Sunrise and sunset in Des Moines

Des Moines Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in April 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 12 h 43 min on April 1 to 14 h 00 min on April 30. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 6:12 AM and sunset from 7:40 PM to 8:12 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
Apr 16:29 AM6:57 AM7:40 PM8:08 PM7:03 PM9:16 PM12 h 43 minFull moon 9:12 PM7:37 PM6:34 AM
Apr 26:27 AM6:56 AM7:41 PM8:09 PM7:04 PM9:17 PM12 h 45 min+2.0 minFull moon, 100%8:42 PM6:54 AM
Apr 36:26 AM6:54 AM7:42 PM8:10 PM7:05 PM9:18 PM12 h 48 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%9:47 PM7:16 AM
Apr 46:24 AM6:52 AM7:43 PM8:11 PM7:06 PM9:20 PM12 h 51 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%10:52 PM7:41 AM
Apr 56:22 AM6:51 AM7:44 PM8:13 PM7:07 PM9:21 PM12 h 53 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 88%11:56 PM8:10 AM
Apr 66:21 AM6:49 AM7:45 PM8:14 PM7:09 PM9:22 PM12 h 56 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 81%8:46 AM
Apr 76:19 AM6:47 AM7:46 PM8:15 PM7:10 PM9:24 PM12 h 59 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 72%12:57 AM9:28 AM
Apr 86:17 AM6:46 AM7:48 PM8:16 PM7:11 PM9:25 PM13 h 02 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 62%1:52 AM10:19 AM
Apr 96:16 AM6:44 AM7:49 PM8:17 PM7:12 PM9:27 PM13 h 05 min+3.0 minLast quarter 11:52 PM2:39 AM11:17 AM
Apr 106:14 AM6:42 AM7:50 PM8:18 PM7:13 PM9:28 PM13 h 08 min+3.0 minLast quarter, 41%3:18 AM12:21 PM
Apr 116:12 AM6:41 AM7:51 PM8:19 PM7:14 PM9:30 PM13 h 10 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 30%3:51 AM1:28 PM
Apr 126:11 AM6:39 AM7:52 PM8:21 PM7:15 PM9:31 PM13 h 13 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 21%4:19 AM2:36 PM
Apr 136:09 AM6:38 AM7:53 PM8:22 PM7:16 PM9:33 PM13 h 15 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 13%4:43 AM3:45 PM
Apr 146:07 AM6:36 AM7:54 PM8:23 PM7:17 PM9:34 PM13 h 18 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%5:05 AM4:56 PM
Apr 156:06 AM6:34 AM7:55 PM8:24 PM7:18 PM9:35 PM13 h 21 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:27 AM6:09 PM
Apr 166:04 AM6:33 AM7:56 PM8:25 PM7:19 PM9:37 PM13 h 23 min+2.0 minNew moon, 0%5:50 AM7:24 PM
Apr 176:02 AM6:31 AM7:57 PM8:26 PM7:20 PM9:38 PM13 h 26 min+3.0 minNew moon 6:53 AM6:16 AM8:44 PM
Apr 186:01 AM6:30 AM7:58 PM8:28 PM7:21 PM9:40 PM13 h 28 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%6:47 AM10:05 PM
Apr 195:59 AM6:28 AM8:00 PM8:29 PM7:22 PM9:42 PM13 h 32 min+4.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%7:26 AM11:26 PM
Apr 205:57 AM6:27 AM8:01 PM8:30 PM7:23 PM9:43 PM13 h 34 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%8:15 AM
Apr 215:56 AM6:25 AM8:02 PM8:31 PM7:24 PM9:45 PM13 h 37 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%9:16 AM12:39 AM
Apr 225:54 AM6:24 AM8:03 PM8:32 PM7:25 PM9:46 PM13 h 39 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 31%10:26 AM1:40 AM
Apr 235:53 AM6:22 AM8:04 PM8:33 PM7:26 PM9:48 PM13 h 42 min+3.0 minFirst quarter 9:32 PM11:41 AM2:28 AM
Apr 245:51 AM6:21 AM8:05 PM8:35 PM7:27 PM9:49 PM13 h 44 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 51%12:56 PM3:05 AM
Apr 255:50 AM6:19 AM8:06 PM8:36 PM7:28 PM9:51 PM13 h 47 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 62%2:08 PM3:34 AM
Apr 265:48 AM6:18 AM8:07 PM8:37 PM7:29 PM9:52 PM13 h 49 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 72%3:17 PM3:58 AM
Apr 275:47 AM6:17 AM8:08 PM8:38 PM7:30 PM9:54 PM13 h 51 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 81%4:23 PM4:19 AM
Apr 285:45 AM6:15 AM8:09 PM8:39 PM7:31 PM9:56 PM13 h 54 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%5:28 PM4:39 AM
Apr 295:44 AM6:14 AM8:10 PM8:41 PM7:32 PM9:57 PM13 h 56 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%6:32 PM4:59 AM
Apr 305:42 AM6:12 AM8:12 PM8:42 PM7:33 PM9:59 PM14 h 00 min+4.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%7:36 PM5:20 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.