Sunrise and sunset in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in January 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 27 min on January 1 to 10 h 11 min on January 31. Sunrise moves from 8:04 AM to 7:52 AM and sunset from 5:31 PM to 6:03 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Jan 17:34 AM8:04 AM5:31 PM6:01 PM4:49 PM7:08 PM9 h 27 minWaxing gibbous, 95%3:28 PM6:27 AM
Jan 27:34 AM8:04 AM5:32 PM6:02 PM4:50 PM7:08 PM9 h 28 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%4:35 PM7:37 AM
Jan 37:34 AM8:04 AM5:33 PM6:03 PM4:51 PM7:09 PM9 h 29 min+1.0 minFull moon 5:03 AM5:51 PM8:36 AM
Jan 47:34 AM8:04 AM5:34 PM6:04 PM4:52 PM7:10 PM9 h 30 min+1.0 minFull moon, 99%7:08 PM9:22 AM
Jan 57:34 AM8:04 AM5:35 PM6:05 PM4:53 PM7:11 PM9 h 31 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%8:23 PM9:58 AM
Jan 67:34 AM8:04 AM5:36 PM6:06 PM4:54 PM7:12 PM9 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 91%9:34 PM10:28 AM
Jan 77:34 AM8:04 AM5:37 PM6:07 PM4:55 PM7:12 PM9 h 33 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 84%10:41 PM10:52 AM
Jan 87:34 AM8:04 AM5:38 PM6:07 PM4:56 PM7:13 PM9 h 34 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 76%11:44 PM11:14 AM
Jan 97:34 AM8:04 AM5:39 PM6:08 PM4:57 PM7:14 PM9 h 35 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 66%11:35 AM
Jan 107:34 AM8:04 AM5:40 PM6:09 PM4:58 PM7:15 PM9 h 36 min+1.0 minLast quarter 10:48 AM12:46 AM11:57 AM
Jan 117:34 AM8:03 AM5:41 PM6:10 PM4:59 PM7:16 PM9 h 38 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 45%1:47 AM12:20 PM
Jan 127:33 AM8:03 AM5:42 PM6:11 PM5:01 PM7:17 PM9 h 39 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 34%2:49 AM12:46 PM
Jan 137:33 AM8:03 AM5:43 PM6:12 PM5:02 PM7:18 PM9 h 40 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 25%3:51 AM1:18 PM
Jan 147:33 AM8:02 AM5:44 PM6:13 PM5:03 PM7:19 PM9 h 42 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 16%4:52 AM1:56 PM
Jan 157:33 AM8:02 AM5:45 PM6:14 PM5:04 PM7:20 PM9 h 43 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 9%5:51 AM2:41 PM
Jan 167:32 AM8:02 AM5:46 PM6:15 PM5:05 PM7:21 PM9 h 44 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 4%6:45 AM3:34 PM
Jan 177:32 AM8:01 AM5:47 PM6:16 PM5:06 PM7:21 PM9 h 46 min+2.0 minNew moon, 1%7:33 AM4:35 PM
Jan 187:32 AM8:01 AM5:48 PM6:17 PM5:08 PM7:22 PM9 h 47 min+1.0 minNew moon 2:52 PM8:13 AM5:40 PM
Jan 197:31 AM8:00 AM5:49 PM6:19 PM5:09 PM7:23 PM9 h 49 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 1%8:47 AM6:46 PM
Jan 207:31 AM8:00 AM5:51 PM6:20 PM5:10 PM7:24 PM9 h 51 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 5%9:15 AM7:53 PM
Jan 217:30 AM7:59 AM5:52 PM6:21 PM5:11 PM7:25 PM9 h 53 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 10%9:41 AM9:00 PM
Jan 227:30 AM7:59 AM5:53 PM6:22 PM5:13 PM7:26 PM9 h 54 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 18%10:04 AM10:07 PM
Jan 237:29 AM7:58 AM5:54 PM6:23 PM5:14 PM7:27 PM9 h 56 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 27%10:26 AM11:15 PM
Jan 247:28 AM7:57 AM5:55 PM6:24 PM5:15 PM7:28 PM9 h 58 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 37%10:50 AM
Jan 257:28 AM7:57 AM5:56 PM6:25 PM5:17 PM7:29 PM9 h 59 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 11:48 PM11:16 AM12:24 AM
Jan 267:27 AM7:56 AM5:57 PM6:26 PM5:18 PM7:30 PM10 h 01 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 58%11:47 AM1:37 AM
Jan 277:26 AM7:55 AM5:59 PM6:27 PM5:19 PM7:31 PM10 h 04 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 68%12:26 PM2:53 AM
Jan 287:26 AM7:54 AM6:00 PM6:28 PM5:20 PM7:32 PM10 h 06 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 77%1:14 PM4:08 AM
Jan 297:25 AM7:54 AM6:01 PM6:29 PM5:22 PM7:33 PM10 h 07 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 86%2:15 PM5:19 AM
Jan 307:24 AM7:53 AM6:02 PM6:31 PM5:23 PM7:34 PM10 h 09 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 92%3:25 PM6:22 AM
Jan 317:23 AM7:52 AM6:03 PM6:32 PM5:24 PM7:35 PM10 h 11 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 97%4:41 PM7:12 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.