Sunrise and sunset times in Carstairs
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Carstairs, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Clocks do not go back on Sunday, November 1: the time here stays UTC−6 all year from now on.
Today
October 23, 2026. Current time: 7:37:33 am
Night ends at 6:23 am6:22:36 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 7:40 am7:40:16 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: 8:14:39 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: 6:25:50 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 7:00 pm7:00:09 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:18 pm8:17:40 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: -6.42° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 100.5° (E)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 11 minutes
37 minutes left until today's sunrise in Carstairs
Moonset: 5:07 am
Moonrise: 5:13 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (92%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 10:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 1:02 amTomorrow
October 24, 2026
Night ends at 6:24 am6:24:12 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 7:42 am7:41:56 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: 8:16:24 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: 6:23:50 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 6:58 pm6:58:15 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:16 pm8:15:49 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, 7 minutes
Tomorrow will be 4 minutes shorter than today in Carstairs
Moonset: 6:28 am Moonrise: 5:26 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (99%)
- Carstairs, Alberta
- Latitude: 51.564941 (North)
- Longitude: -114.098595 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6), no clock changes since 2026
Shortest day in Carstairs, Alberta
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 28 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 7 hours, 49 minutes.Longest day in Carstairs, Alberta
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, 39 minutes.
October 2026 - Carstairs, Alberta - 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 Carstairs.
All times are in Carstairs's time: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 55 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Carstairs, Alberta - from 11 hours, 36 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 41 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.7:04:10 am | 7:37:29 am | +1m 38s | 7:13:30 pm | -2m 17s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:46:44 pm | 11h 36m 1s | -3m 55s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:25:58 pm | 35.01° | 6:25:16 am | 8:25:30 pm | 5:45:24 am | 9:05:11 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 25m 37s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:08 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:05:48 am | 7:39:07 am | +1m 38s | 7:11:14 pm | -2m 16s | 7:44:28 pm | 11h 32m 7s | -3m 55s | 1:25:39 pm | 34.62° | 6:26:57 am | 8:23:11 pm | 5:47:11 am | 9:02:47 pm | 12h 29m 32s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:49 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:07:26 am | 7:40:46 am | +1m 39s | 7:08:58 pm | -2m 16s | 7:42:12 pm | 11h 28m 12s | -3m 55s | 1:25:20 pm | 34.24° | 6:28:37 am | 8:20:54 pm | 5:48:58 am | 9:00:23 pm | 12h 33m 27s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 7:25 amLast quarter at 7:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
1:25:30 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:09:04 am | 7:42:25 am | +1m 39s | 7:06:42 pm | -2m 16s | 7:39:58 pm | 11h 24m 17s | -3m 55s | 1:25:01 pm | 33.85° | 6:30:17 am | 8:18:38 pm | 5:50:44 am | 8:58:01 pm | 12h 37m 22s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:10 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:10:42 am | 7:44:04 am | +1m 39s | 7:04:27 pm | -2m 15s | 7:37:44 pm | 11h 20m 23s | -3m 54s | 1:24:43 pm | 33.47° | 6:31:57 am | 8:16:22 pm | 5:52:29 am | 8:55:40 pm | 12h 41m 16s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:52 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:12:20 am | 7:45:43 am | +1m 39s | 7:02:12 pm | -2m 15s | 7:35:31 pm | 11h 16m 29s | -3m 54s | 1:24:25 pm | 33.08° | 6:33:36 am | 8:14:08 pm | 5:54:14 am | 8:53:21 pm | 12h 45m 