Sunrise and sunset times in Boyds, MD
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Today
October 17, 2026. Current time: 2:55:04 pm
Night ends at 5:52 am5:51:54 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 6:54 am6:53:59 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: 7:21:02 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: 6:27:27 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 6:54 pm6:54:28 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:56 pm7:56:28 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: 33.87° · Azimuth: 216.6° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 6 minutes
3 hours, 32 minutes left for today's sunset in Boyds
Moonrise: 2:03 pm
Moonset: 11:15 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 5:53 am5:52:52 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 6:55 am6:54:59 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: 7:22:03 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: 6:26:02 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 6:53 pm6:53:05 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:55 pm7:55:07 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 Boyds
Moonrise: 2:40 pm Moonset: Oct 19, 12:17 amMoon phase: 🌓 First Quarter (55%)
- Boyds, Maryland
- Latitude: 39.185009 (North)
- Longitude: -77.310593 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Boyds, 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, 24 minutes.Longest day in Boyds, 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, 55 minutes.
October 2026 - Boyds, 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 Boyds.
All times are in Boyds's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 13 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Boyds, MD - from 11 hours, 46 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 33 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.6:38:40 am | 7:05:21 am | 6:51:43 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:18:22 pm | 11h 46m 22s | -2m 32s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:58:51 pm | 47.43° | 6:07:37 am | 7:49:21 pm | 5:36:18 am | 8:20:35 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 14m 35s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:01 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:39:36 am | 7:06:18 am | 6:50:08 pm | 7:16:48 pm | 11h 43m 50s | -2m 32s | 12:58:32 pm | 47.04° | 6:08:34 am | 7:47:46 pm | 5:37:18 am | 8:18:57 pm | 12h 17m 7s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:42 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:40:32 am | 7:07:15 am | 6:48:33 pm | 7:15:14 pm | 11h 41m 18s | -2m 32s | 12:58:13 pm | 46.66° | 6:09:31 am | 7:46:11 pm | 5:38:17 am | 8:17:21 pm | 12h 19m 39s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
12:58:23 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:41:29 am | 7:08:12 am | 6:46:59 pm | 7:13:40 pm | 11h 38m 47s | -2m 31s | 12:57:54 pm | 46.27° | 6:10:28 am | 7:44:37 pm | 5:39:16 am | 8:15:45 pm | 12h 22m 11s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:03 am | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:42:25 am | 7:09:10 am | 6:45:25 pm | 7:12:07 pm | 11h 36m 15s | -2m 31s | 12:57:36 pm | 45.89° | 6:11:25 am | 7:43:04 pm | 5:40:15 am | 8:14:10 pm | 12h 24m 42s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:45 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:43:22 am | 7:10:07 am | 6:43:52 pm | 7:10:35 pm | 11h 33m 45s | -2m 31s | 12:57:18 pm | 45.50° | 6:12:23 am | 7:41:31 pm | 5:41:14 am | 8:12:36 pm | 12h 27m 13s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:27 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:44:19 am | 7:11:05 am | 6:42:19 pm | 7:09:03 pm | 11h 31m 14s | -2m 31s | 12:57:00 pm | 45.12° | 6:13:20 am | 7:40:00 pm | 5:42:13 am | 8:11:03 pm | 12h 29m 45s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:09 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:45:16 am | 7:12:04 am | 6:40:47 pm | 7:07:32 pm | 11h 28m 43s | -2m 30s | 12:56:43 pm | 44.74° | 6:14:17 am | 7:38:29 pm | 5:43:11 am | 8:09:30 pm | 12h 32m 15s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:51 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:46:14 am | 7:13:02 am | 6:39:15 pm | 7:06:02 pm | 11h 26m 13s | -2m 30s | 12:56:27 pm | 44.36° | 6:15:14 am | 7:36:59 pm | 5:44:09 am | 8:07:59 pm | 12h 34m 46s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:35 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:47:11 am | 7:14:01 am | 6:37:44 pm | 7:04:32 pm | 11h 23m 43s | -2m 30s | 12:56:11 pm | 43.98° | 6:16:11 am | 7:35:30 pm | 5:45:08 am | 8:06:29 pm | 12h 37m 16s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
