Sunrise and Sunset in Virginia City, 2026
Day length at Virginia City runs from 8 h 44 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 40 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Virginia City: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:20 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:17 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 7:05 PM, 81° E
- MS Moonset 7:20 AM, 274° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:51 AM to 7:02 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:02 AM to 7:59 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:38 PM to 7:35 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:35 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 | 8:07 AM | 4:56 PM | 8 h 49 min | 8:03 AM | 5:12 PM | 9 h 09 min |
| February | 7:48 AM | 5:35 PM | 9 h 47 min | 7:29 AM | 5:56 PM | 10 h 27 min |
| March | 7:06 AM | 6:15 PM | 11 h 09 min | 7:40 AM | 7:34 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 7:08 AM | 7:56 PM | 12 h 48 min | 6:42 AM | 8:14 PM | 13 h 32 min |
| May | 6:16 AM | 8:34 PM | 14 h 18 min | 5:58 AM | 8:51 PM | 14 h 53 min |
| June | 5:43 AM | 9:09 PM | 15 h 26 min | 5:39 AM | 9:18 PM | 15 h 39 min |
| July | 5:44 AM | 9:19 PM | 15 h 35 min | 5:55 AM | 9:13 PM | 15 h 18 min |
| August | 6:13 AM | 8:55 PM | 14 h 42 min | 6:29 AM | 8:35 PM | 14 h 06 min |
| September | 6:50 AM | 8:05 PM | 13 h 15 min | 7:07 AM | 7:38 PM | 12 h 31 min |
| October | 7:26 AM | 7:08 PM | 11 h 42 min | 7:44 AM | 6:42 PM | 10 h 58 min |
| November | 7:07 AM | 5:15 PM | 10 h 08 min | 7:26 AM | 4:58 PM | 9 h 32 min |
| December | 7:47 AM | 4:47 PM | 9 h 00 min | 8:00 AM | 4:46 PM | 8 h 46 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Virginia City'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 Virginia 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.