Sunrise and Sunset in Grand Forks Air Force Base, 2026
Day length at Grand Forks Air Force Base runs from 8 h 22 min at the winter solstice to 16 h 03 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Grand Forks Air Force Base: light and direction
Tuesday, September 29
- SR Sunrise 7:26 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 7:13 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 8:10 PM, 55° NE
- MS Moonset 11:20 AM, 302° WNW
- Moon 89% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:55 AM to 7:07 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:07 AM to 8:07 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:32 PM to 7:31 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:31 PM to 7:43 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 | 8:19 AM | 4:47 PM | 8 h 28 min | 8:14 AM | 5:04 PM | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 7:57 AM | 5:30 PM | 9 h 33 min | 7:36 AM | 5:52 PM | 10 h 16 min |
| March | 7:10 AM | 6:14 PM | 11 h 04 min | 7:42 AM | 7:35 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 7:08 AM | 8:00 PM | 12 h 52 min | 6:40 AM | 8:20 PM | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 6:11 AM | 8:43 PM | 14 h 32 min | 5:51 AM | 9:02 PM | 15 h 11 min |
| June | 5:34 AM | 9:21 PM | 15 h 47 min | 5:30 AM | 9:31 PM | 16 h 01 min |
| July | 5:34 AM | 9:32 PM | 15 h 58 min | 5:46 AM | 9:24 PM | 15 h 38 min |
| August | 6:06 AM | 9:05 PM | 14 h 59 min | 6:25 AM | 8:42 PM | 14 h 17 min |
| September | 6:48 AM | 8:10 PM | 13 h 22 min | 7:07 AM | 7:42 PM | 12 h 35 min |
| October | 7:29 AM | 7:08 PM | 11 h 39 min | 7:49 AM | 6:41 PM | 10 h 52 min |
| November | 7:15 AM | 5:11 PM | 9 h 56 min | 7:36 AM | 4:52 PM | 9 h 16 min |
| December | 7:58 AM | 4:39 PM | 8 h 41 min | 8:13 AM | 4:37 PM | 8 h 24 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Grand Forks Air Force Base'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 Forks Air Force Base 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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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.