Sunrise and Sunset in Elwood, 2026
Day length at Elwood runs from 9 h 14 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 07 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Elwood: light and direction
Friday, September 25
- SR Sunrise 6:44 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:45 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:09 PM, 91° E
- MS Moonset 5:29 AM, 265° W
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:17 AM to 6:27 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:27 AM to 7:20 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:09 PM to 7:02 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:02 PM to 7:13 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 | 7:18 AM | 4:36 PM | 9 h 18 min | 7:16 AM | 4:50 PM | 9 h 34 min |
| February | 7:04 AM | 5:11 PM | 10 h 07 min | 6:47 AM | 5:28 PM | 10 h 41 min |
| March | 6:27 AM | 5:45 PM | 11 h 18 min | 7:05 AM | 7:00 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 6:37 AM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 41 min | 6:14 AM | 7:33 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| May | 5:52 AM | 7:50 PM | 13 h 58 min | 5:36 AM | 8:04 PM | 14 h 28 min |
| June | 5:24 AM | 8:19 PM | 14 h 55 min | 5:21 AM | 8:27 PM | 15 h 06 min |
| July | 5:26 AM | 8:29 PM | 15 h 03 min | 5:35 AM | 8:24 PM | 14 h 49 min |
| August | 5:50 AM | 8:09 PM | 14 h 19 min | 6:03 AM | 7:51 PM | 13 h 48 min |
| September | 6:20 AM | 7:26 PM | 13 h 06 min | 6:34 AM | 7:02 PM | 12 h 28 min |
| October | 6:50 AM | 6:35 PM | 11 h 45 min | 7:05 AM | 6:13 PM | 11 h 08 min |
| November | 6:24 AM | 4:49 PM | 10 h 25 min | 6:41 AM | 4:35 PM | 9 h 54 min |
| December | 6:58 AM | 4:26 PM | 9 h 28 min | 7:11 AM | 4:26 PM | 9 h 15 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Elwood'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 Elwood 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.