Sunrise and sunset in Earth

Earth Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in April 2026

Local time (CDT)

Day length goes from 12 h 34 min on April 1 to 13 h 32 min on April 30. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:01 AM and sunset from 8:11 PM to 8:33 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Apr 17:11 AM7:37 AM8:11 PM8:36 PM7:37 PM9:36 PM12 h 34 minFull moon 9:12 PM8:07 PM7:13 AM
Apr 27:10 AM7:35 AM8:11 PM8:37 PM7:38 PM9:37 PM12 h 36 min+2.0 minFull moon, 100%9:07 PM7:38 AM
Apr 37:09 AM7:34 AM8:12 PM8:38 PM7:39 PM9:38 PM12 h 38 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 98%10:07 PM8:06 AM
Apr 47:07 AM7:33 AM8:13 PM8:38 PM7:40 PM9:39 PM12 h 40 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 94%11:07 PM8:35 AM
Apr 57:06 AM7:31 AM8:14 PM8:39 PM7:40 PM9:40 PM12 h 43 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 88%9:09 AM
Apr 67:05 AM7:30 AM8:14 PM8:40 PM7:41 PM9:41 PM12 h 44 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 81%12:07 AM9:49 AM
Apr 77:03 AM7:29 AM8:15 PM8:41 PM7:42 PM9:42 PM12 h 46 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 72%1:05 AM10:34 AM
Apr 87:02 AM7:27 AM8:16 PM8:42 PM7:43 PM9:43 PM12 h 49 min+3.0 minWaning gibbous, 62%1:59 AM11:25 AM
Apr 97:00 AM7:26 AM8:17 PM8:42 PM7:43 PM9:44 PM12 h 51 min+2.0 minLast quarter 11:52 PM2:47 AM12:22 PM
Apr 106:59 AM7:25 AM8:18 PM8:43 PM7:44 PM9:45 PM12 h 53 min+2.0 minLast quarter, 41%3:29 AM1:22 PM
Apr 116:58 AM7:23 AM8:18 PM8:44 PM7:45 PM9:46 PM12 h 55 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 30%4:06 AM2:24 PM
Apr 126:56 AM7:22 AM8:19 PM8:45 PM7:46 PM9:47 PM12 h 57 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 21%4:39 AM3:27 PM
Apr 136:55 AM7:21 AM8:20 PM8:46 PM7:46 PM9:48 PM12 h 59 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 13%5:08 AM4:30 PM
Apr 146:54 AM7:20 AM8:21 PM8:46 PM7:47 PM9:49 PM13 h 01 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 7%5:36 AM5:35 PM
Apr 156:53 AM7:18 AM8:21 PM8:47 PM7:48 PM9:50 PM13 h 03 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 3%6:04 AM6:42 PM
Apr 166:51 AM7:17 AM8:22 PM8:48 PM7:49 PM9:51 PM13 h 05 min+2.0 minNew moon, 0%6:33 AM7:51 PM
Apr 176:50 AM7:16 AM8:23 PM8:49 PM7:49 PM9:52 PM13 h 07 min+2.0 minNew moon 6:53 AM7:05 AM9:04 PM
Apr 186:49 AM7:15 AM8:24 PM8:50 PM7:50 PM9:53 PM13 h 09 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%7:42 AM10:20 PM
Apr 196:47 AM7:13 AM8:25 PM8:51 PM7:51 PM9:54 PM13 h 12 min+3.0 minWaxing crescent, 7%8:26 AM11:36 PM
Apr 206:46 AM7:12 AM8:25 PM8:51 PM7:51 PM9:55 PM13 h 13 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 13%9:19 AM
Apr 216:45 AM7:11 AM8:26 PM8:52 PM7:52 PM9:56 PM13 h 15 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 21%10:22 AM12:47 AM
Apr 226:44 AM7:10 AM8:27 PM8:53 PM7:53 PM9:57 PM13 h 17 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 31%11:31 AM1:49 AM
Apr 236:42 AM7:09 AM8:28 PM8:54 PM7:54 PM9:58 PM13 h 19 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 9:32 PM12:41 PM2:40 AM
Apr 246:41 AM7:08 AM8:28 PM8:55 PM7:54 PM9:59 PM13 h 20 min+1.0 minFirst quarter, 51%1:51 PM3:22 AM
Apr 256:40 AM7:06 AM8:29 PM8:56 PM7:55 PM10:00 PM13 h 23 min+3.0 minWaxing gibbous, 62%2:57 PM3:56 AM
Apr 266:39 AM7:05 AM8:30 PM8:57 PM7:56 PM10:01 PM13 h 25 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 72%4:00 PM4:25 AM
Apr 276:38 AM7:04 AM8:31 PM8:57 PM7:57 PM10:03 PM13 h 27 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 81%5:00 PM4:52 AM
Apr 286:37 AM7:03 AM8:32 PM8:58 PM7:57 PM10:04 PM13 h 29 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 88%6:00 PM5:17 AM
Apr 296:35 AM7:02 AM8:32 PM8:59 PM7:58 PM10:05 PM13 h 30 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 94%6:58 PM5:42 AM
Apr 306:34 AM7:01 AM8:33 PM9:00 PM7:59 PM10:06 PM13 h 32 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%7:58 PM6:08 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.