Sunrise and Sunset in Lafayette Parish, 2026
Day length at Lafayette Parish runs from 10 h 12 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 06 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Lafayette Parish: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:59 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:00 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:55 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:52 AM, 273° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:35 AM to 6:44 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:44 AM to 7:31 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:28 PM to 7:14 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:14 PM to 7:24 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 | 7:05 AM | 5:19 PM | 10 h 14 min | 7:05 AM | 5:30 PM | 10 h 25 min |
| February | 6:59 AM | 5:45 PM | 10 h 46 min | 6:48 AM | 5:57 PM | 11 h 09 min |
| March | 6:34 AM | 6:07 PM | 11 h 33 min | 7:18 AM | 7:17 PM | 11 h 59 min |
| April | 6:57 AM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 30 min | 6:41 AM | 7:36 PM | 12 h 55 min |
| May | 6:25 AM | 7:46 PM | 13 h 21 min | 6:14 AM | 7:55 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| June | 6:07 AM | 8:05 PM | 13 h 58 min | 6:06 AM | 8:11 PM | 14 h 05 min |
| July | 6:10 AM | 8:14 PM | 14 h 04 min | 6:17 AM | 8:11 PM | 13 h 54 min |
| August | 6:27 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 35 min | 6:35 AM | 7:50 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| September | 6:45 AM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 46 min | 6:53 AM | 7:13 PM | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 7:02 AM | 6:53 PM | 11 h 51 min | 7:10 AM | 6:37 PM | 11 h 27 min |
| November | 6:22 AM | 5:21 PM | 10 h 59 min | 6:34 AM | 5:12 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| December | 6:47 AM | 5:08 PM | 10 h 21 min | 6:57 AM | 5:10 PM | 10 h 13 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Lafayette Parish'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 Lafayette Parish 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.