Sunrise and Sunset in San Carlos, 2026
Day length at San Carlos runs from 9 h 49 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 30 min at the summer solstice.
Today at San Carlos: light and direction
Friday, September 25
- SR Sunrise 6:25 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:38 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:47 PM, 91° E
- MS Moonset 5:40 AM, 265° W
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:00 AM to 6:09 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:09 AM to 6:58 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:05 PM to 6:54 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:54 PM to 7:04 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 | 5:30 AM | 7:56 PM | 14 h 26 min | 5:42 AM | 7:56 PM | 14 h 14 min |
| February | 6:00 AM | 7:46 PM | 13 h 46 min | 6:14 AM | 7:33 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| March | 6:27 AM | 7:16 PM | 12 h 49 min | 6:39 AM | 6:58 PM | 12 h 19 min |
| April | 6:52 AM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 42 min | 7:03 AM | 6:16 PM | 11 h 13 min |
| May | 7:16 AM | 5:57 PM | 10 h 41 min | 7:27 AM | 5:45 PM | 10 h 18 min |
| June | 7:38 AM | 5:36 PM | 9 h 58 min | 7:45 AM | 5:35 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| July | 7:48 AM | 5:39 PM | 9 h 51 min | 7:45 AM | 5:47 PM | 10 h 02 min |
| August | 7:34 AM | 5:59 PM | 10 h 25 min | 7:20 AM | 6:09 PM | 10 h 49 min |
| September | 6:59 AM | 6:21 PM | 11 h 22 min | 6:39 AM | 6:31 PM | 11 h 52 min |
| October | 6:16 AM | 6:43 PM | 12 h 27 min | 5:57 AM | 6:54 PM | 12 h 57 min |
| November | 5:38 AM | 7:09 PM | 13 h 31 min | 5:26 AM | 7:23 PM | 13 h 57 min |
| December | 5:19 AM | 7:38 PM | 14 h 19 min | 5:21 AM | 7:49 PM | 14 h 28 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in San Carlos's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 1, May 1, May 31, June 29, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 23
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 18, April 17, May 16, June 14, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 8
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at San Carlos 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.