Sunrise and Sunset in Scotland, 2026
Day length at Scotland runs from 8 h 59 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 23 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Scotland: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 7:23 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 7:21 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 7:09 PM, 82° E
- MS Moonset 7:19 AM, 274° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:54 AM to 7:05 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:05 AM to 8:00 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:43 PM to 7:38 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:38 PM to 7:49 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 | 8:03 AM | 5:07 PM | 9 h 04 min | 8:00 AM | 5:21 PM | 9 h 21 min |
| February | 7:46 AM | 5:43 PM | 9 h 57 min | 7:28 AM | 6:02 PM | 10 h 34 min |
| March | 7:07 AM | 6:20 PM | 11 h 13 min | 7:43 AM | 7:37 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 7:13 AM | 7:57 PM | 12 h 44 min | 6:49 AM | 8:14 PM | 13 h 25 min |
| May | 6:24 AM | 8:32 PM | 14 h 08 min | 6:07 AM | 8:48 PM | 14 h 41 min |
| June | 5:54 AM | 9:04 PM | 15 h 10 min | 5:51 AM | 9:12 PM | 15 h 21 min |
| July | 5:55 AM | 9:14 PM | 15 h 19 min | 6:05 AM | 9:08 PM | 15 h 03 min |
| August | 6:21 AM | 8:52 PM | 14 h 31 min | 6:37 AM | 8:33 PM | 13 h 56 min |
| September | 6:55 AM | 8:06 PM | 13 h 11 min | 7:11 AM | 7:41 PM | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 7:28 AM | 7:12 PM | 11 h 44 min | 7:45 AM | 6:48 PM | 11 h 03 min |
| November | 7:06 AM | 5:22 PM | 10 h 16 min | 7:24 AM | 5:07 PM | 9 h 43 min |
| December | 7:43 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 14 min | 7:56 AM | 4:56 PM | 9 h 00 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Scotland'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 Scotland 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.