Sunrise and sunset times in Bel Air, MD
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Bel Air, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 17, 2026. Current time: 3:05:07 pm
Night ends at 5:48 am5:47:58 am
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 6:50 am6:50:22 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 7:17:33 am EDTWhen 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: 6:23:14 pm EDTWhen 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 6:50 pm6:50:23 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:53 pm7:52:42 pm
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: 31.93° · Azimuth: 220.0° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 5 minutes
3 hours, 18 minutes left for today's sunset in Bel Air
Moon rose on Oct 17 at 2:01 pm
Moon will set on Oct 17 at 11:10 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (42%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 12:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 18, 2026
Night ends at 5:49 am5:48:56 am
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 6:51 am6:51:22 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 7:18:35 am EDTWhen 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: 6:21:48 pm EDTWhen 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 6:49 pm6:49:00 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:51 pm7:51:20 pm
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: 11 hours, 3 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Bel Air
Moon will rise on Oct 18 at 2:37 pm Moon will set on Oct 19 at 12:12 amMoon phase: 🌓 First Quarter (55%)
- Bel Air, Maryland
- Latitude: 39.535942 (North)
- Longitude: -76.348289 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Bel Air, MD
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 4 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 22 minutes.Longest day in Bel Air, MD
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, 57 minutes.
October 2026 - Bel Air, Maryland - 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 Bel Air.
All times are in Bel Air's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 13 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Bel Air, MD - from 11 hours, 46 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 32 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.6:34:47 am | 7:01:37 am | 6:47:45 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:14:32 pm | 11h 46m 8s | -2m 34s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:55:00 pm | 47.08° | 6:03:35 am | 7:45:40 pm | 5:32:06 am | 8:17:04 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 14m 50s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:10 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:35:44 am | 7:02:35 am | 6:46:09 pm | 7:12:57 pm | 11h 43m 34s | -2m 34s | 12:54:41 pm | 46.69° | 6:04:33 am | 7:44:04 pm | 5:33:07 am | 8:15:26 pm | 12h 17m 24s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:51 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:36:42 am | 7:03:33 am | 6:44:33 pm | 7:11:22 pm | 11h 41m 0s | -2m 33s | 12:54:22 pm | 46.31° | 6:05:31 am | 7:42:29 pm | 5:34:07 am | 8:13:48 pm | 12h 19m 58s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
12:54:32 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:37:39 am | 7:04:31 am | 6:42:58 pm | 7:09:47 pm | 11h 38m 27s | -2m 33s | 12:54:03 pm | 45.92° | 6:06:29 am | 7:40:54 pm | 5:35:07 am | 8:12:11 pm | 12h 22m 31s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:12 am | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:38:37 am | 7:05:29 am | 6:41:24 pm | 7:08:13 pm | 11h 35m 55s | -2m 33s | 12:53:45 pm | 45.54° | 6:07:27 am | 7:39:19 pm | 5:36:07 am | 8:10:35 pm | 12h 25m 4s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:54 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:39:35 am | 7:06:28 am | 6:39:49 pm | 7:06:40 pm | 11h 33m 21s | -2m 33s | 12:53:27 pm | 45.15° | 6:08:25 am | 7:37:46 pm | 5:37:07 am | 8:09:00 pm | 12h 27m 38s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:36 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:40:33 am | 7:07:27 am | 6:38:16 pm | 7:05:08 pm | 11h 30m 49s | -2m 33s | 12:53:10 pm | 44.77° | 6:09:24 am | 7:36:13 pm | 5:38:07 am | 8:07:26 pm | 12h 30m 10s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:19 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:41:31 am | 7:08:26 am | 6:36:42 pm | 7:03:36 pm | 11h 28m 16s | -2m 32s | 12:52:52 pm | 44.39° | 6:10:22 am | 7:34:42 pm | 5:39:06 am | 8:05:53 pm | 12h 32m 44s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:00 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:42:29 am | 7:09:26 am | 6:35:10 pm | 7:02:04 pm | 11h 25m 44s | -2m 32s | 12:52:36 pm | 44.01° | 6:11:20 am | 7:33:11 pm | 5:40:06 am | 8:04:21 pm | 12h 35m 15s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:44 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:43:27 am | 7:10:25 am | 6:33:38 pm | 7:00:34 pm | 11h 23m 13s | -2m 32s | 12:52:20 pm | 43.63° | 6:12:18 am | 7:31:40 pm | 5:41:05 am | 8:02:49 pm | 12h 37m 47s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
