Sunrise and Sunset in Louisville, 2026
Day length at Louisville runs from 9 h 58 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 21 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Louisville: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:47 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:47 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:41 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:40 AM, 273° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:22 AM to 6:32 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:32 AM to 7:20 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:15 PM to 7:02 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:02 PM to 7:12 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 | 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM | 10 h 00 min | 6:59 AM | 5:12 PM | 10 h 13 min |
| February | 6:52 AM | 5:28 PM | 10 h 36 min | 6:40 AM | 5:41 PM | 11 h 01 min |
| March | 6:24 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 h 29 min | 7:06 AM | 7:04 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:44 AM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 33 min | 6:26 AM | 7:27 PM | 13 h 01 min |
| May | 6:08 AM | 7:39 PM | 13 h 31 min | 5:57 AM | 7:49 PM | 13 h 52 min |
| June | 5:48 AM | 8:00 PM | 14 h 12 min | 5:47 AM | 8:07 PM | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 5:51 AM | 8:09 PM | 14 h 18 min | 5:58 AM | 8:06 PM | 14 h 08 min |
| August | 6:10 AM | 7:55 PM | 13 h 45 min | 6:19 AM | 7:42 PM | 13 h 23 min |
| September | 6:31 AM | 7:21 PM | 12 h 50 min | 6:40 AM | 7:02 PM | 12 h 22 min |
| October | 6:51 AM | 6:41 PM | 11 h 50 min | 7:01 AM | 6:23 PM | 11 h 22 min |
| November | 6:15 AM | 5:05 PM | 10 h 50 min | 6:27 AM | 4:54 PM | 10 h 27 min |
| December | 6:41 AM | 4:49 PM | 10 h 08 min | 6:52 AM | 4:51 PM | 9 h 59 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Louisville'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 Louisville 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.