Sunrise and sunset times in Lyness
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Lyness, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 16:13:04
Night ends at 05:4705:46:30
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 07:2007:19:52
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: 08:01:13When 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: 17:52:54When 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 18:3418:34:10
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 20:0720:07:13
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: 10.31° · Azimuth: 228.8° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 51 minutes
1 hour, 39 minutes left for today's sunset in Lyness
Moon will rise on Oct 20 at 16:36
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:21Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 04:11 · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 07:02Tomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 05:4905:48:44
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 07:2207:22:06
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: 08:03:35When 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: 17:50:12When 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 18:3218:31:37
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 20:0520:04:41
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, 46 minutes
Tomorrow will be 5 minutes shorter than today in Lyness
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:21 Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 16:40Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (80%)
- Lyness, Scotland
- Latitude: 58.832329 (North)
- Longitude: -3.20558 (West)
- Time zone: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)
Shortest day in Lyness, 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, 13 minutes.Longest day in Lyness, 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, 27 minutes.
October 2026 - Lyness, 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 Lyness.
All times are in Lyness'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, 32 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Lyness, Scotland - from 11 hours, 28 minutes on the first day to 8 hours, 56 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.06:37:21 | 07:17:24 | +2m 16s | 18:46:22 | -2m 53s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.19:26:16 | 11h 28m 58s | -5m 9s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.13:02:30 | 27.86° | 05:50:17 | 20:13:06 | 05:00:56 | 21:02:07 | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 33m 17s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:02:40 | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:39:36 | 07:19:39 | +2m 15s | 18:43:28 | -2m 54s | 19:23:23 | 11h 23m 49s | -5m 9s | 13:02:10 | 27.48° | 05:52:38 | 20:10:08 | 05:03:31 | 20:58:55 | 12h 38m 26s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:02:20 | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:41:51 | 07:21:54 | +2m 15s | 18:40:35 | -2m 53s | 19:20:31 | 11h 18m 41s | -5m 9s | 13:01:51 | 27.09° | 05:54:58 | 20:07:12 | 05:06:05 | 20:55:45 | 12h 43m 35s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 14:25Last quarter at 14:25. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
01:02:00 | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:44:05 | 07:24:10 | +2m 16s | 18:37:43 | -2m 52s | 19:17:40 | 11h 13m 33s | -5m 9s | 13:01:33 | 26.70° | 05:57:17 | 20:04:16 | 05:08:37 | 20:52:37 | 12h 48m 44s | 🌘 (34%)Waning Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:43 | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 06:46:20 | 07:26:27 | +2m 17s | 18:34:50 | -2m 53s | 19:14:50 | 11h 8m 23s | -5m 8s | 13:01:14 | 26.32° | 05:59:35 | 20:01:22 | 05:11:08 | 20:49:31 | 12h 53m 53s | 🌘 (24%)Waning Crescent: 24% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:23 | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 06:48:34 | 07:28:43 | +2m 16s | 18:31:59 | -2m 51s | 19:12:00 | 11h 3m 16s | -5m 8s | 13:00:56 | 25.93° | 06:01:53 | 19:58:30 | 05:13:38 | 20:46:28 | 12h 59m 1s | 🌘 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:01:05 | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 06:50:49 | 07:31:00 | +2m 17s | 18:29:07 | -2m 52s | 19:09:11 | 10h 58m 7s | -5m 8s | 13:00:39 | 25.55° | 06:04:11 | 19:55:38 | 05:16:06 | 20:43:26 | 13h 4m 10s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:48 | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 06:53:03 | 07:33:17 | +2m 17s | 18:26:16 | -2m 51s | 19:06:24 | 10h 52m 59s | -5m 8s | 13:00:22 | 25.17° | 06:06:27 | 19:52:48 | 05:18:33 | 20:40:26 | 13h 9m 19s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:31 | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 06:55:17 | 07:35:35 | +2m 18s | 18:23:26 | -2m 50s | 19:03:37 | 10h 47m 51s | -5m 8s | 13:00:05 | 24.79° | 06:08:43 | 19:50:00 | 05:20:58 | 20:37:29 | 13h 14m 27s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 01:00:05 | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 06:57:31 | 07:37:53 | +2m 18s | 18:20:36 | -2m 50s | 19:00:51 | 10h 42m 43s | -5m 8s | 13:00:05 | 24.41° | 06:10:59 | 19:47:12 | 05:23:23 | 20:34:34 | 13h 19m 35s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 16:50New moon at 16:50. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
01:00:13 | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 06:59:45 | 07:40:11 | +2m 18s | 18:17:47 | -2m 49s | 18:58:06 | 10h 37m 36s | -5m 8s | 12:59:49 | 24.03° | 06:13:14 | 19:44:27 | 05:25:46 | 20:31:40 | 13h 24m 43s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:57 | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 07:01:59 | 07:42:30 | +2m 19s | 18:14:58 | -2m 49s | 18:55:22 | 10h 32m 28s | -5m 7s | 12:59:33 | 23.66° | 06:15:29 | 19:41:42 | 05:28:08 | 20:28:49 | 13h 29m 51s | 🌒 (6%)Waxing Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:41 | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 07:04:13 | 07:44:49 | +2m 19s | 18:12:10 | -2m 48s | 18:52:39 | 10h 27m 21s | -5m 7s | 12:59:17 | 23.28° | 06:17:43 | 19:39:00 | 05:30:30 | 20:26:00 | 13h 34m 58s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:24 | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 07:06:27 | 07:47:08 | +2m 19s | 18:09:22 | -2m 48s | 18:49:57 | 10h 22m 14s | -5m 7s | 12:59:03 | 22.91° | 06:19:57 | 19:36:18 | 05:32:50 | 20:23:12 | 13h 40m 6s | 🌒 (18%)Waxing Crescent: 18% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:59:11 | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 07:08:42 | 07:49:28 | +2m 20s | 18:06:36 | -2m 46s | 18:47:16 | 10h 17m 8s | -5m 7s | 12:58:48 | 22.54° | 06:22:10 | 19:33:39 | 05:35:09 | 20:20:27 | 13h 45m 12s | 🌒 (26%)Waxing Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:55 | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 07:10:56 | 07:51:48 | +2m 20s | 18:03:50 | -2m 46s | 18:44:37 | 10h 12m 2s | -5m 6s | 12:58:35 | 22.17° | 06:24:23 | 19:31:01 | 05:37:27 | 20:17:44 | 13h 50m 19s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:42 | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 07:13:10 | 07:54:09 | +2m 21s | 18:01:04 | -2m 46s | 18:41:58 | 10h 6m 55s | -5m 6s | 12:58:21 | 21.81° | 06:26:36 | 19:28:24 | 05:39:44 | 20:15:03 | 13h 55m 26s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:27 | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 07:15:24 | 07:56:30 | +2m 21s | 17:58:20 | -2m 44s | 18:39:21 | 10h 1m 50s | -5m 5s | 12:58:09 | 21.44° | 06:28:48 | 19:25:49 | 05:42:00 | 20:12:25 | 14h 0m 31s | 🌓 (53%) First quarter at 17:12First quarter at 17:12. At midnight, at the end of the day: 53% illuminated |
00:58:15 | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 07:17:38 | 07:58:51 | +2m 21s | 17:55:37 | -2m 43s | 18:36:45 | 9h 56m 46s | -5m 5s | 12:57:57 | 21.08° | 06:30:59 | 19:23:16 | 05:44:16 | 20:09:48 | 14h 5m 36s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:58:03 | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 07:19:52 | 08:01:13 | +2m 22s | 17:52:54 | -2m 43s | 18:34:10 | 9h 51m 41s | -5m 4s | 12:57:45 | 20.72° | 06:33:10 | 19:20:44 | 05:46:30 | 20:07:13 | 14h 10m 41s | 🌔 (72%)Waxing Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:50 | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 07:22:06 | 08:03:35 | +2m 22s | 17:50:12 | -2m 42s | 18:31:37 | 9h 46m 37s | -5m 4s | 