11s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:34 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:13:58 am | 7:47:23 am | +1m 40s | 6:59:58 pm | -2m 14s | 7:33:18 pm | 11h 12m 35s | -3m 54s | 1:24:08 pm | 32.70° | 6:35:15 am | 8:11:55 pm | 5:55:58 am | 8:51:03 pm | 12h 49m 5s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:17 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:15:36 am | 7:49:03 am | +1m 40s | 6:57:44 pm | -2m 14s | 7:31:07 pm | 11h 8m 41s | -3m 54s | 1:23:51 pm | 32.32° | 6:36:54 am | 8:09:42 pm | 5:57:41 am | 8:48:46 pm | 12h 52m 59s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:00 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:17:14 am | 7:50:43 am | +1m 40s | 6:55:31 pm | -2m 13s | 7:28:56 pm | 11h 4m 48s | -3m 53s | 1:23:34 pm | 31.94° | 6:38:33 am | 8:07:31 pm | 5:59:24 am | 8:46:31 pm | 12h 56m 53s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:42 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:18:52 am | 7:52:24 am | +1m 41s | 6:53:19 pm | -2m 12s | 7:26:46 pm | 11h 0m 55s | -3m 53s | 1:23:18 pm | 31.56° | 6:40:11 am | 8:05:21 pm | 6:01:07 am | 8:44:17 pm | 13h 0m 46s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 9:50 amNew moon at 9:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:23:26 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:20:31 am | 7:54:05 am | +1m 41s | 6:51:07 pm | -2m 12s | 7:24:37 pm | 10h 57m 2s | -3m 53s | 1:23:02 pm | 31.19° | 6:41:50 am | 8:03:12 pm | 6:02:49 am | 8:42:05 pm | 13h 4m 39s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:10 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:22:09 am | 7:55:46 am | +1m 41s | 6:48:56 pm | -2m 11s | 7:22:29 pm | 10h 53m 10s | -3m 52s | 1:22:47 pm | 30.81° | 6:43:28 am | 8:01:04 pm | 6:04:30 am | 8:39:54 pm | 13h 8m 32s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:54 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:23:47 am | 7:57:28 am | +1m 42s | 6:46:45 pm | -2m 11s | 7:20:22 pm | 10h 49m 17s | -3m 52s | 1:22:33 pm | 30.44° | 6:45:06 am | 7:58:57 pm | 6:06:11 am | 8:37:45 pm | 13h 12m 24s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:41 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:25:26 am | 7:59:09 am | +1m 41s | 6:44:36 pm | -2m 9s | 7:18:15 pm | 10h 45m 27s | -3m 51s | 1:22:18 pm | 30.07° | 6:46:44 am | 7:56:52 pm | 6:07:51 am | 8:35:37 pm | 13h 16m 15s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:25 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:27:04 am | 8:00:51 am | +1m 42s | 6:42:27 pm | -2m 9s | 7:16:10 pm | 10h 41m 36s | -3m 51s | 1:22:05 pm | 29.70° | 6:48:21 am | 7:54:48 pm | 6:09:31 am | 8:33:31 pm | 13h 20m 7s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:12 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:28:43 am | 8:02:34 am | +1m 43s | 6:40:19 pm | -2m 8s | 7:14:06 pm | 10h 37m 45s | -3m 50s | 1:21:52 pm | 29.33° | 6:49:59 am | 7:52:45 pm | 6:11:11 am | 8:31:26 pm | 13h 23m 58s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:59 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:30:22 am | 8:04:17 am | +1m 43s | 6:38:12 pm | -2m 7s | 7:12:03 pm | 10h 33m 55s | -3m 50s | 1:21:39 pm | 28.96° | 6:51:36 am | 7:50:44 pm | 6:12:50 am | 8:29:23 pm | 13h 27m 48s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:45 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:32:01 am | 8:06:00 am | +1m 43s | 6:36:06 pm | -2m 6s | 7:10:01 pm | 10h 30m 6s | -3m 49s | 1:21:28 pm | 28.60° | 6:53:13 am | 7:48:44 pm | 6:14:29 am | 8:27:22 pm | 13h 31m 37s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 10:12 amFirst quarter at 10:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
1:21:34 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:33:40 am | 8:07:43 am | +1m 43s | 6:34:00 pm | -2m 6s | 7:08:00 pm | 10h 26m 17s | -3m 49s | 1:21:16 pm | 28.24° | 6:54:50 am | 7:46:45 pm | 6:16:07 am | 8:25:22 pm | 13h 35m 26s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:21 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:35:19 am | 8:09:26 am | +1m 43s | 6:31:56 pm | -2m 4s | 7:06:01 pm | 10h 22m 30s | -3m 48s | 1:21:06 pm | 27.88° | 6:56:27 am | 7:44:48 pm | 6:17:45 am | 8:23:24 pm | 13h 39m 14s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:11 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:36:58 am | 8:11:10 am | +1m 44s | 6:29:53 pm | -2m 3s | 