Sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 10, 2026. Current time: 7:05:40 pm
First light at 5:57:39 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:21:57 amWhen 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: 5:56:11 pmWhen 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 6:20:29 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:16:37 pmEnd 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: -15.7° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 271° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 34 minutes
Sunset in Santa Cruz was 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Moon rose on Oct 10 at 6:23 AM
Moon set on Oct 10 at 5:48 PMMoon phase: 🌑 New Moon (0.3%)🌑 New moon: today at 8:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 PMTomorrow
October 11, 2026
First light at 5:58:17 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:22:37 amWhen 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: 5:55:00 pmWhen 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 6:19:19 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:15:27 pmEnd 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: 11 hours, 32 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Santa Cruz
Moon will rise on Oct 11 at 7:24 AM Moon will set on Oct 11 at 6:20 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (3%)
- Santa Cruz, Sonora
- Latitude: 31.23362 (North)
- Longitude: -110.596184 (West)
- Time zone: Mexican Pacific Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Santa Cruz, Sonora
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 11 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 10 hours, 7 minutes.Longest day in Santa Cruz, Sonora
The longest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours, 10 minutes.
October 2026 - Santa Cruz, Sonora - 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 Santa Cruz.
All times are in Santa Cruz's time: Mexican Pacific Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 54 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Santa Cruz, Sonora - from 11 hours, 51 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 57 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). | 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). | 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.5:52:01 am | 6:16:12 am | 6:07:15 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:31:25 pm | 11h 51m 3s | -1m 53s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:11:58 pm | 55.3° | 5:23:55 am | 6:59:28 pm | 4:55:42 am | 7:27:38 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 9m 35s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:08 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:52:37 am | 6:16:50 am | 6:05:59 pm | 6:30:10 pm | 11h 49m 9s | -1m 53s | 12:11:38 pm | 55° | 5:24:32 am | 6:58:13 pm | 4:56:21 am | 7:26:21 pm | 12h 11m 28s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:48 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:53:14 am | 6:17:27 am | 6:04:44 pm | 6:28:55 pm | 11h 47m 17s | -1m 53s | 12:11:19 pm | 54.6° | 5:25:09 am | 6:56:58 pm | 4:56:59 am | 7:25:05 pm | 12h 13m 21s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:11:28 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:53:52 am | 6:18:05 am | 6:03:29 pm | 6:27:41 pm | 11h 45m 24s | -1m 52s | 12:11:01 pm | 54.2° | 5:25:46 am | 6:55:44 pm | 4:57:37 am | 7:23:50 pm | 12h 15m 14s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:10 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:54:29 am | 6:18:43 am | 6:02:15 pm | 6:26:28 pm | 11h 43m 32s | -1m 52s | 12:10:43 pm | 53.8° | 5:26:24 am | 6:54:31 pm | 4:58:16 am | 7:22:36 pm | 12h 17m 6s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:10:52 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:55:06 am | 6:19:21 am | 6:01:01 pm | 6:25:14 pm | 11h 41m 40s | -1m 52s | 12:10:25 pm | 53.4° | 5:27:01 am | 6:53:18 pm | 4:58:54 am | 7:21:23 pm | 12h 18m 59s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:10:34 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:55:44 am | 6:20:00 am | 5:59:48 pm | 6:24:02 pm | 11h 39m 48s | -1m 52s | 12:10:07 pm | 53° | 5:27:39 am | 6:52:06 pm | 4:59:32 am | 7:20:10 pm | 12h 20m 51s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:10:16 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:56:22 am | 6:20:39 am | 5:58:35 pm | 6:22:50 pm | 11h 37m 56s | -1m 52s | 12:09:50 pm | 52.7° | 5:28:16 am | 6:50:54 pm | 5:00:10 am | 7:18:58 pm | 12h 22m 43s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:09:58 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:57:00 am | 6:21:18 am | 5:57:23 pm | 6:21:39 pm | 11h 36m 5s | -1m 51s | 12:09:34 pm | 52.3° | 5:28:54 am | 6:49:43 pm | 5:00:48 am | 7:17:47 pm | 12h 24m 34s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:09:42 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:57:39 am | 6:21:57 am | 5:56:11 pm | 6:20:29 pm | 11h 34m 14s | -1m 51s | 12:09:18 pm | 51.9° | 5:29:32 am | 6:48:33 pm | 5:01:26 am | 7:16:37 pm | 12h 26m 26s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:09:26 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 5:58:17 am | 6:22:37 am | 5:55:00 pm | 6:19:19 pm | 11h 32m 23s | -1m 51s | 12:09:02 pm | 51.5° | 5:30:10 am | 6:47:24 pm | 5:02:05 am | 7:15:27 pm | 12h 28m 17s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:09:10 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:58:56 am | 6:23:17 am | 5:53:50 pm | 6:18:10 pm | 11h 30m 33s | -1m 51s | 12:08:47 pm | 51.1° | 5:30:48 am | 6:46:16 pm | 5:02:43 am | 7:14:19 pm | 12h 30m 8s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:55 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:59:35 am | 6:23:58 am | 5:52:40 pm | 6:17:01 pm | 11h 28m 42s | -1m 50s | 12:08:32 pm | 50.8° | 5:31:26 am | 6:45:09 pm | 5:03:21 am | 7:13:12 pm | 12h 31m 59s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:39 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:00:15 am | 6:24:39 am | 5:51:31 pm | 6:15:54 pm | 11h 26m 52s | -1m 50s | 12:08:18 pm | 50.4° | 5:32:05 am | 6:44:02 