Sunrise and sunset times in Lake Cowichan
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 10:31:17 am
Night ends at 5:59 am5:59:12 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 7:12 am7:12:25 am
Dawn, the start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 7:44:34 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: 6:16:31 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 6:49 pm6:48:37 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:02 pm8:01:41 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: 22.12° · Azimuth: 139.8° (SE)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 31 minutes
7 hours, 45 minutes left for today's sunset in Lake Cowichan
Moonset: 1:09 am
Moonrise: 4:09 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 amTomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 6:01 am6:00:39 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 7:14 am7:13:54 am
Dawn, the start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 7:46:07 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: 6:14:39 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 6:47 pm6:46:49 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:00 pm7:59:55 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, 28 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Lake Cowichan
Moonset: 2:22 am Moonrise: 4:25 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (83%)
- Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
- Latitude: 48.825813 (North)
- Longitude: -124.054169 (West)
- Time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 1 day, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 15 minutes.Longest day in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
The longest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 16 hours, 10 minutes.
October 2026 - Lake Cowichan, British Columbia - 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 Lake Cowichan.
All times are in Lake Cowichan's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 43 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia - from 11 hours, 38 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 55 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.6:44:38 am | 7:16:05 am | +1m 27s | 6:54:37 pm | -2m 6s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:25:59 pm | 11h 38m 32s | -3m 33s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:05:47 pm | 37.74° | 6:07:58 am | 8:02:33 pm | 5:30:34 am | 8:39:48 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 22m 56s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:57 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:46:05 am | 7:17:33 am | +1m 28s | 6:52:31 pm | -2m 6s | 7:23:54 pm | 11h 34m 58s | -3m 33s | 1:05:28 pm | 37.35° | 6:09:27 am | 8:00:26 pm | 5:32:08 am | 8:37:36 pm | 12h 26m 29s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:38 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:47:32 am | 7:19:00 am | +1m 27s | 6:50:26 pm | -2m 5s | 7:21:50 pm | 11h 31m 26s | -3m 33s | 1:05:09 pm | 36.97° | 6:10:56 am | 7:58:20 pm | 5:33:42 am | 8:35:25 pm | 12h 30m 2s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
1:05:19 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:48:59 am | 7:20:28 am | +1m 28s | 6:48:21 pm | -2m 5s | 7:19:46 pm | 11h 27m 53s | -3m 33s | 1:04:50 pm | 36.58° | 6:12:24 am | 7:56:15 pm | 5:35:15 am | 8:33:16 pm | 12h 33m 35s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:59 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:50:26 am | 7:21:56 am | +1m 28s | 6:46:17 pm | -2m 4s | 7:17:43 pm | 11h 24m 21s | -3m 32s | 1:04:32 pm | 36.20° | 6:13:53 am | 7:54:11 pm | 5:36:48 am | 8:31:07 pm | 12h 37m 8s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:41 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:51:54 am | 7:23:25 am | +1m 29s | 6:44:13 pm | -2m 4s | 7:15:40 pm | 11h 20m 48s | -3m 32s | 1:04:14 pm | 35.81° | 6:15:21 am | 7:52:07 pm | 5:38:20 am | 8:29:00 pm | 12h 40m 41s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:23 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:53:21 am | 7:24:54 am | +1m 29s | 6:42:10 pm | -2m 3s | 7:13:39 pm | 11h 