Sunrise and sunset times in Kirkwall
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Kirkwall, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 16:13:47
Night ends at 05:4505:45:18
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 07:1907:19:05
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: 08:00:38When 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: 17:51:30When 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 18:3318:32:58
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 20:0620:06:26
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: 10.04° · Azimuth: 229.2° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 50 minutes
1 hour, 37 minutes left for today's sunset in Kirkwall
Moon will rise on Oct 20 at 16:36
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:19Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 04:11 · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 07:02Tomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 05:4805:47:33
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 07:2107:21:20
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: 08:03:01When 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: 17:48:47When 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 18:3018:30:24
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 20:0420:03:53
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 Kirkwall
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:19 Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 16:39Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (80%)
- Kirkwall, Scotland
- Latitude: 58.984791 (North)
- Longitude: -2.95873 (West)
- Time zone: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)
Shortest day in Kirkwall, 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, 10 minutes.Longest day in Kirkwall, 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, 30 minutes.
October 2026 - Kirkwall, 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 Kirkwall.
All times are in Kirkwall'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, 33 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Kirkwall, Scotland - from 11 hours, 28 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.06:36:17 | 07:16:30 | +2m 16s | 18:45:16 | -2m 55s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.19:25:21 | 11h 28m 46s | -5m 11s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.13:01:30 | 27.71° | 05:49:00 | 20:12:24 | 04:59:23 | 21:01:40 | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 33m 30s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:40 | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:38:33 | 07:18:46 | +2m 16s | 18:42:22 | -2m 54s | 19:22:27 | 11h 23m 36s | -5m 11s | 13:01:11 | 27.32° | 05:51:22 | 20:09:25 | 05:02:00 | 20:58:27 | 12h 38m 41s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:21 | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:40:49 | 07:21:03 | +2m 17s | 18:39:28 | -2m 54s | 19:19:34 | 11h 18m 25s | -5m 11s | 13:00:52 | 26.94° | 05:53:43 | 20:06:27 | 05:04:35 | 20:55:16 | 12h 43m 52s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 14:25Last quarter at 14:25. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
01:01:02 | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:43:04 | 07:23:20 | +2m 17s | 18:36:34 | -2m 54s | 19:16:42 | 11h 13m 14s | -5m 10s | 13:00:33 | 26.55° | 05:56:03 | 20:03:31 | 05:07:08 | 20:52:07 | 12h 49m 3s | 🌘 (34%)Waning Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:42 | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 06:45:20 | 07:25:37 | +2m 17s | 18:33:41 | -2m 53s | 19:13:51 | 11h 8m 4s | -5m 10s | 13:00:15 | 26.17° | 05:58:22 | 20:00:36 | 05:09:40 | 20:49:00 | 12h 54m 14s | 🌘 (24%)Waning Crescent: 24% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:15 | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 06:47:35 | 07:27:55 | +2m 18s | 18:30:48 | -2m 53s | 19:11:00 | 11h 2m 53s | -5m 10s | 13:00:15 | 25.78° | 06:00:41 | 19:57:42 | 05:12:11 | 20:45:55 | 12h 59m 24s | 🌘 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:24 | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 06:49:50 | 07:30:12 | +2m 17s | 18:27:56 | -2m 52s | 19:08:11 | 10h 57m 44s | -5m 10s | 12:59:57 | 25.40° | 06:02:59 | 19:54:50 | 05:14:40 | 20:42:52 | 13h 4m 34s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:06 | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 06:52:05 | 07:32:30 | +2m 18s | 18:25:04 | -2m 52s | 19:05:22 | 10h 52m 34s | -5m 10s | 12:59:40 | 25.02° | 06:05:17 | 19:51:59 | 05:17:09 | 20:39:51 | 13h 9m 45s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:49 | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 06:54:20 | 07:34:49 | +2m 19s | 18:22:13 | -2m 51s | 19:02:34 | 10h 47m 24s | -5m 10s | 12:59:22 | 24.64° | 06:07:34 | 19:49:10 | 05:19:35 | 20:36:53 | 13h 14m 55s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:30 | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 06:56:35 | 07:37:08 | +2m 19s | 18:19:22 | -2m 51s | 18:59:48 | 10h 42m 14s | -5m 10s | 12:59:06 | 24.26° | 06:09:51 | 19:46:22 | 05:22:01 | 20:33:56 | 13h 20m 5s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 16:50New moon at 16:50. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
00:59:15 | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 06:58:50 | 07:39:27 | +2m 19s | 18:16:32 | -2m 50s | 18:57:02 | 10h 37m 5s | -5m 10s | 12:58:49 | 23.88° | 06:12:07 | 19:43:35 | 05:24:25 | 20:31:02 | 13h 25m 15s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:57 | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 07:01:05 | 07:41:47 | +2m 20s | 18:13:42 | -2m 50s | 18:54:17 | 10h 31m 55s | -5m 9s | 12:58:34 | 23.51° | 06:14:23 | 19:40:50 | 05:26:49 | 20:28:09 | 13h 30m 25s | 🌒 (6%)Waxing Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:42 | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 07:03:20 | 07:44:07 | +2m 20s | 18:10:53 | -2m 49s | 18:51:33 | 10h 26m 46s | -5m 9s | 12:58:18 | 23.13° | 06:16:38 | 19:38:06 | 05:29:11 | 20:25:19 | 13h 35m 34s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:26 | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 07:05:35 | 07:46:27 | +2m 20s | 18:08:04 | -2m 49s | 18:48:50 | 10h 21m 37s | -5m 9s | 12:58:03 | 22.76° | 06:18:53 | 19:35:24 | 05:31:32 | 20:22:31 | 13h 40m 44s | 🌒 (18%)Waxing Crescent: 18% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:10 | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 07:07:50 | 07:48:48 | +2m 21s | 18:05:17 | -2m 47s | 18:46:09 | 10h 16m 29s | -5m 8s | 12:57:49 | 22.39° | 06:21:07 | 19:32:43 | 05:33:52 | 20:19:45 | 13h 45m 52s | 🌒 (26%)Waxing Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:56 | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 07:10:05 | 07:51:09 | +2m 21s | 18:02:30 | -2m 47s | 18:43:28 | 10h 11m 21s | -5m 8s | 12:57:35 | 22.02° | 06:23:20 | 19:30:04 | 05:36:11 | 20:17:01 | 13h 51m 1s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:42 | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 07:12:20 | 07:53:31 | +2m 22s | 17:59:44 | -2m 46s | 18:40:49 | 10h 6m 13s | -5m 8s | 12:57:22 | 21.66° | 06:25:34 | 19:27:27 | 05:38:29 | 20:14:19 | 13h 56m 9s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:28 | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 07:14:35 | 07:55:53 | +2m 22s | 17:56:58 | -2m 46s | 18:38:11 | 10h 1m 5s | -5m 7s | 12:57:10 | 21.29° | 06:27:47 | 19:24:51 | 05:40:47 | 20:11:39 | 14h 1m 17s | 🌓 (53%) First quarter at 17:12First quarter at 17:12. At midnight, at the end of the day: 53% illuminated |
00:57:16 | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 07:16:50 | 07:58:15 | +2m 22s | 17:54:14 | -2m 44s | 18:35:34 | 9h 55m 59s | -5m 7s | 12:56:58 | 20.93° | 06:29:59 | 19:22:17 | 05:43:03 | 20:09:02 | 14h 6m 24s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:04 | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 07:19:05 | 08:00:38 | +2m 23s | 17:51:30 | -2m 44s | 18:32:58 | 9h 50m 52s | -5m 6s | 12:56:46 | 20.57° | 06:32:11 | 19:19:44 | 05:45:18 | 20:06:26 | 14h 11m 31s | 🌔 (72%)Waxing Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:51 | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 07:21:20 | 08:03:01 | +2m 23s | 17:48:47 | -2m 43s | 18:30:24 | 9h 45m 46s | -5m 6s | 12:56:36 | 20.22° | 06:34:23 | 19:17:13 | 05:47:33 | 20:03:53 | 14h 16m 38s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:42 | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 07:23:35 | 08:05:25 | +2m 24s | 17:46:06 | -2m 41s | 18:27:51 | 9h 40m 41s | -5m 5s | 12:56:25 | 19.86° | 06:36:34 | 19:14:44 | 05:49:46 | 20:01:22 | 14h 21m 43s | 🌔 (88%)Waxing Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:30 | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 07:25:50 | 08:07:49 | +2m 24s | 17:43:25 | -2m 41s | 18:25:19 | 9h 35m 36s | -5m 5s | 12:56:16 | 19.51° | 06:38:45 | 19:12:17 | 05:51:59 | 19:58:53 | 14h 26m 48s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:21 | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 07:28:05 | 08:10:13 | +2m 24s | 17:40:45 | -2m 40s | 18:22:49 | 9h 30m 32s | -5m 4s | 12:56:07 | 19.16° | 06:40:55 | 19:09:52 | 05:54:11 | 19:56:26 | 14h 31m 53s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:11 | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 06:30:20 | 07:12:38 | +2m 25son the clock: -57m 35s | 16:38:07 | -2m 38son the clock: -1h 2m 38s | 17:20:20 | 9h 25m 29s | -5m 3s | 11:55:59 | 18.82° | 05:43:05 | 18:07:28 | 04:56:22 | 18:54:02 | 14h 36m 56s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:03 | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 06:32:34 | 07:15:03 | +2m 25s | 16:35:29 | -2m 38s | 17:17:53 | 9h 20m 26s | -5m 2s | 11:55:52 | 18.48° | 05:45:15 | 18:05:06 | 04:58:32 | 18:51:40 | 14h 41m 59s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 04:11Full moon at 04:11. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
23:55:49 | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 06:34:49 | 07:17:28 | +2m 25s | 16:32:53 | -2m 36s | 17:15:28 | 9h 15m 25s | -5m 2s | 11:55:45 | 18.14° | 05:47:24 | 18:02:47 | 05:00:42 | 18:49:20 | 14h 47m 1s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:55:43 | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 06:37:04 | 07:19:54 | +2m 26s | 16:30:18 | -2m 35s | 17:13:04 | 9h 10m 24s | -5m 1s | 11:55:40 | 17.80° | 05:49:33 | 18:00:29 | 05:02:50 | 18:47:03 | 14h 52m 1s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:55:37 | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 06:39:18 | 07:22:19 | +2m 25s | 16:27:44 | -2m 34s | 17:10:42 | 9h 5m 25s | -5m 0s | 11:55:34 | 17.47° | 05:51:41 | 17:58:13 | 05:04:58 | 18:44:48 | 14h 57m 2s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:55:32 | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 06:41:32 | 07:24:46 | +2m 27s | 16:25:12 | -2m 32s | 17:08:21 | 9h 0m 26s | -4m 58s | 11:55:30 | 17.14° | 05:53:49 | 17:55:59 | 05:07:05 | 18:42:35 | 15h 2m 0s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:55:29 | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 06:43:47 | 07:27:12 | +2m 26s | 16:22:41 | -2m 31s | 17:06:02 | 8h 55m 29s | -4m 57s | 11:55:27 | 16.82° | 05:55:56 | 17:53:48 | 05:09:11 | 18:40:25 | 15h 6m 57s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:55:26 | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Kirkwall, Scotland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Kirkwall, 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 Kirkwall, Scotland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Kirkwall
In Kirkwall, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 19 at 03:58, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 09:06. The earliest sunset is on December 15 at 15:14, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 22:28.
Kirkwall gets 12h 19m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (18h 30m versus 6h 10m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 21m.
Kirkwall Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Kirkwall. 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 Kirkwall.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 7.6° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 54.4° (around Jun 20) in Kirkwall. 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.
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