12:52:28 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:44:26 am | 7:11:25 am | 6:32:07 pm | 6:59:04 pm | 11h 20m 42s | -2m 31s | 12:52:04 pm | 43.25° | 6:13:16 am | 7:30:11 pm | 5:42:04 am | 8:01:19 pm | 12h 40m 19s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:12 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:45:25 am | 7:12:26 am | 6:30:36 pm | 6:57:35 pm | 11h 18m 10s | -2m 31s | 12:51:49 pm | 42.88° | 6:14:14 am | 7:28:43 pm | 5:43:03 am | 7:59:50 pm | 12h 42m 51s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:57 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:46:24 am | 7:13:27 am | 6:29:06 pm | 6:56:07 pm | 11h 15m 39s | -2m 31s | 12:51:34 pm | 42.51° | 6:15:12 am | 7:27:15 pm | 5:44:02 am | 7:58:22 pm | 12h 45m 22s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:41 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:47:23 am | 7:14:28 am | 6:27:37 pm | 6:54:40 pm | 11h 13m 9s | -2m 30s | 12:51:20 pm | 42.13° | 6:16:11 am | 7:25:49 pm | 5:45:01 am | 7:56:56 pm | 12h 47m 52s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:27 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:48:22 am | 7:15:29 am | 6:26:08 pm | 6:53:13 pm | 11h 10m 39s | -2m 30s | 12:51:06 pm | 41.76° | 6:17:09 am | 7:24:24 pm | 5:46:00 am | 7:55:30 pm | 12h 50m 23s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:13 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:49:22 am | 7:16:31 am | 6:24:41 pm | 6:51:48 pm | 11h 8m 10s | -2m 29s | 12:50:53 pm | 41.40° | 6:18:08 am | 7:22:59 pm | 5:46:59 am | 7:54:05 pm | 12h 52m 52s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:59 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:50:22 am | 7:17:33 am | 6:23:14 pm | 6:50:23 pm | 11h 5m 41s | -2m 29s | 12:50:41 pm | 41.03° | 6:19:07 am | 7:21:36 pm | 5:47:58 am | 7:52:42 pm | 12h 55m 21s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:47 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:51:22 am | 7:18:35 am | 6:21:48 pm | 6:49:00 pm | 11h 3m 13s | -2m 28s | 12:50:29 pm | 40.67° | 6:20:05 am | 7:20:14 pm | 5:48:56 am | 7:51:20 pm | 12h 57m 50s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
12:50:35 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:52:22 am | 7:19:38 am | 6:20:23 pm | 6:47:37 pm | 11h 0m 45s | -2m 28s | 12:50:17 pm | 40.31° | 6:21:04 am | 7:18:53 pm | 5:49:55 am | 7:49:59 pm | 13h 0m 18s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:22 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:53:23 am | 7:20:41 am | 6:18:59 pm | 6:46:16 pm | 10h 58m 18s | -2m 27s | 12:50:07 pm | 39.95° | 6:22:03 am | 7:17:33 pm | 5:50:54 am | 7:48:40 pm | 13h 2m 46s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:12 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:54:24 am | 7:21:45 am | 6:17:36 pm | 6:44:55 pm | 10h 55m 51s | -2m 26s | 12:49:57 pm | 39.59° | 6:23:02 am | 7:16:15 pm | 5:51:53 am | 7:47:22 pm | 13h 5m 12s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:02 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:55:25 am | 7:22:48 am | 6:16:14 pm | 6:43:36 pm | 10h 53m 26s | -2m 26s | 12:49:48 pm | 39.24° | 6:24:02 am | 7:14:57 pm | 5:52:51 am | 7:46:05 pm | 13h 7m 38s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:53 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:56:26 am | 7:23:52 am | 6:14:53 pm | 6:42:18 pm | 10h 51m 1s | -2m 25s | 12:49:39 pm | 38.89° | 6:25:01 am | 7:13:41 pm | 5:53:50 am | 7:44:49 pm | 13h 10m 4s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:43 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:57:28 am | 7:24:57 am | 6:13:33 pm | 6:41:01 pm | 10h 48m 36s | -2m 24s | 12:49:31 pm | 38.54° | 6:26:01 am | 7:12:26 pm | 5:54:49 am | 7:43:35 pm | 13h 12m 29s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:35 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:58:30 am | 7:26:02 am | 6:12:14 pm | 6:39:45 pm | 10h 46m 12s | -2m 24s | 12:49:24 pm | 38.20° | 6:27:00 am | 7:11:12 pm | 5:55:48 am | 7:42:23 pm | 13h 14m 53s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:27 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:59:32 am | 7:27:07 am | 6:10:57 pm | 6:38:30 pm | 10h 43m 50s | -2m 23s | 12:49:18 pm | 37.86° | 6:28:00 am | 7:10:00 pm | 5:56:47 am | 7:41:12 pm | 13h 17m 15s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
12:49:21 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:00:34 am | 7:28:12 am | 6:09:40 pm | 6:37:17 pm | 10h 41m 28s | -2m 22s | 12:49:12 pm | 37.52° | 6:29:00 am | 7:08:49 pm | 5:57:45 am | 7:40:02 pm | 13h 19m 38s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:15 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:01:37 am | 7:29:18 am | 6:08:25 pm | 6:36:05 pm | 10h 39m 7s | -2m 21s | 12:49:07 pm | 37.18° | 6:30:00 am | 7:07:40 pm | 5:58:44 am | 7:38:54 pm | 13h 21m 59s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:09 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:02:39 am | 7:30:24 am | 6:07:11 pm | 6:34:55 pm | 10h 36m 47s | -2m 20s | 12:49:03 pm | 36.85° | 6:31:00 am | 7:06:32 pm | 5:59:43 am | 7:37:47 pm | 13h 24m 19s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:05 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:03:42 am | 7:31:30 am | 6:05:58 pm | 6:33:45 pm | 10h 34m 28s | -2m 19s | 12:48:59 pm | 36.52° | 6:32:01 am | 7:05:25 pm | 6:00:42 am | 7:36:42 pm | 13h 26m 39s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:00 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:04:45 am | 7:32:37 am | 6:04:47 pm | 6:32:37 pm | 10h 32m 10s | -2m 18s | 12:48:57 pm | 36.20° | 6:33:01 am | 7:04:20 pm | 6:01:41 am | 7:35:38 pm | 13h 28m 56s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:48:58 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Bel Air, MD - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Bel Air, MD for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Bel Air, MD.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Bel Air, MD
In Bel Air, MD, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 13 at 5:37 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:32 am. The earliest sunset is on December 7 at 4:41 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 27 at 8:36 pm.
Bel Air, MD gets 5h 35m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 57m versus 9h 22m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 12m.
Bel Air, MD Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Bel Air. 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 Bel Air.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 27° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 73.8° (around Jun 21) in Bel Air. 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 Bel Air, MD
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