pm | 5:04:00 am | 7:12:05 pm | 12h 33m 49s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:25 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:00:55 am | 6:25:20 am | 5:50:23 pm | 6:14:47 pm | 11h 25m 3s | -1m 50s | 12:08:04 pm | 50° | 5:32:44 am | 6:42:56 pm | 5:04:38 am | 7:11:00 pm | 12h 35m 39s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:11 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:01:35 am | 6:26:02 am | 5:49:15 pm | 6:13:41 pm | 11h 23m 13s | -1m 49s | 12:07:51 pm | 49.7° | 5:33:23 am | 6:41:52 pm | 5:05:17 am | 7:09:56 pm | 12h 37m 29s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:57 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:02:15 am | 6:26:44 am | 5:48:08 pm | 6:12:36 pm | 11h 21m 24s | -1m 49s | 12:07:39 pm | 49.3° | 5:34:02 am | 6:40:48 pm | 5:05:56 am | 7:08:52 pm | 12h 39m 18s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:45 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:02:56 am | 6:27:26 am | 5:47:02 pm | 6:11:32 pm | 11h 19m 36s | -1m 48s | 12:07:27 pm | 48.9° | 5:34:41 am | 6:39:45 pm | 5:06:35 am | 7:07:50 pm | 12h 41m 7s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:07:33 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:03:37 am | 6:28:09 am | 5:45:57 pm | 6:10:29 pm | 11h 17m 48s | -1m 48s | 12:07:16 pm | 48.6° | 5:35:21 am | 6:38:43 pm | 5:07:14 am | 7:06:49 pm | 12h 42m 55s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:22 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:04:18 am | 6:28:52 am | 5:44:53 pm | 6:09:27 pm | 11h 16m 1s | -1m 47s | 12:07:05 pm | 48.2° | 5:36:01 am | 6:37:43 pm | 5:07:53 am | 7:05:49 pm | 12h 44m 43s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:10 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:05:00 am | 6:29:36 am | 5:43:50 pm | 6:08:26 pm | 11h 14m 14s | -1m 47s | 12:06:56 pm | 47.9° | 5:36:41 am | 6:36:43 pm | 5:08:32 am | 7:04:50 pm | 12h 46m 30s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:01 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:05:42 am | 6:30:20 am | 5:42:48 pm | 6:07:25 pm | 11h 12m 28s | -1m 46s | 12:06:46 pm | 47.5° | 5:37:21 am | 6:35:45 pm | 5:09:12 am | 7:03:53 pm | 12h 48m 17s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:50 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:06:24 am | 6:31:05 am | 5:41:46 pm | 6:06:26 pm | 11h 10m 41s | -1m 46s | 12:06:38 pm | 47.2° | 5:38:02 am | 6:34:47 pm | 5:09:52 am | 7:02:56 pm | 12h 50m 3s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:42 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:07:07 am | 6:31:49 am | 5:40:46 pm | 6:05:28 pm | 11h 8m 57s | -1m 45s | 12:06:30 pm | 46.8° | 5:38:43 am | 6:33:51 pm | 5:10:31 am | 7:02:01 pm | 12h 51m 49s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:34 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:07:50 am | 6:32:35 am | 5:39:47 pm | 6:04:31 pm | 11h 7m 12s | -1m 45s | 12:06:23 pm | 46.5° | 5:39:24 am | 6:32:56 pm | 5:11:12 am | 7:01:07 pm | 12h 53m 33s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:06:26 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:08:33 am | 6:33:20 am | 5:38:49 pm | 6:03:35 pm | 11h 5m 29s | -1m 44s | 12:06:17 pm | 46.1° | 5:40:06 am | 6:32:02 pm | 5:11:52 am | 7:00:15 pm | 12h 55m 17s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:20 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:09:17 am | 6:34:06 am | 5:37:52 pm | 6:02:41 pm | 11h 3m 46s | -1m 43s | 12:06:11 pm | 45.8° | 5:40:47 am | 6:31:09 pm | 5:12:32 am | 6:59:23 pm | 12h 57m 1s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:14 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:10:01 am | 6:34:53 am | 5:36:56 pm | 6:01:47 pm | 11h 2m 3s | -1m 42s | 12:06:06 pm | 45.5° | 5:41:29 am | 6:30:18 pm | 5:13:13 am | 6:58:33 pm | 12h 58m 44s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:08 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:10:45 am | 6:35:40 am | 5:36:01 pm | 6:00:55 pm | 11h 0m 21s | -1m 42s | 12:06:02 pm | 45.1° | 5:42:12 am | 6:29:28 pm | 5:13:54 am | 6:57:44 pm | 13h 0m 26s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:04 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:11:30 am | 6:36:27 am | 5:35:07 pm | 6:00:04 pm | 10h 58m 40s | -1m 41s | 12:05:59 pm | 44.8° | 5:42:54 am | 6:28:39 pm | 5:14:35 am | 6:56:57 pm | 13h 2m 8s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:01 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:12:15 am | 6:37:15 am | 5:34:15 pm | 5:59:14 pm | 10h 57m 0s | -1m 40s | 12:05:56 pm | 44.5° | 5:43:37 am | 6:27:51 pm | 5:15:16 am | 6:56:11 pm | 13h 3m 48s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:05:57 am | 14.3° S |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Santa Cruz, Sonora
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz, Sonora - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz, Sonora for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Santa Cruz, Sonora
In Santa Cruz, Sonora, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 10 at 5:17 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 8 at 7:22 am. The earliest sunset is on December 3 at 5:19 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 29 at 7:30 pm.
Santa Cruz, Sonora gets 4h 03m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 10m versus 10h 07m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Santa Cruz Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Santa Cruz. 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 Santa Cruz.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 35.1° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 80.6° (around Jun 15) in Santa Cruz. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Santa Cruz the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:05 and 12:36 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
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 Santa Cruz, Sonora
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Santa Cruz, Sonora — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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