17m 16s | -3m 32s | 1:03:57 pm | 35.43° | 6:16:49 am | 7:50:05 pm | 5:39:52 am | 8:26:54 pm | 12h 44m 13s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:06 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:54:48 am | 7:26:23 am | +1m 29s | 6:40:07 pm | -2m 3s | 7:11:38 pm | 11h 13m 44s | -3m 32s | 1:03:40 pm | 35.05° | 6:18:17 am | 7:48:04 pm | 5:41:23 am | 8:24:50 pm | 12h 47m 45s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:49 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:56:16 am | 7:27:52 am | +1m 29s | 6:38:05 pm | -2m 2s | 7:09:38 pm | 11h 10m 13s | -3m 31s | 1:03:23 pm | 34.67° | 6:19:45 am | 7:46:03 pm | 5:42:54 am | 8:22:46 pm | 12h 51m 16s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:31 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:57:43 am | 7:29:21 am | +1m 29s | 6:36:04 pm | -2m 1s | 7:07:38 pm | 11h 6m 43s | -3m 31s | 1:03:07 pm | 34.29° | 6:21:12 am | 7:44:04 pm | 5:44:25 am | 8:20:44 pm | 12h 54m 47s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:03:15 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:59:11 am | 7:30:51 am | +1m 30s | 6:34:03 pm | -2m 1s | 7:05:40 pm | 11h 3m 12s | -3m 31s | 1:02:51 pm | 33.91° | 6:22:40 am | 7:42:06 pm | 5:45:55 am | 8:18:44 pm | 12h 58m 18s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:59 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:00:38 am | 7:32:21 am | +1m 30s | 6:32:03 pm | -2m 0s | 7:03:42 pm | 10h 59m 42s | -3m 30s | 1:02:36 pm | 33.54° | 6:24:07 am | 7:40:09 pm | 5:47:25 am | 8:16:44 pm | 13h 1m 49s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:44 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:02:06 am | 7:33:52 am | +1m 31s | 6:30:03 pm | -2m 0s | 7:01:46 pm | 10h 56m 11s | -3m 30s | 1:02:21 pm | 33.17° | 6:25:35 am | 7:38:13 pm | 5:48:55 am | 8:14:46 pm | 13h 5m 20s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:28 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:03:34 am | 7:35:23 am | +1m 31s | 6:28:05 pm | -1m 58s | 6:59:50 pm | 10h 52m 42s | -3m 29s | 1:02:07 pm | 32.79° | 6:27:02 am | 7:36:18 pm | 5:50:24 am | 8:12:50 pm | 13h 8m 49s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:14 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:05:02 am | 7:36:54 am | +1m 31s | 6:26:07 pm | -1m 58s | 6:57:55 pm | 10h 49m 13s | -3m 29s | 1:01:54 pm | 32.43° | 6:28:29 am | 7:34:24 pm | 5:51:52 am | 8:10:54 pm | 13h 12m 18s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:01 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:06:31 am | 7:38:25 am | +1m 31s | 6:24:10 pm | -1m 57s | 6:56:01 pm | 10h 45m 45s | -3m 28s | 1:01:41 pm | 32.06° | 6:29:56 am | 7:32:32 pm | 5:53:21 am | 8:09:01 pm | 13h 15m 47s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:48 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:07:59 am | 7:39:57 am | +1m 32s | 6:22:14 pm | -1m 56s | 6:54:09 pm | 10h 42m 17s | -3m 28s | 1:01:28 pm | 31.69° | 6:31:23 am | 7:30:41 pm | 5:54:49 am | 8:07:09 pm | 13h 19m 15s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:34 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:09:27 am | 7:41:29 am | +1m 32s | 6:20:19 pm | -1m 55s | 6:52:17 pm | 10h 38m 50s | -3m 27s | 1:01:17 pm | 31.33° | 6:32:50 am | 7:28:51 pm | 5:56:17 am | 8:05:18 pm | 13h 22m 42s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
1:01:23 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:10:56 am | 7:43:01 am | +1m 32s | 6:18:24 pm | -1m 55s | 6:50:27 pm | 10h 35m 23s | -3m 26s | 1:01:05 pm | 30.97° | 6:34:16 am | 7:27:02 pm | 5:57:45 am | 8:03:29 pm | 13h 26m 10s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:10 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:12:25 am | 7:44:34 am | +1m 33s | 6:16:31 pm | -1m 53s | 6:48:37 pm | 10h 31m 57s | -3m 26s | 1:00:55 pm | 30.61° | 6:35:43 am | 7:25:15 pm | 5:59:12 am | 8:01:41 pm | 13h 29m 36s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:00 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:13:54 am | 7:46:07 am | +1m 33s | 6:14:39 pm | -1m 52s | 6:46:49 pm | 10h 28m 32s | -3m 25s | 1:00:45 pm | 30.26° | 6:37:10 am | 7:23:29 pm | 6:00:39 am | 7:59:55 pm | 13h 33m 