Sunrise and sunset times in Unst
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Unst, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 16:01:08
Night ends at 05:3405:34:27
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 07:1307:13:25
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: 07:57:22When 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: 17:38:16When 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 18:2218:22:08
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 20:0120:00:44
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: 9.30° · Azimuth: 228.0° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 9 hours, 40 minutes
1 hour, 37 minutes left for today's sunset in Unst
Moon will rise on Oct 20 at 16:37
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:02Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 04:11 · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 07:02Tomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 05:3705:36:53
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 07:1607:15:50
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: 07:59:58When 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: 17:35:21When 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 18:1918:19:23
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 19:5819:58:00
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, 35 minutes
Tomorrow will be 6 minutes shorter than today in Unst
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 01:02 Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 16:36Moon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (80%)
- Unst, Scotland
- Latitude: 60.741631 (North)
- Longitude: -0.904855 (West)
- Time zone: British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1)
Shortest day in Unst, 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, 37 minutes.Longest day in Unst, 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 19 hours, 10 minutes.
October 2026 - Unst, 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 Unst.
All times are in Unst'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, 46 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Unst, Scotland - from 11 hours, 26 minutes on the first day to 8 hours, 40 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.06:27:05 | 07:09:30 | +2m 28s | 18:35:46 | -3m 6s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.19:18:01 | 11h 26m 16s | -5m 33s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:53:37 | 25.96° | 05:37:06 | 20:07:44 | 04:44:12 | 21:00:13 | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 36m 11s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:53:47 | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:29:32 | 07:11:57 | +2m 27s | 18:32:40 | -3m 6s | 19:14:56 | 11h 20m 43s | -5m 33s | 12:53:18 | 25.57° | 05:39:41 | 20:04:32 | 04:47:05 | 20:56:43 | 12h 41m 45s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:53:28 | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:31:59 | 07:14:25 | +2m 28s | 18:29:35 | -3m 5s | 19:11:52 | 11h 15m 10s | -5m 33s | 12:52:58 | 25.18° | 05:42:14 | 20:01:22 | 04:49:56 | 20:53:17 | 12h 47m 19s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 14:25Last quarter at 14:25. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
00:53:08 | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:34:26 | 07:16:54 | +2m 29s | 18:26:30 | -3m 5s | 19:08:48 | 11h 9m 36s | -5m 33s | 12:52:39 | 24.80° | 05:44:47 | 19:58:14 | 04:52:45 | 20:49:52 | 12h 52m 52s | 🌘 (34%)Waning Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:48 | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 06:36:53 | 07:19:22 | +2m 28s | 18:23:25 | -3m 5s | 19:05:46 | 11h 4m 3s | -5m 33s | 12:52:21 | 24.41° | 05:47:18 | 19:55:07 | 04:55:33 | 20:46:31 | 12h 58m 27s | 🌘 (24%)Waning Crescent: 24% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:31 | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 06:39:20 | 07:21:52 | +2m 30s | 18:20:21 | -3m 4s | 19:02:44 | 10h 58m 29s | -5m 33s | 12:52:02 | 24.03° | 05:49:49 | 19:52:01 | 04:58:18 | 20:43:11 | 13h 4m 0s | 🌘 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:52:11 | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 