Sunrise and sunset times in Merchtem
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Merchtem, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Clocks go back one hour this Sunday, October 25, at 3:00 am (CEST → CET). From Sunday, sunrise and sunset come an hour earlier on the clock.
Thu, Oct 22ThuFri, Oct 23FriSat, Oct 24SatSun, Oct 25Sun 
Sunrise8:17 am8:19 am8:21 am7:22 am 
Sunset6:36 pm6:34 pm6:32 pm5:30 pm
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 1:07:03 pm
Night ends at 6:27 am6:27:28 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 7:44 am7:44:03 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 8:17:50 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:36:23 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 7:10 pm7:10:08 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:27 pm8:26:33 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 27.75° · Azimuth: 174.3° (S)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 18 minutes
5 hours, 29 minutes left for today's sunset in Merchtem
Moon set on Oct 22 at 3:32 am
Moon will rise on Oct 22 at 5:03 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (84%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 8:02 amTomorrow
October 23, 2026
Night ends at 6:29 am6:29:02 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 7:46 am7:45:40 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 8:19:32 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:34:25 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 7:08 pm7:08:14 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:25 pm8:24:42 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 10 hours, 14 minutes
Tomorrow will be 4 minutes shorter than today in Merchtem
Moon will set on Oct 23 at 4:48 am Moon will rise on Oct 23 at 5:16 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (94%)
- Merchtem, Flanders
- Latitude: 50.95129 (North)
- Longitude: 4.23197 (East)
- Time zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2)
Shortest day in Merchtem, Flanders
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 29 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 7 hours, 55 minutes.Longest day in Merchtem, Flanders
The longest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 16 hours, 32 minutes.
October 2026 - Merchtem, Flanders - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Merchtem.
All times are in Merchtem's time: Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) until October 25, 2026, and Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) from then on.
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 51 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Merchtem, Flanders - from 11 hours, 37 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 46 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | Sunrise Variation |
SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Sunset Variation |
Last LightEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar NoonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.7:10:29 am | 7:43:20 am | +1m 35s | 7:21:14 pm | -2m 14s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:54:01 pm | 11h 37m 54s | -3m 50s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:33:05 pm | 35.75° | 6:32:06 am | 8:32:16 pm | 5:52:46 am | 9:11:25 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 23m 42s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:33:15 am | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:12:04 am | 7:44:56 am | +1m 36s | 7:19:00 pm | -2m 14s | 7:51:47 pm | 11h 34m 4s | -3m 50s | 1:32:45 pm | 35.36° | 6:33:43 am | 8:30:00 pm | 5:54:31 am | 9:09:03 pm | 12h 27m 32s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:32:55 am | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:13:39 am | 7:46:32 am | +1m 36s | 7:16:46 pm | -2m 14s | 7:49:34 pm | 11h 30m 14s | -3m 50s | 1:32:26 pm | 34.98° | 6:35:21 am | 8:27:45 pm | 5:56:14 am | 9:06:42 pm | 12h 31m 22s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 3:25 pmLast quarter at 3:25 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
