Sunrise and sunset times in Dounby
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Dounby, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 16:01:11
Night ends at 05:4605:46:17
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 07:2007:20:18
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: 08:01:57When 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: 17:52:22When 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 18:3418:33:56
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 20:0820:07:38
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: 11.29° · Azimuth: 226.0° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 50 minutes
1 hour, 51 minutes left for today's sunset in Dounby
Moon will rise on Oct 20 at 16:38
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:20Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 04:11 · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 07:02Tomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 05:4905:48:32
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 07:2307:22:33
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: 08:04:21When 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: 17:49:38When 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 18:3118:31:21
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 20:0520:05:04
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, 45 minutes
Tomorrow will be 5 minutes shorter than today in Dounby
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:20 Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 16:40Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (80%)
- Dounby, Scotland
- Latitude: 59.068451 (North)
- Longitude: -3.23135 (West)
- Time zone: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)
Shortest day in Dounby, Scotland
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, 9 minutes.Longest day in Dounby, Scotland
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, 31 minutes.
October 2026 - Dounby, Scotland - 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 Dounby.
All times are in Dounby's time: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) until October 25, 2026, and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) from then on.
The day length shortens by 2 hours, 34 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Dounby, Scotland - from 11 hours, 28 minutes on the first day to 8 hours, 54 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.06:37:20 | 07:17:39 | +2m 16s | 18:46:18 | -2m 55s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.19:26:28 | 11h 28m 39s | -5m 12s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.13:02:36 | 27.63° | 05:49:56 | 20:13:39 | 05:00:10 | 21:03:03 | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 33m 38s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:02:46 | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:39:37 | 07:19:56 | +2m 17s | 18:43:23 | -2m 55s | 19:23:34 | 11h 23m 27s | -5m 12s | 13:02:16 | 27.24° | 05:52:18 | 20:10:39 | 05:02:47 | 20:59:49 | 12h 38m 50s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:02:26 | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:41:53 | 07:22:13 | +2m 17s | 18:40:29 | -2m 54s | 19:20:41 | 11h 18m 16s | -5m 12s | 13:01:57 | 26.85° | 05:54:39 | 20:07:41 | 05:05:23 | 20:56:37 | 12h 44m 1s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 14:25Last quarter at 14:25. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
01:02:06 | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:44:09 | 07:24:30 | +2m 17s | 18:37:34 | -2m 55s | 19:17:48 | 11h 13m 4s | -5m 11s | 13:01:39 | 26.47° | 05:57:00 | 20:04:44 | 05:07:57 | 20:53:28 | 12h 49m 14s | 🌘 (34%)Waning Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:49 | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 06:46:25 | 07:26:48 | +2m 18s | 18:34:41 | -2m 53s | 19:14:56 | 11h 7m 53s | -5m 11s | 13:01:20 | 26.08° | 05:59:20 | 20:01:49 | 05:10:30 | 20:50:20 | 12h 54m 25s | 🌘 (24%)Waning Crescent: 24% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:29 | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 06:48:40 | 07:29:06 | +2m 18s | 18:31:47 | -2m 54s | 19:12:06 | 11h 2m 41s | -5m 11s | 13:01:03 | 25.70° | 06:01:40 | 19:58:54 | 05:13:02 | 20:47:15 | 12h 59m 37s | 🌘 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:12 | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 06:50:56 | 07:31:24 | +2m 18s | 18:28:55 | -2m 52s | 19:09:15 | 10h 57m 31s | -5m 11s | 13:00:45 | 25.32° | 06:03:59 | 19:56:02 | 05:15:32 | 20:44:11 | 13h 4m 48s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:54 | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 06:53:12 | 07:33:43 | +2m 19s | 18:26:02 | -2m 53s | 19:06:26 | 10h 52m 19s | -5m 11s | 13:00:28 | 24.93° | 06:06:17 | 19:53:10 | 05:18:00 | 20:41:10 | 13h 10m 0s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:37 | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 06:55:27 | 07:36:02 | +2m 19s | 18:23:10 | -2m 52s | 19:03:38 | 10h 47m 8s | -5m 11s | 13:00:11 | 24.55° | 06:08:34 | 19:50:20 | 05:20:28 | 20:38:11 | 13h 15m 11s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:11 | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 06:57:43 | 07:38:21 | +2m 19s | 18:20:19 | -2m 51s | 19:00:51 | 10h 41m 58s | -5m 11s | 13:00:11 | 24.18° | 06:10:52 | 19:47:31 | 05:22:54 | 20:35:14 | 13h 20m 22s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 16:50New moon at 16:50. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
01:00:19 | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 06:59:59 | 07:40:41 | +2m 20s | 18:17:28 | -2m 51s | 18:58:04 | 10h 36m 47s | -5m 11s | 12:59:55 | 23.80° | 06:13:08 | 19:44:44 | 05:25:19 | 20:32:19 | 13h 25m 33s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:03 | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 07:02:14 | 07:43:01 | +2m 20s | 18:14:38 | -2m 50s | 18:55:19 | 10h 31m 37s | -5m 10s | 12:59:39 | 23.42° | 06:15:24 | 19:41:59 | 05:27:43 | 20:29:26 | 13h 30m 44s | 🌒 (6%)Waxing Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:47 | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 07:04:30 | 07:45:22 | +2m 21s | 18:11:48 | -2m 50s | 18:52:35 | 10h 26m 26s | -5m 10s | 12:59:24 | 23.05° | 06:17:40 | 19:39:14 | 05:30:06 | 20:26:35 | 13h 35m 55s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:32 | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 07:06:45 | 07:47:43 | +2m 21s | 18:08:59 | -2m 49s | 18:49:51 | 10h 21m 16s | -5m 10s | 12:59:09 | 22.68° | 06:19:55 | 19:36:32 | 05:32:27 | 20:23:46 | 13h 41m 5s | 🌒 (18%)Waxing Crescent: 18% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:16 | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 07:09:00 | 07:50:04 | +2m 21s | 18:06:11 | -2m 48s | 18:47:09 | 10h 16m 7s | -5m 10s | 12:58:55 | 22.31° | 06:22:10 | 19:33:51 | 05:34:48 | 20:20:59 | 13h 46m 15s | 🌒 (26%)Waxing Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:02 | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 07:11:16 | 07:52:26 | +2m 22s | 18:03:24 | -2m 47s | 18:44:28 | 10h 10m 58s | -5m 9s | 12:58:41 | 21.94° | 06:24:24 | 19:31:11 | 05:37:08 | 20:18:15 | 13h 51m 24s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:48 | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 07:13:31 | 07:54:48 | +2m 22s | 18:00:37 | -2m 47s | 18:41:48 | 10h 5m 49s | -5m 9s | 12:58:28 | 21.57° | 06:26:38 | 19:28:33 | 05:39:26 | 20:15:32 | 13h 56m 34s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:35 | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 07:15:47 | 07:57:11 | +2m 23s | 17:57:51 | -2m 46s | 18:39:10 | 10h 0m 40s | -5m 8s | 12:58:15 | 21.21° | 06:28:51 | 19:25:57 | 05:41:44 | 20:12:52 | 14h 1m 43s | 🌓 (53%) First quarter at 17:12First quarter at 17:12. At midnight, at the end of the day: 53% illuminated |
00:58:21 | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 07:18:02 | 07:59:34 | +2m 23s | 17:55:06 | -2m 45s | 18:36:32 | 9h 55m 32s | -5m 8s | 12:58:03 | 20.85° | 06:31:04 | 19:23:22 | 05:44:01 | 20:10:14 | 14h 6m 51s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:09 | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 07:20:18 | 08:01:57 | +2m 23s | 17:52:22 | -2m 44s | 18:33:56 | 9h 50m 25s | -5m 8s | 12:57:52 | 20.49° | 06:33:17 | 19:20:49 | 05:46:17 | 20:07:38 | 14h 11m 59s | 🌔 (72%)Waxing Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:58 | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 07:22:33 | 08:04:21 | +2m 24s | 17:49:38 | -2m 44s | 18:31:21 | 9h 45m 17s | -5m 7s | 12:57:41 | 20.13° | 06:35:29 | 19:18:18 | 05:48:32 | 20:05:04 | 14h 17m 7s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:46 | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 07:24:49 | 08:06:45 | +2m 24s | 17:46:56 | -2m 42s | 18:28:48 | 9h 40m 11s | -5m 6s | 12:57:31 | 19.78° | 06:37:41 | 19:15:48 | 05:50:46 | 20:02:33 | 14h 22m 13s | 🌔 (88%)Waxing Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:36 | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 07:27:04 | 08:09:09 | +2m 24s | 17:44:15 | -2m 41s | 18:26:16 | 9h 35m 6s | -5m 6s | 12:57:21 | 19.43° | 06:39:52 | 19:13:21 | 05:52:59 | 20:00:03 | 14h 27m 19s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:25 | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 07:29:19 | 08:11:34 | +2m 25s | 17:41:35 | -2m 40s | 18:23:45 | 9h 30m 1s | -5m 5s | 12:57:13 | 19.08° | 06:42:03 | 19:10:55 | 05:55:12 | 19:57:36 | 14h 32m 25s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:17 | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 06:31:35 | 07:14:00 | +2m 26son the clock: -57m 34s | 16:38:55 | -2m 40son the clock: -1h 2m 40s | 17:21:16 | 9h 24m 55s | -5m 4s | 11:57:05 | 18.73° | 05:44:13 | 18:08:31 | 04:57:23 | 18:55:12 | 14h 37m 30s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:09 | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 06:33:50 | 07:16:25 | +2m 25s | 16:36:17 | -2m 38s | 17:18:48 | 9h 19m 52s | -5m 4s | 11:56:57 | 18.39° | 05:46:23 | 18:06:09 | 04:59:34 | 18:52:49 | 14h 42m 34s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 04:11Full moon at 04:11. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
23:56:54 | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 06:36:05 | 07:18:51 | +2m 26s | 16:33:41 | -2m 36s | 17:16:22 | 9h 14m 50s | -5m 3s | 11:56:51 | 18.05° | 05:48:33 | 18:03:48 | 05:01:44 | 18:50:29 | 14h 47m 36s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:48 | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 06:38:20 | 07:21:17 | +2m 26s | 16:31:05 | -2m 36s | 17:13:58 | 9h 9m 48s | -5m 2s | 11:56:45 | 17.72° | 05:50:42 | 18:01:30 | 05:03:53 | 18:48:11 | 14h 52m 39s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:43 | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 06:40:35 | 07:23:44 | +2m 27s | 16:28:31 | -2m 34s | 17:11:35 | 9h 4m 47s | -5m 1s | 11:56:40 | 17.39° | 05:52:51 | 17:59:14 | 05:06:01 | 18:45:56 | 14h 57m 39s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:38 | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 06:42:50 | 07:26:10 | +2m 26s | 16:25:58 | -2m 33s | 17:09:14 | 8h 59m 48s | -5m 0s | 11:56:36 | 17.06° | 05:54:59 | 17:57:00 | 05:08:08 | 18:43:43 | 15h 2m 39s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:34 | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 06:45:05 | 07:28:37 | +2m 27s | 16:23:26 | -2m 32s | 17:06:55 | 8h 54m 49s | -4m 58s | 11:56:32 | 16.73° | 05:57:07 | 17:54:48 | 05:10:15 | 18:41:32 | 15h 7m 38s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:31 | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Dounby, Scotland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Dounby, Scotland for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Dounby, Scotland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Dounby
In Dounby, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 19 at 03:58, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 09:07. The earliest sunset is on December 15 at 15:14, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 22:30.
Dounby gets 12h 22m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (18h 31m versus 6h 09m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 22m.
Dounby Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Dounby. 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 Dounby.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 7.5° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 54.3° (around Jun 20) in Dounby. 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 Dounby, Scotland
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Dounby, Scotland — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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