Sunrise and sunset times in Northern Rockies
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 10:43:40 am
Night ends at 5:48 am5:48:05 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.·Dawn at 7:21 am7:21:26 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 8:02:49 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: 5:52:51 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).
Dusk at 6:34 pm6:34:09 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:07 pm8:07:11 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: 15.49° · Azimuth: 145.5° (SE)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 50 minutes
7 hours, 9 minutes left for today's sunset in Northern Rockies
Moon set on Oct 20 at 12:23 am
Moon will rise on Oct 20 at 4:38 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (70%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 amTomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 5:50 am5:50:18 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.·Dawn at 7:24 am7:23:40 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 8:05:11 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: 5:50:10 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).
Dusk at 6:32 pm6:31:36 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:05 pm8:04:40 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.
Day length: 9 hours, 44 minutes
Tomorrow will be 5 minutes shorter than today in Northern Rockies
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 1:51 am Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 4:41 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (83%)
- Northern Rockies, British Columbia
- Latitude: 58.823193 (North)
- Longitude: -123.41275 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Northern Rockies, 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 6 hours, 13 minutes.Longest day in Northern Rockies, 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 18 hours, 26 minutes.
October 2026 - Northern Rockies, 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 Northern Rockies.
All times are in Northern Rockies's time: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 2 hours, 32 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Northern Rockies, British Columbia - from 11 hours, 27 minutes on the first day to 8 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.6:38:56 am | 7:18:58 am | +2m 15s | 6:46:14 pm | -2m 53s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:26:07 pm | 11h 27m 16s | -5m 9s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:03:13 pm | 27.74° | 5:51:55 am | 8:12:55 pm | 5:02:40 am | 9:01:50 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 34m 59s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:23 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:41:11 am | 7:21:13 am | +2m 15s | 6:43:21 pm | -2m 53s | 7:23:15 pm | 11h 22m 8s | -5m 9s | 1:02:54 pm | 27.36° | 5:54:15 am | 8:09:58 pm | 5:05:14 am | 8:58:39 pm | 12h 40m 8s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:04 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:43:26 am | 7:23:29 am | +2m 16s | 6:40:28 pm | -2m 53s | 7:20:23 pm | 11h 16m 59s | -5m 9s | 1:02:35 pm | 26.97° | 5:56:35 am | 8:07:02 pm | 5:07:47 am | 8:55:30 pm | 12h 45m 17s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
1:02:45 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:45:40 am | 7:25:45 am | +2m 16s | 6:37:35 pm | -2m 53s | 7:17:33 pm | 11h 11m 50s | -5m 8s | 1:02:16 pm | 26.58° | 5:58:54 am | 8:04:07 pm | 5:10:19 am | 8:52:23 pm | 12h 50m 26s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:25 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:47:55 am | 7:28:01 am | +2m 16s | 6:34:43 pm | -2m 52s | 7:14:43 pm | 11h 6m 42s | -5m 8s | 1:01:58 pm | 26.20° | 6:01:12 am | 8:01:13 pm | 5:12:50 am | 8:49:18 pm | 12h 55m 35s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:07 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:50:09 am | 7:30:18 am | +2m 17s | 6:31:52 pm | -2m 51s | 7:11:53 pm | 11h 1m 34s | -5m 8s | 1:01:40 pm | 25.82° | 6:03:30 am | 7:58:21 pm | 5:15:19 am | 8:46:15 pm | 13h 0m 43s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:49 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:52:23 