1:32:36 am | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:15:15 am | 7:48:08 am | +1m 36s | 7:14:33 pm | -2m 13s | 7:47:22 pm | 11h 26m 25s | -3m 50s | 1:32:07 pm | 34.59° | 6:36:58 am | 8:25:31 pm | 5:57:58 am | 9:04:22 pm | 12h 35m 12s | 🌘 (35%)Waning Crescent: 35% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:32:17 am | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:16:50 am | 7:49:45 am | +1m 37s | 7:12:20 pm | -2m 13s | 7:45:10 pm | 11h 22m 35s | -3m 49s | 1:31:48 pm | 34.21° | 6:38:36 am | 8:23:18 pm | 5:59:40 am | 9:02:04 pm | 12h 39m 2s | 🌘 (25%)Waning Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:57 am | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:18:25 am | 7:51:22 am | +1m 37s | 7:10:08 pm | -2m 12s | 7:42:59 pm | 11h 18m 46s | -3m 49s | 1:31:30 pm | 33.82° | 6:40:12 am | 8:21:06 pm | 6:01:22 am | 8:59:47 pm | 12h 42m 51s | 🌘 (16%)Waning Crescent: 16% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:39 am | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:20:01 am | 7:52:59 am | +1m 37s | 7:07:56 pm | -2m 12s | 7:40:49 pm | 11h 14m 57s | -3m 49s | 1:31:12 pm | 33.44° | 6:41:49 am | 8:18:55 pm | 6:03:04 am | 8:57:31 pm | 12h 46m 40s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:21 am | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:21:36 am | 7:54:36 am | +1m 37s | 7:05:45 pm | -2m 11s | 7:38:40 pm | 11h 11m 9s | -3m 49s | 1:30:54 pm | 33.06° | 6:43:25 am | 8:16:45 pm | 6:04:44 am | 8:55:17 pm | 12h 50m 29s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:03 am | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:23:12 am | 7:56:14 am | +1m 38s | 7:03:34 pm | -2m 11s | 7:36:31 pm | 11h 7m 20s | -3m 48s | 1:30:37 pm | 32.68° | 6:45:02 am | 8:14:36 pm | 6:06:25 am | 8:53:04 pm | 12h 54m 18s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:30:46 am | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:24:48 am | 7:57:52 am | +1m 38s | 7:01:24 pm | -2m 10s | 7:34:24 pm | 11h 3m 32s | -3m 48s | 1:30:20 pm | 32.30° | 6:46:38 am | 8:12:28 pm | 6:08:05 am | 8:50:53 pm | 12h 58m 6s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 5:50 pmNew moon at 5:50 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
1:30:28 am | 6.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:26:23 am | 7:59:30 am | +1m 38s | 6:59:14 pm | -2m 10s | 7:32:17 pm | 10h 59m 44s | -3m 48s | 1:30:04 pm | 31.92° | 6:48:14 am | 8:10:21 pm | 6:09:44 am | 8:48:43 pm | 13h 1m 54s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:30:12 am | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:27:59 am | 8:01:08 am | +1m 38s | 6:57:06 pm | -2m 8s | 7:30:11 pm | 10h 55m 58s | -3m 47s | 1:29:48 pm | 31.55° | 6:49:49 am | 8:08:15 pm | 6:11:23 am | 8:46:34 pm | 13h 5m 41s | 🌒 (5%)Waxing Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:56 am | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:29:35 am | 8:02:47 am | +1m 39s | 6:54:57 pm | -2m 9s | 7:28:06 pm | 10h 52m 10s | -3m 47s | 1:29:33 pm | 31.17° | 6:51:25 am | 8:06:11 pm | 6:13:01 am | 8:44:27 pm | 13h 9m 29s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:41 am | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:31:11 am | 8:04:26 am | +1m 39s | 6:52:50 pm | -2m 7s | 7:26:02 pm | 10h 48m 24s | -3m 46s | 1:29:18 pm | 30.80° | 6:53:00 am | 8:04:07 pm | 6:14:39 am | 8:42:21 pm | 13h 13m 16s | 🌒 (17%)Waxing Crescent: 17% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:25 am | 8.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:32:47 am | 8:06:06 am | +1m 40s | 6:50:44 pm | -2m 6s | 7:23:58 pm | 10h 44m 38s | -3m 46s | 1:29:04 pm | 30.43° | 6:54:35 am | 8:02:05 pm | 6:16:16 am | 8:40:17 pm | 13h 17m 1s | 🌒 (25%)Waxing Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:11 am | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:34:24 am | 8:07:45 am | +1m 39s | 6:48:38 pm | -2m 6s | 7:21:56 pm | 10h 40m 53s | -3m 45s | 1:28:50 pm | 30.06° | 6:56:10 am | 8:00:04 pm | 6:17:54 am | 8:38:14 pm | 13h 20m 47s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:57 am | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:36:00 am | 8:09:25 am | +1m 40s | 6:46:33 pm | -2m 5s | 7:19:55 pm | 10h 37m 8s | -3m 45s | 1:28:37 pm | 29.70° | 6:57:45 am | 7:58:05 pm | 6:19:30 am | 8:36:13 pm | 13h 24m 33s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:44 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:37:36 am | 8:11:06 am | +1m 41s | 6:44:29 pm | -2m 4s | 7:17:55 pm | 10h 33m 23s | -3m 44s | 1:28:24 pm | 29.33° | 6:59:20 am | 7:56:07 pm | 6:21:07 am | 8:34:14 pm | 13h 28m 17s | 🌓 (52%) First quarter at 6:12 pmFirst quarter at 6:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 52% illuminated |
