Sunrise and sunset times in Rycroft
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Rycroft, 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: 7:44:55 am
Night ends at 6:39 am6:38:33 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 8:04 am8:04:25 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: 8:42:38 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: 6:34:35 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 7:13 pm7:12:45 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:38 pm8:38:23 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: -8.71° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 97.7° (E)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 51 minutes
57 minutes left until today's sunrise in Rycroft
Moonset: 5:27 am
Moonrise: 5:29 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 6:40 am6:40:27 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 8:06 am8:06:22 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: 8:44:43 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: 6:32:15 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 7:11 pm7:10:32 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:36 pm8:36:14 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, 47 minutes
Tomorrow will be 4 minutes shorter than today in Rycroft
Moonset: 6:53 am Moonrise: 5:37 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (99%)
- Rycroft, Alberta
- Latitude: 55.755852 (North)
- Longitude: -118.70594 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6), no clock changes since 2026
Shortest day in Rycroft, 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.Longest day in Rycroft, 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 17 hours, 33 minutes.
October 2026 - Rycroft, 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 Rycroft.
All times are in Rycroft's time: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6).
The day length shortens by 2 hours, 14 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Rycroft, Alberta - from 11 hours, 31 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 17 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.7:21:21 am | 7:58:10 am | +1m 58s | 7:29:31 pm | -2m 36s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:06:13 pm | 11h 31m 21s | -4m 34s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:44:23 pm | 30.81° | 6:38:15 am | 8:49:09 pm | 5:53:34 am | 9:33:34 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 30m 37s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:44:33 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:23:19 am | 8:00:08 am | +1m 58s | 7:26:55 pm | -2m 36s | 8:03:38 pm | 11h 26m 47s | -4m 34s | 1:44:04 pm | 30.43° | 6:40:16 am | 8:46:30 pm | 5:55:46 am | 9:30:45 pm | 12h 35m 11s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:44:14 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:25:16 am | 8:02:06 am | +1m 58s | 7:24:19 pm | -2m 36s | 8:01:03 pm | 11h 22m 13s | -4m 34s | 1:43:45 pm | 30.04° | 6:42:17 am | 8:43:52 pm | 5:57:57 am | 9:27:58 pm | 12h 39m 46s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 7:25 amLast quarter at 7:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
1:43:54 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:27:14 am | 8:04:05 am | +1m 59s | 7:21:44 pm | -2m 35s | 7:58:29 pm | 11h 17m 39s | -4m 34s | 1:43:27 pm | 29.66° | 6:44:17 am | 8:41:16 pm | 6:00:07 am | 9:25:13 pm | 12h 44m 20s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:43:36 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:29:11 am | 8:06:04 am | +1m 59s | 7:19:09 pm | -2m 35s | 7:55:56 pm | 11h 13m 5s | -4m 34s | 1:43:09 pm | 29.27° | 6:46:17 am | 8:38:40 pm | 6:02:15 am | 9:22:29 pm | 12h 48m 54s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:43:18 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:31:08 am | 8:08:03 am | +1m 59s | 7:16:35 pm | -2m 34s | 7:53:24 pm | 11h 8m 32s | -4m 33s | 1:42:51 pm | 28.89° | 6:48:17 am | 8:36:06 pm | 6:04:23 am | 9:19:47 pm | 12h 53m 27s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:43:00 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:33:06 am | 8:10:02 am | +1m 59s | 7:14:01 pm | -2m 34s | 7:50:52 pm | 11h 3m 59s | -4m 33s | 1:42:33 pm | 28.51° | 6:50:16 