7:04:02 pm | 10h 18m 43s | -3m 47s | 1:20:56 pm | 27.53° | 6:58:04 am | 7:42:52 pm | 6:19:22 am | 8:21:27 pm | 13h 43m 2s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:01 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:38:37 am | 8:12:55 am | +1m 45s | 6:27:51 pm | -2m 2s | 7:02:05 pm | 10h 14m 56s | -3m 46s | 1:20:47 pm | 27.17° | 6:59:41 am | 7:40:57 pm | 6:20:59 am | 8:19:33 pm | 13h 46m 48s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:52 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:40:16 am | 8:14:39 am | +1m 44s | 6:25:50 pm | -2m 1s | 7:00:09 pm | 10h 11m 11s | -3m 45s | 1:20:38 pm | 26.82° | 7:01:17 am | 7:39:05 pm | 6:22:36 am | 8:17:40 pm | 13h 50m 34s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:42 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:41:56 am | 8:16:24 am | +1m 45s | 6:23:50 pm | -2m 0s | 6:58:15 pm | 10h 7m 26s | -3m 45s | 1:20:30 pm | 26.48° | 7:02:53 am | 7:37:13 pm | 6:24:12 am | 8:15:49 pm | 13h 54m 19s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:34 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:43:35 am | 8:18:09 am | +1m 45s | 6:21:51 pm | -1m 59s | 6:56:22 pm | 10h 3m 42s | -3m 44s | 1:20:23 pm | 26.13° | 7:04:29 am | 7:35:24 pm | 6:25:48 am | 8:14:00 pm | 13h 58m 3s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 10:11 pmFull moon at 10:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:20:26 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:45:15 am | 8:19:54 am | +1m 45s | 6:19:54 pm | -1m 57s | 6:54:31 pm | 10h 0m 0s | -3m 43s | 1:20:17 pm | 25.79° | 7:06:05 am | 7:33:36 pm | 6:27:24 am | 8:12:12 pm | 14h 1m 45s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:20 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:46:54 am | 8:21:39 am | +1m 45s | 6:17:58 pm | -1m 56s | 6:52:41 pm | 9h 56m 19s | -3m 41s | 1:20:11 pm | 25.45° | 7:07:41 am | 7:31:50 pm | 6:28:59 am | 8:10:27 pm | 14h 5m 27s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:13 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:48:34 am | 8:23:25 am | +1m 46s | 6:16:03 pm | -1m 55s | 6:50:52 pm | 9h 52m 38s | -3m 40s | 1:20:07 pm | 25.12° | 7:09:17 am | 7:30:05 pm | 6:30:34 am | 8:08:43 pm | 14h 9m 7s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:09 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:50:13 am | 8:25:10 am | +1m 45s | 6:14:10 pm | -1m 53s | 6:49:05 pm | 9h 49m 0s | -3m 39s | 1:20:03 pm | 24.79° | 7:10:52 am | 7:28:22 pm | 6:32:08 am | 8:07:01 pm | 14h 12m 46s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:05 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:51:52 am | 8:26:56 am | +1m 46s | 6:12:18 pm | -1m 52s | 6:47:20 pm | 9h 45m 22s | -3m 38s | 1:19:59 pm | 24.46° | 7:12:28 am | 7:26:41 pm | 6:33:42 am | 8:05:22 pm | 14h 16m 24s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:00 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:53:32 am | 8:28:42 am | +1m 46s | 6:10:28 pm | -1m 50s | 6:45:36 pm | 9h 41m 46s | -3m 36s | 1:19:57 pm | 24.14° | 7:14:03 am | 7:25:02 pm | 6:35:16 am | 8:03:44 pm | 14h 20m 0s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:58 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Carstairs, Alberta - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Carstairs, Alberta for every day of the year. The jump in the graph is the clock change in Carstairs, Alberta.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Carstairs
In Carstairs, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 17 at 5:18 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 30 at 9:42 am. The earliest sunset is on January 1 at 4:38 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 24 at 9:58 pm.
Carstairs gets 8h 50m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (16h 39m versus 7h 49m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 16m.
Carstairs Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Carstairs. 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 Carstairs.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 14.6° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 60.9° (around Jun 18) in Carstairs. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Carstairs the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:19 and 12:50 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.
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