06:41:46 | 07:24:21 | +2m 29s | 18:17:17 | -3m 4s | 18:59:44 | 10h 52m 56s | -5m 33s | 12:51:44 | 23.65° | 05:52:20 | 19:48:57 | 05:01:02 | 20:39:54 | 13h 9m 34s | 🌘 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:53 | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 06:44:12 | 07:26:51 | +2m 30s | 18:14:13 | -3m 4s | 18:56:44 | 10h 47m 22s | -5m 33s | 12:51:27 | 23.26° | 05:54:49 | 19:45:54 | 05:03:45 | 20:36:39 | 13h 15m 8s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:36 | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 06:46:39 | 07:29:21 | +2m 30s | 18:11:10 | -3m 3s | 18:53:45 | 10h 41m 49s | -5m 33s | 12:51:10 | 22.88° | 05:57:18 | 19:42:53 | 05:06:26 | 20:33:27 | 13h 20m 42s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:51:19 | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 06:49:05 | 07:31:52 | +2m 31s | 18:08:08 | -3m 2s | 18:50:47 | 10h 36m 16s | -5m 33s | 12:50:53 | 22.50° | 05:59:46 | 19:39:54 | 05:09:05 | 20:30:17 | 13h 26m 15s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 16:50New moon at 16:50. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
00:51:01 | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 06:51:31 | 07:34:23 | +2m 31s | 18:05:06 | -3m 2s | 18:47:50 | 10h 30m 43s | -5m 33s | 12:50:37 | 22.13° | 06:02:14 | 19:36:56 | 05:11:43 | 20:27:09 | 13h 31m 48s | 🌒 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:50:45 | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 06:53:57 | 07:36:54 | +2m 31s | 18:02:04 | -3m 2s | 18:44:54 | 10h 25m 10s | -5m 33s | 12:50:21 | 21.75° | 06:04:41 | 19:33:59 | 05:14:19 | 20:24:04 | 13h 37m 22s | 🌒 (6%)Waxing Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:50:29 | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 06:56:23 | 07:39:26 | +2m 32s | 17:59:04 | -3m 0s | 18:42:00 | 10h 19m 38s | -5m 33s | 12:50:05 | 21.38° | 06:07:07 | 19:31:04 | 05:16:55 | 20:21:01 | 13h 42m 54s | 🌒 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:50:12 | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 06:58:49 | 07:41:58 | +2m 32s | 17:56:03 | -3m 1s | 18:39:06 | 10h 14m 5s | -5m 33s | 12:49:51 | 21.01° | 06:09:33 | 19:28:11 | 05:19:28 | 20:18:00 | 13h 48m 28s | 🌒 (18%)Waxing Crescent: 18% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:49:59 | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 07:01:15 | 07:44:31 | +2m 33s | 17:53:04 | -2m 59s | 18:36:13 | 10h 8m 33s | -5m 32s | 12:49:36 | 20.64° | 06:11:59 | 19:25:19 | 05:22:01 | 20:15:02 | 13h 54m 0s | 🌒 (26%)Waxing Crescent: 26% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:49:43 | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 07:03:41 | 07:47:04 | +2m 33s | 17:50:05 | -2m 59s | 18:33:22 | 10h 3m 1s | -5m 32s | 12:49:23 | 20.27° | 06:14:23 | 19:22:29 | 05:24:33 | 20:12:06 | 13h 59m 33s | 🌒 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:49:30 | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 07:06:07 | 07:49:38 | +2m 34s | 17:47:06 | -2m 59s | 18:30:32 | 9h 57m 28s | -5m 32s | 12:49:09 | 19.90° | 06:16:48 | 19:19:41 | 05:27:03 | 20:09:12 | 14h 5m 6s | 🌒 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:49:15 | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 07:08:33 | 07:52:12 | +2m 34s | 17:44:09 | -2m 57s | 18:27:42 | 9h 51m 57s | -5m 32s | 12:48:57 | 19.54° | 06:19:11 | 19:16:55 | 05:29:32 | 20:06:20 | 14h 10m 38s | 🌓 (53%) First quarter at 17:12First quarter at 17:12. At midnight, at the end of the day: 53% illuminated |
00:49:03 | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 07:10:59 | 07:54:47 | +2m 35s | 17:41:12 | -2m 57s | 18:24:55 | 9h 46m 25s | -5m 31s | 12:48:45 | 19.18° | 06:21:34 | 19:14:10 | 05:32:00 | 20:03:31 | 14h 16m 10s | 🌔 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:48:51 | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 07:13:25 | 07:57:22 | +2m 35s | 17:38:16 | -2m 56s | 18:22:08 | 9h 40m 54s | -5m 31s | 12:48:33 | 18.82° | 06:23:57 | 19:11:27 | 05:34:27 | 20:00:44 | 14h 21m 42s | 🌔 (72%)Waxing Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:48:38 | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 07:15:50 | 07:59:58 | +2m 36s | 17:35:21 | -2m 55s | 18:19:23 | 9h 35m 23s | -5m 31s | 12:48:23 | 18.46° | 06:26:19 | 19:08:46 | 05:36:53 | 19:58:00 | 14h 27m 13s | 🌔 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:48:28 | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 07:18:16 | 08:02:34 | +2m 36s | 17:32:27 | -2m 54s | 18:16:39 | 9h 29m 53s | -5m 30s | 12:48:13 | 18.11° | 06:28:41 | 19:06:06 | 05:39:18 | 19:55:18 | 14h 32m 43s | 🌔 (88%)Waxing Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:48:18 | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 07:20:42 | 08:05:10 | +2m 36s | 17:29:34 | -2m 53s | 18:13:57 | 9h 24m 24s | -5m 30s | 12:48:03 | 17.76° | 06:31:02 | 19:03:29 | 05:41:41 | 19:52:38 | 14h 38m 13s | 🌔 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:48:08 | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 07:23:08 | 08:07:47 | +2m 37s | 17:26:42 | -2m 52s | 18:11:16 | 9h 18m 55s | -5m 29s | 12:47:54 | 17.41° | 06:33:23 | 19:00:53 | 05:44:04 | 19:50:01 | 14h 43m 42s | 🌔 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:47:58 | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 🕐 -1h | 06:25:33 | 07:10:24 | +2m 37son the clock: -57m 23s | 16:23:51 | -2m 51son the clock: -1h 2m 51s | 17:08:37 | 9h 13m 27s | -5m 29s | 11:47:46 | 17.06° | 05:35:43 | 17:58:20 | 04:46:26 | 18:47:26 | 14h 49m 11s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 00:47:50 | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 06:27:59 | 07:13:02 | +2m 38s | 16:21:00 | -2m 51s | 17:05:59 | 9h 7m 58s | -5m 28s | 11:47:39 | 16.72° | 05:38:03 | 17:55:48 | 04:48:47 | 18:44:54 | 14h 54m 40s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 04:11Full moon at 04:11. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
23:47:36 | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 06:30:25 | 07:15:40 | +2m 38s | 16:18:11 | -2m 49s | 17:03:22 | 9h 2m 31s | -5m 27s | 11:47:32 | 16.38° | 05:40:22 | 17:53:18 | 04:51:06 | 18:42:24 | 15h 0m 8s | 🌖 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:47:30 | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 06:32:50 | 07:18:19 | +2m 39s | 16:15:23 | -2m 48s | 17:00:48 | 8h 57m 4s | -5m 26s | 11:47:27 | 16.05° | 05:42:40 | 17:50:51 | 04:53:25 | 18:39:56 | 15h 5m 35s | 🌖 (89%)Waning Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:47:25 | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 06:35:15 | 07:20:58 | +2m 39s | 16:12:37 | -2m 46s | 16:58:15 | 8h 51m 39s | -5m 25s | 11:47:22 | 15.71° | 05:44:59 | 17:48:25 | 04:55:43 | 18:37:31 | 15h 11m 0s | 🌖 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:47:20 | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 06:37:40 | 07:23:37 | +2m 39s | 16:09:51 | -2m 46s | 16:55:44 | 8h 46m 14s | -5m 25s | 11:47:17 | 15.39° | 05:47:16 | 17:46:02 | 04:58:00 | 18:35:09 | 15h 16m 25s | 🌖 (71%)Waning Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:47:16 | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 06:40:05 | 07:26:16 | +2m 39s | 16:07:07 | -2m 44s | 16:53:14 | 8h 40m 51s | -5m 23s | 11:47:14 | 15.06° | 05:49:33 | 17:43:40 | 05:00:16 | 18:32:49 | 15h 21m 49s | 🌖 (60%)Waning Gibbous: 60% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 23:47:13 | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Unst, Scotland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Unst, 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 Unst, Scotland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Unst
In Unst, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 19 at 03:30, while the latest sunrise is on December 27 at 09:14. The earliest sunset is on December 16 at 14:49, and the latest sunset is on June 22 at 22:40.
Unst gets 13h 32m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (19h 10m versus 5h 37m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 24m.
Unst Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Unst. 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 Unst.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 5.8° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 52.7° (around Jun 20) in Unst. 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 Unst, Scotland
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Unst, Scotland — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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