Sunrise and Sunset in Grand Island, 2026
Day length at Grand Island runs from 9 h 14 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 08 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Grand Island: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:25 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:24 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 7:13 PM, 82° E
- MS Moonset 7:21 AM, 274° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:58 AM to 7:08 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:08 AM to 8:01 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:47 PM to 7:40 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:40 PM to 7:51 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 | 7:58 AM | 5:16 PM | 9 h 18 min | 7:56 AM | 5:30 PM | 9 h 34 min |
| February | 7:44 AM | 5:51 PM | 10 h 07 min | 7:27 AM | 6:08 PM | 10 h 41 min |
| March | 7:07 AM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 18 min | 7:45 AM | 7:40 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 7:17 AM | 7:58 PM | 12 h 41 min | 6:54 AM | 8:13 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| May | 6:31 AM | 8:30 PM | 13 h 59 min | 6:16 AM | 8:44 PM | 14 h 28 min |
| June | 6:04 AM | 8:59 PM | 14 h 55 min | 6:01 AM | 9:07 PM | 15 h 06 min |
| July | 6:05 AM | 9:09 PM | 15 h 04 min | 6:15 AM | 9:04 PM | 14 h 49 min |
| August | 6:30 AM | 8:49 PM | 14 h 19 min | 6:43 AM | 8:31 PM | 13 h 48 min |
| September | 7:00 AM | 8:06 PM | 13 h 06 min | 7:14 AM | 7:42 PM | 12 h 28 min |
| October | 7:30 AM | 7:15 PM | 11 h 45 min | 7:45 AM | 6:53 PM | 11 h 08 min |
| November | 7:04 AM | 5:29 PM | 10 h 25 min | 7:21 AM | 5:15 PM | 9 h 54 min |
| December | 7:39 AM | 5:06 PM | 9 h 27 min | 7:51 AM | 5:06 PM | 9 h 15 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Grand Island'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 Grand Island 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.