Sunrise and sunset times in Sandness
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Sandness, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 15:53:44
Night ends at 05:3805:38:08
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 07:1607:15:44
Dawn, 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: 07:59:03When 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: 17:42:34When 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 18:2618:25:48
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 20:0320:03:03
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: 10.54° · Azimuth: 225.6° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 43 minutes
1 hour, 48 minutes left for today's sunset in Sandness
Moonrise: 16:38
Moonset: Oct 21, 01:08Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (68%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 04:11 · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 07:02Tomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 05:4105:40:31
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 07:1807:18:07
Dawn, 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: 08:01:35When 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: 17:39:42When 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 18:2318:23:05
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 20:0020:00:21
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, 38 minutes
Tomorrow will be 5 minutes shorter than today in Sandness
Moonset: 01:08 Moonrise: 16:38Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (80%)
- Sandness, Scotland
- Latitude: 60.29858 (North)
- Longitude: -1.64985 (West)
- Time zone: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)
Shortest day in Sandness, 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 5 hours, 46 minutes.Longest day in Sandness, 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, 59 minutes.
October 2026 - Sandness, 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 Sandness.
All times are in Sandness'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, 42 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Sandness, Scotland - from 11 hours, 26 minutes on the first day to 8 hours, 44 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.06:30:20 | 07:12:10 | +2m 25s | 18:39:05 | -3m 3s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.19:20:45 | 11h 26m 55s | -5m 27s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:56:36 | 26.40° | 05:41:04 | 20:09:46 | 04:49:02 | 21:01:23 | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 35m 29s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:46 | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:32:44 | 07:14:34 | +2m 24s | 18:36:02 | -3m 3s | 19:17:43 | 11h 21m 28s | -5m 27s | 12:56:16 | 26.01° | 05:43:35 | 20:06:38 | 04:51:51 | 20:57:58 | 12h 40m 57s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:56:26 | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:35:08 | 07:16:59 | +2m 25s | 18:33:00 | -3m 2s | 19:14:42 | 11h 16m 1s | -5m 27s | 12:55:57 | 25.62° | 05:46:05 | 20:03:31 | 04:54:38 | 20:54:36 | 12h 46m 25s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 14:25Last quarter at 14:25. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
00:56:07 | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:37:32 | 07:19:25 | +2m 26s | 18:29:58 | -3m 2s | 19:11:42 | 11h 10m 33s | -5m 27s | 12:55:38 | 25.24° | 05:48:34 | 20:00:26 | 04:57:23 | 20:51:16 | 12h 51m 52s | 🌘 (34%)Waning Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:55:48 | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 06:39:56 | 07:21:50 | +2m 25s | 18:26:56 | -3m 2s | 19:08:42 | 11h 5m 6s | -5m 27s | 12:55:19 | 24.85° | 05:51:03 | 19:57:22 | 05:00:06 | 20:47:58 | 12h 57m 20s | 🌘 (24%)Waning Crescent: 24% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:55:28 | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 06:42:19 | 07:24:16 | +2m 26s | 18:23:55 | -3m 1s | 19:05:44 | 10h 59m 39s | -5m 27s | 12:55:01 | 24.47° | 05:53:31 | 19:54:19 | 05:02:48 | 20:44:42 | 13h 2m 48s | 🌘 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:55:10 | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 