Sunrise and Sunset in Gatchina, 2026
Day length at Gatchina runs from 6 h 00 min at the winter solstice to 18 h 43 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Gatchina: light and direction
Monday, September 28
- SR Sunrise 6:57 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:42 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 6:22 PM, 58° ENE
- MS Moonset 9:36 AM, 298° WNW
- Moon 96% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:16 AM to 6:32 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:32 AM to 7:52 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:47 PM to 7:07 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:07 PM to 7:22 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 | 9:58 AM | 4:08 PM | 6 h 10 min | 9:44 AM | 4:34 PM | 6 h 50 min |
| February | 9:11 AM | 5:16 PM | 8 h 05 min | 8:36 AM | 5:52 PM | 9 h 16 min |
| March | 7:57 AM | 6:27 PM | 10 h 30 min | 7:17 AM | 7:02 PM | 11 h 45 min |
| April | 6:26 AM | 7:42 PM | 13 h 16 min | 5:45 AM | 8:16 PM | 14 h 31 min |
| May | 5:00 AM | 8:55 PM | 15 h 55 min | 4:25 AM | 9:28 PM | 17 h 03 min |
| June | 3:53 AM | 10:03 PM | 18 h 10 min | 3:40 AM | 10:20 PM | 18 h 40 min |
| July | 3:46 AM | 10:20 PM | 18 h 34 min | 4:07 AM | 10:03 PM | 17 h 56 min |
| August | 4:43 AM | 9:27 PM | 16 h 44 min | 5:15 AM | 8:51 PM | 15 h 36 min |
| September | 5:55 AM | 8:02 PM | 14 h 07 min | 6:27 AM | 7:21 PM | 12 h 54 min |
| October | 7:04 AM | 6:33 PM | 11 h 29 min | 7:38 AM | 5:52 PM | 10 h 14 min |
| November | 8:19 AM | 5:06 PM | 8 h 47 min | 8:55 AM | 4:33 PM | 7 h 38 min |
| December | 9:31 AM | 4:06 PM | 6 h 35 min | 9:53 AM | 3:56 PM | 6 h 03 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Gatchina's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, 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 Gatchina 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.