1:28:30 am | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:39:13 am | 8:12:46 am | +1m 40s | 6:42:26 pm | -2m 3s | 7:15:57 pm | 10h 29m 40s | -3m 44s | 1:28:12 pm | 28.97° | 7:00:55 am | 7:54:10 pm | 6:22:42 am | 8:32:16 pm | 13h 32m 1s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:18 am | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:40:49 am | 8:14:27 am | +1m 41s | 6:40:24 pm | -2m 2s | 7:13:59 pm | 10h 25m 57s | -3m 43s | 1:28:01 pm | 28.61° | 7:02:29 am | 7:52:15 pm | 6:24:18 am | 8:30:20 pm | 13h 35m 44s | 🌔 (71%)Waxing Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:07 am | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:42:26 am | 8:16:08 am | +1m 41s | 6:38:23 pm | -2m 1s | 7:12:03 pm | 10h 22m 15s | -3m 42s | 1:27:50 pm | 28.26° | 7:04:04 am | 7:50:21 pm | 6:25:53 am | 8:28:25 pm | 13h 39m 27s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:55 am | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:44:03 am | 8:17:50 am | +1m 42s | 6:36:23 pm | -2m 0s | 7:10:08 pm | 10h 18m 33s | -3m 41s | 1:27:40 pm | 27.90° | 7:05:38 am | 7:48:28 pm | 6:27:28 am | 8:26:33 pm | 13h 43m 9s | 🌔 (87%)Waxing Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:45 am | 11.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:45:40 am | 8:19:32 am | +1m 42s | 6:34:25 pm | -1m 58s | 7:08:14 pm | 10h 14m 53s | -3m 41s | 1:27:30 pm | 27.55° | 7:07:12 am | 7:46:37 pm | 6:29:02 am | 8:24:42 pm | 13h 46m 49s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:34 am | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:47:17 am | 8:21:14 am | +1m 42s | 6:32:27 pm | -1m 58s | 7:06:21 pm | 10h 11m 13s | -3m 40s | 1:27:22 pm | 27.20° | 7:08:46 am | 7:44:48 pm | 6:30:36 am | 8:22:52 pm | 13h 50m 29s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:26 am | 11.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 6:48:54 am | 7:22:56 am | +1m 42son the clock: -58m 18s | 5:30:31 pm | -1m 56son the clock: -1h 1m 56s | 6:04:30 pm | 10h 7m 35s | -3m 39s | 12:27:14 pm | 26.86° | 6:10:20 am | 6:43:00 pm | 5:32:10 am | 7:21:05 pm | 13h 54m 7s | 🌔 (99.7%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:18 am | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:50:31 am | 7:24:38 am | +1m 42s | 5:28:35 pm | -1m 56s | 6:02:41 pm | 10h 3m 57s | -3m 38s | 12:27:06 pm | 26.52° | 6:11:54 am | 6:41:14 pm | 5:33:43 am | 7:19:19 pm | 13h 57m 46s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 5:11 amFull moon at 5:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
12:27:09 am | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:52:08 am | 7:26:21 am | +1m 43s | 5:26:42 pm | -1m 53s | 6:00:52 pm | 10h 0m 21s | -3m 37s | 12:27:00 pm | 26.18° | 6:13:28 am | 6:39:29 pm | 5:35:17 am | 7:17:35 pm | 14h 1m 22s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:27:03 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:53:45 am | 7:28:04 am | +1m 43s | 5:24:49 pm | -1m 53s | 5:59:06 pm | 9h 56m 45s | -3m 36s | 12:26:54 pm | 25.84° | 6:15:01 am | 6:37:46 pm | 5:36:49 am | 7:15:53 pm | 14h 4m 58s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:57 am | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:55:22 am | 7:29:47 am | +1m 43s | 5:22:58 pm | -1m 51s | 5:57:21 pm | 9h 53m 11s | -3m 34s | 12:26:49 pm | 25.51° | 6:16:34 am | 6:36:05 pm | 5:38:21 am | 7:14:13 pm | 14h 8m 32s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:52 am | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:56:59 am | 7:31:30 am | +1m 43s | 5:21:08 pm | -1m 50s | 5:55:37 pm | 9h 49m 38s | -3m 33s | 12:26:44 pm | 25.18° | 6:18:08 am | 6:34:25 pm | 5:39:53 am | 7:12:35 pm | 14h 12m 6s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:46 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:58:36 am | 7:33:14 am | +1m 44s | 5:19:20 pm | -1m 48s | 5:53:55 pm | 9h 46m 6s | -3m 32s | 12:26:41 pm | 24.86° | 6:19:40 am | 6:32:48 pm | 5:41:25 am | 7:10:59 pm | 14h 15m 37s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:43 am | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Merchtem, Flanders - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Merchtem, Flanders for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Merchtem, Flanders.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Merchtem
In Merchtem, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 17 at 5:28 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 31 at 8:46 am. The earliest sunset is on December 12 at 4:36 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 25 at 10:01 pm.
Merchtem gets 8h 37m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (16h 32m versus 7h 55m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 16m.
Merchtem Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Merchtem. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Merchtem.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 15° above the horizon (around Dec 23) and 61.2° (around Jun 20) in Merchtem. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Merchtem the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:26 and 12:57 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
Places near Merchtem, Flanders
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