Sunrise and sunset in Rapid City

Rapid City Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in February 2026

Local time (EST)

Day length goes from 9 h 50 min on February 1 to 11 h 08 min on February 28. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 7:20 AM and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:28 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
Feb 17:29 AM8:00 AM5:50 PM6:21 PM5:06 PM7:30 PM9 h 50 minFull moon 5:10 PM5:39 PM8:06 AM
Feb 27:28 AM7:59 AM5:51 PM6:22 PM5:08 PM7:31 PM9 h 52 min+2.0 minFull moon, 100%6:58 PM8:34 AM
Feb 37:27 AM7:58 AM5:52 PM6:23 PM5:09 PM7:33 PM9 h 54 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%8:13 PM8:56 AM
Feb 47:26 AM7:57 AM5:54 PM6:25 PM5:11 PM7:34 PM9 h 57 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%9:24 PM9:14 AM
Feb 57:25 AM7:56 AM5:55 PM6:26 PM5:13 PM7:35 PM9 h 59 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 88%10:32 PM9:32 AM
Feb 67:23 AM7:54 AM5:57 PM6:28 PM5:14 PM7:36 PM10 h 03 min+4.0 minWaning gibbous, 80%11:40 PM9:49 AM
Feb 77:22 AM7:53 AM5:58 PM6:29 PM5:16 PM7:38 PM10 h 05 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 71%10:08 AM
Feb 87:21 AM7:52 AM6:00 PM6:30 PM5:17 PM7:39 PM10 h 08 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 61%12:47 AM10:29 AM
Feb 97:20 AM7:50 AM6:01 PM6:32 PM5:19 PM7:40 PM10 h 11 min+3.0 minLast quarter 7:43 AM1:54 AM10:54 AM
Feb 107:18 AM7:49 AM6:02 PM6:33 PM5:21 PM7:41 PM10 h 13 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 40%3:00 AM11:25 AM
Feb 117:17 AM7:47 AM6:04 PM6:34 PM5:22 PM7:43 PM10 h 17 min+4.0 minWaning crescent, 30%4:03 AM12:05 PM
Feb 127:16 AM7:46 AM6:05 PM6:36 PM5:24 PM7:44 PM10 h 19 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 21%5:00 AM12:55 PM
Feb 137:14 AM7:45 AM6:07 PM6:37 PM5:25 PM7:45 PM10 h 22 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 13%5:49 AM1:54 PM
Feb 147:13 AM7:43 AM6:08 PM6:38 PM5:27 PM7:47 PM10 h 25 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 7%6:29 AM3:00 PM
Feb 157:11 AM7:42 AM6:10 PM6:40 PM5:28 PM7:48 PM10 h 28 min+3.0 minWaning crescent, 2%7:01 AM4:11 PM
Feb 167:10 AM7:40 AM6:11 PM6:41 PM5:30 PM7:49 PM10 h 31 min+3.0 minNew moon, 0%7:28 AM5:24 PM
Feb 177:09 AM7:38 AM6:12 PM6:42 PM5:31 PM7:50 PM10 h 34 min+3.0 minNew moon 7:01 AM7:50 AM6:37 PM
Feb 187:07 AM7:37 AM6:14 PM6:44 PM5:33 PM7:52 PM10 h 37 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:10 AM7:51 PM
Feb 197:06 AM7:35 AM6:15 PM6:45 PM5:34 PM7:53 PM10 h 40 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%8:28 AM9:05 PM
Feb 207:04 AM7:34 AM6:17 PM6:46 PM5:36 PM7:54 PM10 h 43 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 14%8:47 AM10:20 PM
Feb 217:02 AM7:32 AM6:18 PM6:48 PM5:38 PM7:56 PM10 h 46 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 22%9:08 AM11:38 PM
Feb 227:01 AM7:30 AM6:19 PM6:49 PM5:39 PM7:57 PM10 h 49 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 31%9:33 AM
Feb 236:59 AM7:29 AM6:21 PM6:50 PM5:41 PM7:58 PM10 h 52 min+3.0 minFirst quarter, 41%10:04 AM12:58 AM
Feb 246:58 AM7:27 AM6:22 PM6:52 PM5:42 PM8:00 PM10 h 55 min+3.0 minFirst quarter 7:28 AM10:44 AM2:18 AM
Feb 256:56 AM7:25 AM6:23 PM6:53 PM5:43 PM8:01 PM10 h 58 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 62%11:36 AM3:32 AM
Feb 266:54 AM7:24 AM6:25 PM6:54 PM5:45 PM8:02 PM11 h 01 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 72%12:42 PM4:36 AM
Feb 276:53 AM7:22 AM6:26 PM6:56 PM5:46 PM8:04 PM11 h 04 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 81%1:58 PM5:27 AM
Feb 286:51 AM7:20 AM6:28 PM6:57 PM5:48 PM8:05 PM11 h 08 min+4.0 minWaxing gibbous, 89%3:17 PM6:05 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.