Sunrise and Sunset in Newcastle, 2026
Day length at Newcastle runs from 10 h 23 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 55 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Newcastle: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:45 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 5:58 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:54 PM, 86° E
- MS Moonset 5:21 AM, 271° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:22 AM to 5:31 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:31 AM to 6:16 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:27 PM to 6:13 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:13 PM to 6:22 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 | 5:08 AM | 7:00 PM | 13 h 52 min | 5:18 AM | 7:01 PM | 13 h 43 min |
| February | 5:32 AM | 6:55 PM | 13 h 23 min | 5:43 AM | 6:45 PM | 13 h 02 min |
| March | 5:53 AM | 6:32 PM | 12 h 39 min | 6:01 AM | 6:17 PM | 12 h 16 min |
| April | 6:10 AM | 5:58 PM | 11 h 48 min | 6:17 AM | 5:43 PM | 11 h 26 min |
| May | 6:26 AM | 5:28 PM | 11 h 02 min | 6:34 AM | 5:19 PM | 10 h 45 min |
| June | 6:43 AM | 5:13 PM | 10 h 30 min | 6:49 AM | 5:13 PM | 10 h 24 min |
| July | 6:52 AM | 5:17 PM | 10 h 25 min | 6:50 AM | 5:23 PM | 10 h 33 min |
| August | 6:42 AM | 5:31 PM | 10 h 49 min | 6:31 AM | 5:39 PM | 11 h 08 min |
| September | 6:14 AM | 5:47 PM | 11 h 33 min | 5:58 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| October | 5:40 AM | 6:01 PM | 12 h 21 min | 5:24 AM | 6:08 PM | 12 h 44 min |
| November | 5:09 AM | 6:19 PM | 13 h 10 min | 5:00 AM | 6:30 PM | 13 h 30 min |
| December | 4:56 AM | 6:42 PM | 13 h 46 min | 4:59 AM | 6:52 PM | 13 h 53 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Newcastle's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 16, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Newcastle 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.