am | 7:32:35 am | +2m 17s | 6:29:00 pm | -2m 52s | 7:09:05 pm | 10h 56m 25s | -5m 8s | 1:01:23 pm | 25.43° | 6:05:47 am | 7:55:30 pm | 5:17:46 am | 8:43:14 pm | 13h 5m 52s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:32 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:54:37 am | 7:34:52 am | +2m 17s | 6:26:10 pm | -2m 50s | 7:06:18 pm | 10h 51m 18s | -5m 8s | 1:01:06 pm | 25.05° | 6:08:03 am | 7:52:41 pm | 5:20:13 am | 8:40:15 pm | 13h 11m 0s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:15 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:56:51 am | 7:37:10 am | +2m 18s | 6:23:20 pm | -2m 50s | 7:03:31 pm | 10h 46m 10s | -5m 8s | 1:00:49 pm | 24.67° | 6:10:19 am | 7:49:53 pm | 5:22:38 am | 8:37:19 pm | 13h 16m 8s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:57 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:59:05 am | 7:39:28 am | +2m 18s | 6:20:30 pm | -2m 50s | 7:00:46 pm | 10h 41m 2s | -5m 8s | 1:00:33 pm | 24.29° | 6:12:35 am | 7:47:06 pm | 5:25:02 am | 8:34:24 pm | 13h 21m 16s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:00:41 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:01:19 am | 7:41:46 am | +2m 18s | 6:17:41 pm | -2m 49s | 6:58:01 pm | 10h 35m 55s | -5m 7s | 1:00:17 pm | 23.92° | 6:14:50 am | 7:44:21 pm | 5:27:25 am | 8:31:31 pm | 13h 26m 24s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:25 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:03:33 am | 7:44:05 am | +2m 19s | 6:14:52 pm | -2m 49s | 6:55:17 pm | 10h 30m 47s | -5m 7s | 1:00:02 pm | 23.54° | 6:17:04 am | 7:41:37 pm | 5:29:47 am | 8:28:41 pm | 13h 31m 32s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:09 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:05:47 am | 7:46:24 am | +2m 19s | 6:12:05 pm | -2m 47s | 6:52:35 pm | 10h 25m 41s | -5m 7s | 12:59:48 pm | 23.17° | 6:19:18 am | 7:38:55 pm | 5:32:07 am | 8:25:52 pm | 13h 36m 38s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:56 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:08:02 am | 7:48:43 am | +2m 19s | 6:09:17 pm | -2m 48s | 6:49:53 pm | 10h 20m 34s | -5m 7s | 12:59:33 pm | 22.80° | 6:21:32 am | 7:36:14 pm | 5:34:27 am | 8:23:06 pm | 13h 41m 46s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:40 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:10:16 am | 7:51:03 am | +2m 20s | 6:06:31 pm | -2m 46s | 6:47:13 pm | 10h 15m 28s | -5m 6s | 12:59:20 pm | 22.43° | 6:23:45 am | 7:33:35 pm | 5:36:46 am | 8:20:21 pm | 13h 46m 53s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:27 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:12:30 am | 7:53:24 am | +2m 21s | 6:03:45 pm | -2m 46s | 6:44:34 pm | 10h 10m 21s | -5m 6s | 12:59:07 pm | 22.06° | 6:25:57 am | 7:30:58 pm | 5:39:04 am | 8:17:39 pm | 13h 51m 59s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:13 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:14:44 am | 7:55:44 am | +2m 20s | 6:01:01 pm | -2m 44s | 6:41:56 pm | 10h 5m 17s | -5m 6s | 12:58:55 pm | 21.70° | 6:28:10 am | 7:28:22 pm | 5:41:20 am | 8:14:59 pm | 13h 57m 4s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:01 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:16:58 am | 7:58:05 am | +2m 21s | 5:58:16 pm | -2m 45s | 6:39:19 pm | 10h 0m 11s | -5m 5s | 12:58:43 pm | 21.33° | 6:30:21 am | 7:25:47 pm | 5:43:36 am | 8:12:21 pm | 14h 2m 11s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:58:49 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:19:12 am | 8:00:27 am | +2m 22s | 5:55:33 pm | -2m 43s | 6:36:44 pm | 9h 55m 6s | -5m 5s | 12:58:32 pm | 20.97° | 6:32:33 am | 7:23:15 pm | 5:45:51 am | 8:09:45 pm | 14h 7m 16s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:38 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:21:26 am | 8:02:49 am | +2m 22s | 5:52:51 pm | -2m 42s | 6:34:09 pm | 9h 50m 2s | -5m 4s | 12:58:21 pm | 20.61° | 6:34:44 am | 7:20:43 pm | 5:48:05 am | 8:07:11 pm | 14h 12m 20s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:26 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:23:40 am | 8:05:11 am | +2m 22s | 5:50:10 pm | -2m 41s | 6:31:36 pm | 9h 44m 59s | -5m 4s | 12:58:11 pm | 20.26° | 6:36:54 am | 7:18:14 pm | 5:50:18 am | 8:04:40 pm | 14h 17m 24s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:16 