 AM | 5:59 PM | 12 h 20 min |
| May | 5:32 AM | 5:59 PM | 12 h 27 min | 5:29 AM | 6:01 PM | 12 h 32 min |
| June | 5:27 AM | 6:05 PM | 12 h 38 min | 5:29 AM | 6:09 PM | 12 h 40 min |
| July | 5:33 AM | 6:12 PM | 12 h 39 min | 5:36 AM | 6:13 PM | 12 h 37 min |
| August | 5:39 AM | 6:11 PM | 12 h 32 min | 5:40 AM | 6:06 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| September | 5:40 AM | 5:57 PM | 12 h 17 min | 5:39 AM | 5:49 PM | 12 h 10 min |
| October | 5:37 AM | 5:39 PM | 12 h 02 min | 5:37 AM | 5:32 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| November | 5:38 AM | 5:26 PM | 11 h 48 min | 5:42 AM | 5:24 PM | 11 h 42 min |
| December | 5:49 AM | 5:26 PM | 11 h 37 min | 5:56 AM | 5:31 PM | 11 h 35 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Santa Catalina'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 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Santa Catalina 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.