am | 8:33:33 pm | 6:06:30 am | 9:17:06 pm | 12h 58m 1s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:42:42 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:35:03 am | 8:12:02 am | +2m 0s | 7:11:28 pm | -2m 33s | 7:48:22 pm | 10h 59m 26s | -4m 33s | 1:42:16 pm | 28.13° | 6:52:15 am | 8:31:01 pm | 6:08:36 am | 9:14:28 pm | 13h 2m 34s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:42:24 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:37:00 am | 8:14:02 am | +2m 0s | 7:08:55 pm | -2m 33s | 7:45:52 pm | 10h 54m 53s | -4m 33s | 1:42:00 pm | 27.75° | 6:54:14 am | 8:28:30 pm | 6:10:41 am | 9:11:51 pm | 13h 7m 8s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:42:08 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:38:57 am | 8:16:03 am | +2m 1s | 7:06:23 pm | -2m 32s | 7:43:23 pm | 10h 50m 20s | -4m 33s | 1:41:44 pm | 27.37° | 6:56:12 am | 8:26:00 pm | 6:12:45 am | 9:09:16 pm | 13h 11m 40s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 9:50 amNew moon at 9:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:41:52 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:40:55 am | 8:18:03 am | +2m 0s | 7:03:51 pm | -2m 32s | 7:40:55 pm | 10h 45m 48s | -4m 32s | 1:41:28 pm | 26.99° | 6:58:10 am | 8:23:32 pm | 6:14:48 am | 9:06:42 pm | 13h 16m 13s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:41:36 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:42:52 am | 8:20:04 am | +2m 1s | 7:01:21 pm | -2m 30s | 7:38:28 pm | 10h 41m 17s | -4m 32s | 1:41:13 pm | 26.62° | 7:00:07 am | 8:21:05 pm | 6:16:51 am | 9:04:11 pm | 13h 20m 45s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:41:21 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:44:49 am | 8:22:06 am | +2m 2s | 6:58:50 pm | -2m 31s | 7:36:02 pm | 10h 36m 44s | -4m 32s | 1:40:58 pm | 26.24° | 7:02:04 am | 8:18:40 pm | 6:18:53 am | 9:01:41 pm | 13h 25m 17s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:41:05 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:46:47 am | 8:24:07 am | +2m 1s | 6:56:21 pm | -2m 29s | 7:33:37 pm | 10h 32m 14s | -4m 31s | 1:40:44 pm | 25.87° | 7:04:01 am | 8:16:16 pm | 6:20:54 am | 8:59:12 pm | 13h 29m 49s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:51 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:48:44 am | 8:26:10 am | +2m 3s | 6:53:52 pm | -2m 29s | 7:31:13 pm | 10h 27m 42s | -4m 31s | 1:40:30 pm | 25.50° | 7:05:57 am | 8:13:53 pm | 6:22:54 am | 8:56:46 pm | 13h 34m 20s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:37 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:50:42 am | 8:28:12 am | +2m 2s | 6:51:24 pm | -2m 28s | 7:28:50 pm | 10h 23m 12s | -4m 30s | 1:40:17 pm | 25.13° | 7:07:54 am | 8:11:31 pm | 6:24:54 am | 8:54:22 pm | 13h 38m 51s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:23 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:52:39 am | 8:30:15 am | +2m 3s | 6:48:57 pm | -2m 27s | 7:26:29 pm | 10h 18m 42s | -4m 30s | 1:40:05 pm | 24.77° | 7:09:49 am | 8:09:12 pm | 6:26:53 am | 8:51:59 pm | 13h 43m 21s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:40:11 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:54:37 am | 8:32:18 am | +2m 3s | 6:46:31 pm | -2m 26s | 7:24:08 pm | 10h 14m 13s | -4m 29s | 1:39:53 pm | 24.40° | 7:11:45 am | 8:06:53 pm | 6:28:51 am | 8:49:38 pm | 13h 47m 50s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 10:12 amFirst quarter at 10:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
1:39:59 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:56:34 am | 8:34:21 am | +2m 3s | 6:44:06 pm | -2m 25s | 7:21:49 pm | 10h 9m 45s | -4m 29s | 1:39:42 pm | 24.04° | 7:13:40 am | 8:04:36 pm | 6:30:49 am | 8:47:19 pm | 13h 52m 19s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:47 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:58:32 am | 8:36:25 am | +2m 4s | 6:41:42 pm | -2m 24s | 7:19:31 pm | 10h 5m 17s | -4m 28s | 1:39:32 pm | 23.69° | 7:15:35 am | 8:02:21 pm | 6:32:46 am | 8:45:03 pm | 13h 56m 47s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:37 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 8:00:29 am | 8:38:29 am | +2m 4s | 6:39:19 pm | -2m 23s | 7:17:14 pm | 10h 0m 50s | -4m 27s | 1:39:22 pm | 23.33° | 7:17:30 am | 8:00:08 pm | 6:34:42 am | 8:42:48 