12:57:35 | 20.37° | 06:35:21 | 19:18:14 | 05:48:44 | 20:04:41 | 14h 15m 46s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:40 | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 07:24:20 | 08:05:58 | +2m 23s | 17:47:31 | -2m 41s | 18:29:05 | 9h 41m 33s | -5m 3s | 12:57:25 | 20.01° | 06:37:32 | 19:15:46 | 05:50:56 | 20:02:11 | 14h 20m 50s | 🌔 (88%)Waxing Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:30 | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 07:26:34 | 08:08:21 | +2m 23s | 17:44:52 | -2m 39s | 18:26:34 | 9h 36m 31s | -5m 3s | 12:57:15 | 19.66° | 06:39:41 | 19:13:19 | 05:53:08 | 19:59:43 | 14h 25m 52s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:19 | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 07:28:48 | 08:10:44 | +2m 23s | 17:42:13 | -2m 39s | 18:24:05 | 9h 31m 29s | -5m 2s | 12:57:07 | 19.31° | 06:41:51 | 19:10:55 | 05:55:19 | 19:57:17 | 14h 30m 55s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:12 | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 06:31:02 | 07:13:08 | +2m 24son the clock: -57m 36s | 16:39:35 | -2m 38son the clock: -1h 2m 38s | 17:21:37 | 9h 26m 27s | -5m 1s | 11:56:58 | 18.97° | 05:44:00 | 18:08:32 | 04:57:29 | 18:54:54 | 14h 35m 57s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:57:02 | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 06:33:16 | 07:15:32 | +2m 24s | 16:36:59 | -2m 36s | 17:19:11 | 9h 21m 27s | -5m 0s | 11:56:51 | 18.63° | 05:46:09 | 18:06:11 | 04:59:39 | 18:52:33 | 14h 40m 57s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 04:11Full moon at 04:11. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
23:56:48 | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 06:35:30 | 07:17:56 | +2m 24s | 16:34:24 | -2m 35s | 17:16:46 | 9h 16m 28s | -4m 59s | 11:56:45 | 18.29° | 05:48:17 | 18:03:52 | 05:01:47 | 18:50:14 | 14h 45m 56s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:42 | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 06:37:43 | 07:20:20 | +2m 24s | 16:31:50 | -2m 34s | 17:14:23 | 9h 11m 30s | -4m 59s | 11:56:39 | 17.95° | 05:50:25 | 18:01:35 | 05:03:55 | 18:47:57 | 14h 50m 55s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:37 | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 06:39:57 | 07:22:45 | +2m 25s | 16:29:17 | -2m 33s | 17:12:02 | 9h 6m 32s | -4m 57s | 11:56:34 | 17.62° | 05:52:32 | 17:59:20 | 05:06:02 | 18:45:43 | 14h 55m 53s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:32 | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 06:42:10 | 07:25:10 | +2m 25s | 16:26:46 | -2m 31s | 17:09:42 | 9h 1m 36s | -4m 56s | 11:56:29 | 17.29° | 05:54:39 | 17:57:07 | 05:08:08 | 18:43:31 | 15h 0m 49s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:28 | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 06:44:24 | 07:27:35 | +2m 25s | 16:24:16 | -2m 30s | 17:07:24 | 8h 56m 41s | -4m 55s | 11:56:26 | 16.97° | 05:56:46 | 17:54:56 | 05:10:13 | 18:41:22 | 15h 5m 45s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:56:25 | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Lyness, Scotland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Lyness, 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 Lyness, Scotland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Lyness
In Lyness, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 18 at 04:00, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 09:05. The earliest sunset is on December 15 at 15:16, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 22:28.
Lyness gets 12h 13m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (18h 27m versus 6h 13m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 21m.
Lyness Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Lyness. 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 Lyness.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 7.7° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 54.5° (around Jun 20) in Lyness. 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 Lyness, Scotland
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Lyness, Scotland — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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