Sunrise & Sunset Times Today
Live sunrise, sunset, day length, solar noon, civil dusk and golden-hour times for any major city. Computed from astronomical formulas — no API call, no signup.
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How These Times Are Calculated
The page implements the standard NOAA Solar Calculator algorithm — given a date, latitude and longitude, it computes the Sun's declination and hour angle, then solves for sunrise (Sun's centre at 0.833° below horizon, accounting for atmospheric refraction and solar disc radius), solar noon, and sunset.
What Is Golden Hour?
Golden hour is the period shortly after sunrise and before sunset when the Sun is low in the sky and light is warm, soft and reddened. It's prized by photographers and filmmakers. We approximate it as the 60 minutes after sunrise and the 60 minutes before sunset; precise duration depends on latitude and season.
What Is Civil Dusk?
Civil dusk ends when the Sun is 6° below the horizon — the brightest stage of twilight, still bright enough to read outdoors. Nautical dusk ends at 12° below horizon (sailors can no longer take horizon-based star sights), and astronomical dusk at 18° below (sky is fully dark for stargazing).
What Is Solar Noon?
Solar noon is the moment the Sun crosses your local meridian — the apex of its daily arc. It almost never matches 12:00 PM civil time because of two effects:
- Time zones are political abstractions covering many degrees of longitude; only one longitude per zone has solar noon at exactly 12:00.
- The equation of time — Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt mean apparent solar noon shifts up to ±16 minutes throughout the year.
For nighttime astronomy plans, see our moon phase calendar.