06:44:43 | 07:26:43 | +2m 27s | 18:20:54 | -3m 1s | 19:02:46 | 10h 54m 11s | -5m 27s | 12:54:43 | 24.09° | 05:55:58 | 19:51:18 | 05:05:28 | 20:41:29 | 13h 8m 16s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:54:52 | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 06:47:06 | 07:29:10 | +2m 27s | 18:17:53 | -3m 1s | 18:59:49 | 10h 48m 43s | -5m 27s | 12:54:25 | 23.71° | 05:58:24 | 19:48:19 | 05:08:06 | 20:38:18 | 13h 13m 44s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:54:34 | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 06:49:30 | 07:31:37 | +2m 27s | 18:14:53 | -3m 0s | 18:56:53 | 10h 43m 16s | -5m 27s | 12:54:08 | 23.33° | 06:00:50 | 19:45:21 | 05:10:43 | 20:35:09 | 13h 19m 11s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:54:16 | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 06:51:53 | 07:34:04 | +2m 27s | 18:11:54 | -2m 59s | 18:53:58 | 10h 37m 50s | -5m 27s | 12:53:52 | 22.95° | 06:03:15 | 19:42:24 | 05:13:19 | 20:32:03 | 13h 24m 38s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 16:50New moon at 16:50. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
00:54:01 | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 06:54:16 | 07:36:32 | +2m 28s | 18:08:55 | -2m 59s | 18:51:04 | 10h 32m 23s | -5m 27s | 12:53:35 | 22.57° | 06:05:40 | 19:39:29 | 05:15:54 | 20:28:59 | 13h 30m 5s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:53:43 | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 06:56:39 | 07:39:00 | +2m 28s | 18:05:57 | -2m 58s | 18:48:11 | 10h 26m 57s | -5m 27s | 12:53:20 | 22.19° | 06:08:04 | 19:36:36 | 05:18:27 | 20:25:57 | 13h 35m 32s | 🌒 (6%)Waxing Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:53:28 | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 06:59:02 | 07:41:29 | +2m 29s | 18:02:59 | -2m 58s | 18:45:19 | 10h 21m 30s | -5m 27s | 12:53:04 | 21.82° | 06:10:27 | 19:33:44 | 05:20:58 | 20:22:57 | 13h 40m 59s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:53:12 | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 07:01:26 | 07:43:58 | +2m 29s | 18:00:02 | -2m 57s | 18:42:28 | 10h 16m 4s | -5m 26s | 12:52:49 | 21.45° | 06:12:50 | 19:30:53 | 05:23:29 | 20:20:00 | 13h 46m 26s | 🌒 (18%)Waxing Crescent: 18% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:56 | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 07:03:49 | 07:46:28 | +2m 30s | 17:57:05 | -2m 57s | 18:39:39 | 10h 10m 37s | -5m 26s | 12:52:35 | 21.08° | 06:15:13 | 19:28:05 | 05:25:58 | 20:17:04 | 13h 51m 53s | 🌒 (26%)Waxing Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:42 | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 07:06:12 | 07:48:58 | +2m 30s | 17:54:10 | -2m 55s | 18:36:50 | 10h 5m 12s | -5m 26s | 12:52:21 | 20.71° | 06:17:34 | 19:25:18 | 05:28:26 | 20:14:12 | 13h 57m 19s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:28 | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 07:08:35 | 07:51:29 | +2m 31s | 17:51:15 | -2m 55s | 18:34:03 | 9h 59m 46s | -5m 26s | 12:52:08 | 20.34° | 06:19:56 | 19:22:32 | 05:30:53 | 20:11:21 | 14h 2m 45s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:14 | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 07:10:58 | 07:54:00 | +2m 31s | 17:48:20 | -2m 55s | 18:31:16 | 9h 54m 20s | -5m 25s | 12:51:56 | 19.98° | 06:22:17 | 19:19:48 | 05:33:19 | 20:08:33 | 14h 8m 11s | 🌓 (53%) First quarter at 17:12First quarter at 17:12. At midnight, at the end of the day: 53% illuminated |
00:52:02 | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 07:13:21 | 07:56:31 | +2m 31s | 17:45:27 | -2m 53s | 18:28:31 | 9h 48m 56s | -5m 25s | 12:51:44 | 19.62° | 06:24:37 | 19:17:06 | 05:35:44 | 20:05:46 | 14h 13m 36s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:50 | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 07:15:44 | 07:59:03 | +2m 32s | 17:42:34 | -2m 53s | 18:25:48 | 9h 43m 31s | -5m 25s | 12:51:32 | 19.26° | 06:26:57 | 19:14:26 | 05:38:08 | 20:03:03 | 14h 19m 1s | 🌔 (72%)Waxing Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:38 | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 07:18:07 | 08:01:35 | +2m 32s | 17:39:42 | -2m 52s | 18:23:05 | 9h 38m 7s | -5m 24s | 12:51:21 | 18.90° | 06:29:16 | 19:11:48 | 05:40:31 | 20:00:21 | 14h 24m 26s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:26 | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 07:20:30 | 08:04:08 | +2m 33s | 17:36:51 | -2m 51s | 18:20:25 | 9h 32m 43s | -5m 24s | 12:51:11 | 18.55° | 06:31:35 | 19:09:11 | 05:42:53 | 19:57:42 | 14h 29m 50s | 🌔 (88%)Waxing Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:16 | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 07:22:53 | 08:06:41 | +2m 33s | 17:34:02 | -2m 49s | 18:17:45 | 9h 27m 21s | -5m 23s | 12:51:02 | 18.20° | 06:33:54 | 19:06:36 | 05:45:14 | 19:55:05 | 14h 35m 13s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:07 | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 07:25:16 | 08:09:15 | +2m 34s | 17:31:13 | -2m 49s | 18:15:07 | 9h 21m 58s | -5m 22s | 12:50:53 | 17.85° | 06:36:12 | 19:04:03 | 05:47:34 | 19:52:31 | 14h 40m 36s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:50:57 | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 06:27:38 | 07:11:49 | +2m 34son the clock: -57m 26s | 16:28:25 | -2m 48son the clock: -1h 2m 48s | 17:12:30 | 9h 16m 36s | -5m 22s | 11:50:45 | 17.51° | 05:38:29 | 18:01:32 | 04:49:53 | 18:49:59 | 14h 45m 58s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:50:49 | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 06:30:01 | 07:14:23 | +2m 34s | 16:25:38 | -2m 47s | 17:09:55 | 9h 11m 15s | -5m 21s | 11:50:38 | 17.16° | 05:40:46 | 17:59:03 | 04:52:11 | 18:47:29 | 14h 51m 20s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 04:11Full moon at 04:11. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
23:50:35 | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 06:32:24 | 07:16:58 | +2m 35s | 16:22:52 | -2m 46s | 17:07:22 | 9h 5m 54s | -5m 20s | 11:50:31 | 16.82° | 05:43:03 | 17:56:36 | 04:54:28 | 18:45:02 | 14h 56m 41s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:50:28 | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 06:34:46 | 07:19:33 | +2m 35s | 16:20:08 | -2m 44s | 17:04:50 | 9h 0m 35s | -5m 20s | 11:50:25 | 16.49° | 05:45:19 | 17:54:11 | 04:56:44 | 18:42:37 | 15h 2m 0s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:50:23 | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 06:37:09 | 07:22:08 | +2m 35s | 16:17:25 | -2m 43s | 17:02:20 | 8h 55m 17s | -5m 19s | 11:50:20 | 16.16° | 05:47:34 | 17:51:48 | 04:58:59 | 18:40:14 | 15h 7m 19s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:50:18 | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 06:39:31 | 07:24:44 | +2m 36s | 16:14:43 | -2m 42s | 16:59:52 | 8h 49m 59s | -5m 18s | 11:50:16 | 15.83° | 05:49:49 | 17:49:27 | 05:01:13 | 18:37:55 | 15h 12m 37s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:50:14 | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 06:41:53 | 07:27:20 | +2m 36s | 16:12:02 | -2m 41s | 16:57:25 | 8h 44m 42s | -5m 16s | 11:50:12 | 15.50° | 05:52:04 | 17:47:08 | 05:03:26 | 18:35:37 | 15h 17m 54s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:50:11 | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Sandness, Scotland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Sandness, 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 Sandness, Scotland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Sandness
In Sandness, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 19 at 03:38, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 09:13. The earliest sunset is on December 16 at 14:56, and the latest sunset is on June 23 at 22:38.
Sandness gets 13h 12m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (18h 59m versus 5h 46m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 23m.
Sandness Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Sandness. 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 Sandness.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 6.3° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 53.1° (around Jun 20) in Sandness. 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 Sandness, Scotland
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Sandness, Scotland — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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