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:25:54 am | 8:07:34 am | +2m 23s | 5:47:29 pm | -2m 41s | 6:29:05 pm | 9h 39m 55s | -5m 3s | 12:58:02 pm | 19.91° | 6:39:05 am | 7:15:47 pm | 5:52:31 am | 8:02:10 pm | 14h 22m 28s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:07 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:28:07 am | 8:09:57 am | +2m 23s | 5:44:50 pm | -2m 39s | 6:26:35 pm | 9h 34m 53s | -5m 2s | 12:57:53 pm | 19.56° | 6:41:14 am | 7:13:21 pm | 5:54:42 am | 7:59:43 pm | 14h 27m 30s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:57 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:30:21 am | 8:12:20 am | +2m 23s | 5:42:12 pm | -2m 38s | 6:24:06 pm | 9h 29m 52s | -5m 2s | 12:57:46 pm | 19.21° | 6:43:24 am | 7:10:57 pm | 5:56:53 am | 7:57:18 pm | 14h 32m 32s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:50 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:32:35 am | 8:14:44 am | +2m 24s | 5:39:35 pm | -2m 37s | 6:21:39 pm | 9h 24m 51s | -5m 1s | 12:57:39 pm | 18.86° | 6:45:33 am | 7:08:35 pm | 5:59:03 am | 7:54:56 pm | 14h 37m 33s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:57:43 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:34:49 am | 8:17:08 am | +2m 24s | 5:36:59 pm | -2m 36s | 6:19:13 pm | 9h 19m 51s | -5m 0s | 12:57:32 pm | 18.52° | 6:47:41 am | 7:06:15 pm | 6:01:12 am | 7:52:35 pm | 14h 42m 33s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:35 am | 12.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:37:03 am | 8:19:32 am | +2m 24s | 5:34:24 pm | -2m 35s | 6:16:49 pm | 9h 14m 52s | -4m 59s | 12:57:27 pm | 18.19° | 6:49:49 am | 7:03:56 pm | 6:03:20 am | 7:50:17 pm | 14h 47m 33s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:30 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:39:16 am | 8:21:57 am | +2m 25s | 5:31:50 pm | -2m 34s | 6:14:27 pm | 9h 9m 53s | -4m 58s | 12:57:22 pm | 17.85° | 6:51:57 am | 7:01:40 pm | 6:05:27 am | 7:48:02 pm | 14h 52m 31s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:24 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:41:30 am | 8:24:21 am | +2m 24s | 5:29:18 pm | -2m 32s | 6:12:06 pm | 9h 4m 57s | -4m 57s | 12:57:18 pm | 17.52° | 6:54:04 am | 6:59:26 pm | 6:07:34 am | 7:45:48 pm | 14h 57m 28s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:20 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:43:43 am | 8:26:46 am | +2m 25s | 5:26:47 pm | -2m 31s | 6:09:47 pm | 9h 0m 1s | -4m 56s | 12:57:15 pm | 17.19° | 6:56:11 am | 6:57:14 pm | 6:09:40 am | 7:43:37 pm | 15h 2m 25s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:17 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:45:56 am | 8:29:12 am | +2m 26s | 5:24:18 pm | -2m 29s | 6:07:30 pm | 8h 55m 6s | -4m 55s | 12:57:12 pm | 16.87° | 6:58:17 am | 6:55:04 pm | 6:11:45 am | 7:41:29 pm | 15h 7m 19s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:13 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Northern Rockies, British Columbia - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Northern Rockies, British Columbia for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Northern Rockies
In Northern Rockies, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 18 at 4:01 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 10:06 am. The earliest sunset is on December 15 at 4:17 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 10:29 pm.
Northern Rockies gets 12h 13m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (18h 26m versus 6h 13m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 21m.
Northern Rockies Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Northern Rockies. 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 Northern Rockies.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 6.4° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 52.2° (around Jun 18) in Northern Rockies. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Northern Rockies the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:57 and 13:27 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 Northern Rockies, British Columbia
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Northern Rockies, British Columbia — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar: