Sunrise and Sunset in Minot Air Force Base, 2026
Day length at Minot Air Force Base runs from 8 h 18 min at the winter solstice to 16 h 07 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Minot Air Force Base: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:38 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:34 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 7:19 PM, 81° E
- MS Moonset 7:37 AM, 274° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 7:07 AM to 7:19 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:19 AM to 8:19 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:53 PM to 7:54 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:54 PM to 8:06 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 | 8:37 AM | 5:01 PM | 8 h 24 min | 8:32 AM | 5:18 PM | 8 h 46 min |
| February | 8:14 AM | 5:45 PM | 9 h 31 min | 7:52 AM | 6:07 PM | 10 h 15 min |
| March | 7:26 AM | 6:30 PM | 11 h 04 min | 7:58 AM | 7:51 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 7:23 AM | 8:16 PM | 12 h 53 min | 6:55 AM | 8:37 PM | 13 h 42 min |
| May | 6:26 AM | 9:00 PM | 14 h 34 min | 6:05 AM | 9:19 PM | 15 h 14 min |
| June | 5:48 AM | 9:39 PM | 15 h 51 min | 5:43 AM | 9:49 PM | 16 h 06 min |
| July | 5:48 AM | 9:50 PM | 16 h 02 min | 6:00 AM | 9:42 PM | 15 h 42 min |
| August | 6:20 AM | 9:22 PM | 15 h 02 min | 6:39 AM | 8:59 PM | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 7:03 AM | 8:27 PM | 13 h 24 min | 7:22 AM | 7:58 PM | 12 h 36 min |
| October | 7:45 AM | 7:24 PM | 11 h 39 min | 8:05 AM | 6:56 PM | 10 h 51 min |
| November | 7:31 AM | 5:26 PM | 9 h 55 min | 7:53 AM | 5:06 PM | 9 h 13 min |
| December | 8:16 AM | 4:53 PM | 8 h 37 min | 8:30 AM | 4:51 PM | 8 h 21 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Minot 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 Minot 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.