Sunrise and Sunset in Clay Center, 2026
Day length at Clay Center runs from 9 h 23 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 57 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Clay Center: light and direction
Friday, September 25
- SR Sunrise 7:19 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:20 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:46 PM, 91° E
- MS Moonset 6:09 AM, 265° W
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:52 AM to 7:03 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:03 AM to 7:55 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:45 PM to 7:37 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:37 PM to 7:47 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 | 7:49 AM | 5:16 PM | 9 h 27 min | 7:47 AM | 5:30 PM | 9 h 43 min |
| February | 7:36 AM | 5:49 PM | 10 h 13 min | 7:20 AM | 6:05 PM | 10 h 45 min |
| March | 7:01 AM | 6:21 PM | 11 h 20 min | 7:40 AM | 7:36 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 7:13 AM | 7:53 PM | 12 h 40 min | 6:51 AM | 8:06 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| May | 6:30 AM | 8:22 PM | 13 h 52 min | 6:15 AM | 8:36 PM | 14 h 21 min |
| June | 6:04 AM | 8:50 PM | 14 h 46 min | 6:01 AM | 8:57 PM | 14 h 56 min |
| July | 6:05 AM | 8:59 PM | 14 h 54 min | 6:14 AM | 8:54 PM | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 6:29 AM | 8:41 PM | 14 h 12 min | 6:41 AM | 8:24 PM | 13 h 43 min |
| September | 6:57 AM | 7:59 PM | 13 h 02 min | 7:10 AM | 7:37 PM | 12 h 27 min |
| October | 7:25 AM | 7:11 PM | 11 h 46 min | 7:38 AM | 6:49 PM | 11 h 11 min |
| November | 6:57 AM | 5:27 PM | 10 h 30 min | 7:12 AM | 5:13 PM | 10 h 01 min |
| December | 7:30 AM | 5:05 PM | 9 h 35 min | 7:41 AM | 5:06 PM | 9 h 25 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Clay Center's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 1, May 1, May 31, June 29, July 29, August 27, September 26, October 25, November 24, December 23
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 18, April 17, May 16, June 14, July 14, August 12, September 10, October 10, November 9, December 8
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Clay Center 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.