1s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:50 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:15:22 am | 7:47:40 am | +1m 33s | 6:12:48 pm | -1m 51s | 6:45:03 pm | 10h 25m 8s | -3m 24s | 1:00:36 pm | 29.90° | 6:38:36 am | 7:21:45 pm | 6:02:06 am | 7:58:11 pm | 13h 36m 25s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:41 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:16:52 am | 7:49:13 am | +1m 33s | 6:10:58 pm | -1m 50s | 6:43:17 pm | 10h 21m 45s | -3m 23s | 1:00:27 pm | 29.55° | 6:40:03 am | 7:20:02 pm | 6:03:32 am | 7:56:28 pm | 13h 39m 49s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:31 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:18:21 am | 7:50:47 am | +1m 34s | 6:09:09 pm | -1m 49s | 6:41:33 pm | 10h 18m 22s | -3m 23s | 1:00:20 pm | 29.21° | 6:41:29 am | 7:18:21 pm | 6:04:58 am | 7:54:47 pm | 13h 43m 12s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:24 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:19:50 am | 7:52:21 am | +1m 34s | 6:07:21 pm | -1m 48s | 6:39:50 pm | 10h 15m 0s | -3m 22s | 1:00:13 pm | 28.86° | 6:42:56 am | 7:16:41 pm | 6:06:24 am | 7:53:08 pm | 13h 46m 34s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:00:17 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:21:19 am | 7:53:55 am | +1m 34s | 6:05:35 pm | -1m 46s | 6:38:08 pm | 10h 11m 40s | -3m 21s | 1:00:06 pm | 28.52° | 6:44:22 am | 7:15:02 pm | 6:07:50 am | 7:51:30 pm | 13h 49m 54s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:09 am | 12.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:22:49 am | 7:55:29 am | +1m 34s | 6:03:50 pm | -1m 45s | 6:36:28 pm | 10h 8m 21s | -3m 19s | 1:00:01 pm | 28.18° | 6:45:48 am | 7:13:26 pm | 6:09:15 am | 7:49:54 pm | 13h 53m 14s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:04 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:24:18 am | 7:57:04 am | +1m 35s | 6:02:06 pm | -1m 44s | 6:34:50 pm | 10h 5m 2s | -3m 18s | 12:59:56 pm | 27.85° | 6:47:14 am | 7:11:51 pm | 6:10:40 am | 7:48:20 pm | 13h 56m 33s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:58 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:25:48 am | 7:58:39 am | +1m 35s | 6:00:24 pm | -1m 42s | 6:33:13 pm | 10h 1m 45s | -3m 17s | 12:59:52 pm | 27.52° | 6:48:40 am | 7:10:17 pm | 6:12:05 am | 7:46:48 pm | 13h 59m 50s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:54 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:27:17 am | 8:00:14 am | +1m 35s | 5:58:43 pm | -1m 41s | 6:31:37 pm | 9h 58m 29s | -3m 16s | 12:59:49 pm | 27.19° | 6:50:06 am | 7:08:45 pm | 6:13:30 am | 7:45:18 pm | 14h 3m 6s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:51 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:28:47 am | 8:01:49 am | +1m 35s | 5:57:03 pm | -1m 40s | 6:30:03 pm | 9h 55m 14s | -3m 15s | 12:59:46 pm | 26.87° | 6:51:32 am | 7:07:15 pm | 6:14:54 am | 7:43:49 pm | 14h 6m 21s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:47 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia for every day of the year. The jump in the graph is the clock change in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Lake Cowichan
In Lake Cowichan, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 16 at 5:12 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 31 at 9:09 am. The earliest sunset is on January 1 at 4:30 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 25 at 9:23 pm.
Lake Cowichan gets 7h 55m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (16h 10m versus 8h 15m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 15m.
Lake Cowichan Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Lake Cowichan. 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 Lake Cowichan.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 17.7° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 64.4° (around Jun 21) in Lake Cowichan. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma.
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 Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Lake Cowichan, British Columbia — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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