Sunrise and Sunset in Grand Forks, 2026
Day length at Grand Forks runs from 8 h 23 min at the winter solstice to 16 h 02 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Grand Forks: light and direction
Friday, September 25
- SR Sunrise 7:19 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:19 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:46 PM, 91° E
- MS Moonset 6:04 AM, 264° W
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:48 AM to 7:00 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:39 PM to 7:38 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:38 PM to 7:50 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 | 8:18 AM | 4:46 PM | 8 h 28 min | 8:13 AM | 5:03 PM | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 7:55 AM | 5:29 PM | 9 h 34 min | 7:34 AM | 5:51 PM | 10 h 17 min |
| March | 7:09 AM | 6:13 PM | 11 h 04 min | 7:41 AM | 7:34 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 7:06 AM | 7:58 PM | 12 h 52 min | 6:39 AM | 8:19 PM | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 6:10 AM | 8:41 PM | 14 h 31 min | 5:49 AM | 9:00 PM | 15 h 11 min |
| June | 5:33 AM | 9:19 PM | 15 h 46 min | 5:28 AM | 9:29 PM | 16 h 01 min |
| July | 5:33 AM | 9:31 PM | 15 h 58 min | 5:45 AM | 9:23 PM | 15 h 38 min |
| August | 6:05 AM | 9:03 PM | 14 h 58 min | 6:23 AM | 8:41 PM | 14 h 18 min |
| September | 6:46 AM | 8:09 PM | 13 h 23 min | 7:05 AM | 7:40 PM | 12 h 35 min |
| October | 7:28 AM | 7:07 PM | 11 h 39 min | 7:48 AM | 6:39 PM | 10 h 51 min |
| November | 7:13 AM | 5:10 PM | 9 h 57 min | 7:34 AM | 4:50 PM | 9 h 16 min |
| December | 7:57 AM | 4:37 PM | 8 h 40 min | 8:11 AM | 4:36 PM | 8 h 25 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Grand Forks'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 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.