Sunrise and Sunset in Cottage City, 2026
Day length at Cottage City runs from 9 h 26 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 55 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Cottage City: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:59 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:58 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:48 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:51 AM, 273° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:33 AM to 6:43 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:43 AM to 7:34 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:23 PM to 7:15 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:15 PM to 7:25 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 | 7:27 AM | 4:56 PM | 9 h 29 min | 7:25 AM | 5:10 PM | 9 h 45 min |
| February | 7:14 AM | 5:29 PM | 10 h 15 min | 6:59 AM | 5:45 PM | 10 h 46 min |
| March | 6:40 AM | 6:01 PM | 11 h 21 min | 7:19 AM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:52 AM | 7:31 PM | 12 h 39 min | 6:31 AM | 7:45 PM | 13 h 14 min |
| May | 6:10 AM | 8:01 PM | 13 h 51 min | 5:55 AM | 8:14 PM | 14 h 19 min |
| June | 5:44 AM | 8:28 PM | 14 h 44 min | 5:42 AM | 8:35 PM | 14 h 53 min |
| July | 5:46 AM | 8:37 PM | 14 h 51 min | 5:55 AM | 8:33 PM | 14 h 38 min |
| August | 6:09 AM | 8:19 PM | 14 h 10 min | 6:21 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| September | 6:37 AM | 7:38 PM | 13 h 01 min | 6:49 AM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 27 min |
| October | 7:04 AM | 6:50 PM | 11 h 46 min | 7:17 AM | 6:29 PM | 11 h 12 min |
| November | 6:35 AM | 5:07 PM | 10 h 32 min | 6:51 AM | 4:54 PM | 10 h 03 min |
| December | 7:08 AM | 4:46 PM | 9 h 38 min | 7:19 AM | 4:47 PM | 9 h 28 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Cottage City's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 1, May 1, May 31, June 29, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, 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 Cottage City 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.