pm | 14h 1m 14s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:27 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 8:02:27 am | 8:40:33 am | +2m 4s | 6:36:56 pm | -2m 23s | 7:14:59 pm | 9h 56m 23s | -4m 27s | 1:39:12 pm | 22.98° | 7:19:25 am | 7:57:56 pm | 6:36:38 am | 8:40:34 pm | 14h 5m 42s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:16 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 8:04:25 am | 8:42:38 am | +2m 5s | 6:34:35 pm | -2m 21s | 7:12:45 pm | 9h 51m 57s | -4m 26s | 1:39:04 pm | 22.63° | 7:21:19 am | 7:55:45 pm | 6:38:33 am | 8:38:23 pm | 14h 10m 8s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:08 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 8:06:22 am | 8:44:43 am | +2m 5s | 6:32:15 pm | -2m 20s | 7:10:32 pm | 9h 47m 32s | -4m 25s | 1:38:56 pm | 22.28° | 7:23:13 am | 7:53:37 pm | 6:40:27 am | 8:36:14 pm | 14h 14m 33s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:39:00 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 8:08:20 am | 8:46:48 am | +2m 5s | 6:29:57 pm | -2m 18s | 7:08:21 pm | 9h 43m 9s | -4m 24s | 1:38:49 pm | 21.94° | 7:25:06 am | 7:51:30 pm | 6:42:21 am | 8:34:07 pm | 14h 18m 56s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 10:11 pmFull moon at 10:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:38:52 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 8:10:18 am | 8:48:53 am | +2m 5s | 6:27:39 pm | -2m 18s | 7:06:12 pm | 9h 38m 46s | -4m 23s | 1:38:43 pm | 21.60° | 7:27:00 am | 7:49:25 pm | 6:44:15 am | 8:32:03 pm | 14h 23m 20s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:46 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 8:12:15 am | 8:50:59 am | +2m 6s | 6:25:23 pm | -2m 16s | 7:04:03 pm | 9h 34m 24s | -4m 22s | 1:38:37 pm | 21.26° | 7:28:53 am | 7:47:21 pm | 6:46:07 am | 8:30:00 pm | 14h 27m 42s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:40 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 8:14:13 am | 8:53:05 am | +2m 6s | 6:23:08 pm | -2m 15s | 7:01:57 pm | 9h 30m 3s | -4m 21s | 1:38:32 pm | 20.92° | 7:30:45 am | 7:45:20 pm | 6:48:00 am | 8:27:59 pm | 14h 32m 3s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:34 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 8:16:10 am | 8:55:11 am | +2m 6s | 6:20:54 pm | -2m 14s | 6:59:52 pm | 9h 25m 43s | -4m 20s | 1:38:28 pm | 20.59° | 7:32:38 am | 7:43:20 pm | 6:49:51 am | 8:26:01 pm | 14h 36m 23s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:30 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 8:18:08 am | 8:57:17 am | +2m 6s | 6:18:42 pm | -2m 12s | 6:57:49 pm | 9h 21m 25s | -4m 18s | 1:38:25 pm | 20.27° | 7:34:30 am | 7:41:22 pm | 6:51:42 am | 8:24:04 pm | 14h 40m 42s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:26 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 8:20:05 am | 8:59:24 am | +2m 7s | 6:16:32 pm | -2m 10s | 6:55:48 pm | 9h 17m 8s | -4m 17s | 1:38:23 pm | 19.94° | 7:36:21 am | 7:39:27 pm | 6:53:32 am | 8:22:10 pm | 14h 44m 58s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:38:24 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Rycroft, Alberta - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Rycroft, Alberta for every day of the year. The jump in the graph is the clock change in Rycroft, Alberta.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Rycroft
In Rycroft, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 17 at 5:09 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 28 at 10:24 am. The earliest sunset is on January 1 at 4:32 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 10:43 pm.
Rycroft gets 10h 33m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (17h 33m versus 7h 00m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 19m.
Rycroft Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Rycroft. 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 Rycroft.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 10° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 56° (around Jun 18) in Rycroft. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Rycroft the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:38 and 13:09 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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