Sunrise and Sunset in Valley City, 2026
Day length at Valley City runs from 8 h 31 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 54 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Valley City: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:24 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:21 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 7:07 PM, 81° E
- MS Moonset 7:22 AM, 274° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:54 AM to 7:06 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:06 AM to 8:05 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:41 PM to 7:40 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:40 PM to 7:52 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 | 4:54 PM | 8 h 36 min | 8:13 AM | 5:10 PM | 8 h 57 min |
| February | 7:57 AM | 5:35 PM | 9 h 38 min | 7:36 AM | 5:57 PM | 10 h 21 min |
| March | 7:12 AM | 6:18 PM | 11 h 06 min | 7:45 AM | 7:38 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 7:11 AM | 8:02 PM | 12 h 51 min | 6:44 AM | 8:21 PM | 13 h 37 min |
| May | 6:16 AM | 8:43 PM | 14 h 27 min | 5:57 AM | 9:01 PM | 15 h 04 min |
| June | 5:41 AM | 9:19 PM | 15 h 38 min | 5:37 AM | 9:29 PM | 15 h 52 min |
| July | 5:41 AM | 9:30 PM | 15 h 49 min | 5:53 AM | 9:23 PM | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 6:12 AM | 9:04 PM | 14 h 52 min | 6:30 AM | 8:42 PM | 14 h 12 min |
| September | 6:52 AM | 8:11 PM | 13 h 19 min | 7:10 AM | 7:44 PM | 12 h 34 min |
| October | 7:31 AM | 7:11 PM | 11 h 40 min | 7:50 AM | 6:45 PM | 10 h 55 min |
| November | 7:15 AM | 5:16 PM | 10 h 01 min | 7:35 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 22 min |
| December | 7:57 AM | 4:45 PM | 8 h 48 min | 8:11 AM | 4:44 PM | 8 h 33 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Valley City'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 Valley City 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.