12:56:19 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:48:09 am | 7:15:00 am | 6:36:14 pm | 7:03:03 pm | 11h 21m 14s | -2m 30s | 12:55:55 pm | 43.60° | 6:17:08 am | 7:34:01 pm | 5:46:06 am | 8:05:00 pm | 12h 39m 46s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:03 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:49:07 am | 7:16:00 am | 6:34:44 pm | 7:01:35 pm | 11h 18m 44s | -2m 29s | 12:55:40 pm | 43.23° | 6:18:06 am | 7:32:34 pm | 5:47:04 am | 8:03:32 pm | 12h 42m 15s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:48 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:50:05 am | 7:16:59 am | 6:33:15 pm | 7:00:08 pm | 11h 16m 16s | -2m 29s | 12:55:25 pm | 42.86° | 6:19:03 am | 7:31:07 pm | 5:48:02 am | 8:02:05 pm | 12h 44m 45s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:32 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:51:03 am | 7:18:00 am | 6:31:47 pm | 6:58:42 pm | 11h 13m 47s | -2m 28s | 12:55:11 pm | 42.48° | 6:20:00 am | 7:29:42 pm | 5:49:00 am | 8:00:39 pm | 12h 47m 13s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:18 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:52:02 am | 7:19:00 am | 6:30:20 pm | 6:57:16 pm | 11h 11m 20s | -2m 28s | 12:54:57 pm | 42.11° | 6:20:58 am | 7:28:17 pm | 5:49:58 am | 7:59:14 pm | 12h 49m 41s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:04 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:53:00 am | 7:20:01 am | 6:28:53 pm | 6:55:52 pm | 11h 8m 52s | -2m 27s | 12:54:44 pm | 41.75° | 6:21:56 am | 7:26:54 pm | 5:50:56 am | 7:57:51 pm | 12h 52m 9s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:50 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:53:59 am | 7:21:02 am | 6:27:27 pm | 6:54:28 pm | 11h 6m 25s | -2m 27s | 12:54:32 pm | 41.38° | 6:22:53 am | 7:25:32 pm | 5:51:54 am | 7:56:28 pm | 12h 54m 36s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:38 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:54:59 am | 7:22:03 am | 6:26:02 pm | 6:53:05 pm | 11h 3m 59s | -2m 26s | 12:54:20 pm | 41.02° | 6:23:51 am | 7:24:11 pm | 5:52:52 am | 7:55:07 pm | 12h 57m 3s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
12:54:26 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:55:58 am | 7:23:05 am | 6:24:38 pm | 6:51:44 pm | 11h 1m 33s | -2m 26s | 12:54:08 pm | 40.66° | 6:24:49 am | 7:22:50 pm | 5:53:49 am | 7:53:47 pm | 12h 59m 29s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:13 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:56:58 am | 7:24:07 am | 6:23:15 pm | 6:50:23 pm | 10h 59m 8s | -2m 25s | 12:53:58 pm | 40.30° | 6:25:47 am | 7:21:31 pm | 5:54:47 am | 7:52:29 pm | 13h 1m 55s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:03 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:57:58 am | 7:25:10 am | 6:21:53 pm | 6:49:04 pm | 10h 56m 43s | -2m 25s | 12:53:48 pm | 39.94° | 6:26:46 am | 7:20:14 pm | 5:55:45 am | 7:51:12 pm | 13h 4m 20s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:53 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:58:58 am | 7:26:13 am | 6:20:32 pm | 6:47:45 pm | 10h 54m 19s | -2m 24s | 12:53:39 pm | 39.59° | 6:27:44 am | 7:18:57 pm | 5:56:43 am | 7:49:56 pm | 13h 6m 44s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:44 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:59:58 am | 7:27:16 am | 6:19:12 pm | 6:46:28 pm | 10h 51m 56s | -2m 23s | 12:53:30 pm | 39.24° | 6:28:43 am | 7:17:42 pm | 5:57:41 am | 7:48:41 pm | 13h 9m 7s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:34 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:00:59 am | 7:28:19 am | 6:17:53 pm | 6:45:12 pm | 10h 49m 34s | -2m 22s | 12:53:22 pm | 38.89° | 6:29:41 am | 7:16:28 pm | 5:58:39 am | 7:47:28 pm | 13h 11m 30s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:26 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:02:00 am | 7:29:23 am | 6:16:35 pm | 6:43:57 pm | 10h 47m 12s | -2m 22s | 12:53:15 pm | 38.55° | 6:30:40 am | 7:15:15 pm | 5:59:37 am | 7:46:16 pm | 13h 13m 52s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:18 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:03:01 am | 7:30:27 am | 6:15:18 pm | 6:42:43 pm | 10h 44m 51s | -2m 21s | 12:53:09 pm | 38.21° | 6:31:39 am | 7:14:04 pm | 6:00:35 am | 7:45:06 pm | 13h 16m 14s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
12:53:12 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:04:03 am | 7:31:32 am | 6:14:03 pm | 6:41:31 pm | 10h 42m 31s | -2m 20s | 12:53:03 pm | 37.87° | 6:32:38 am | 7:12:54 pm | 6:01:33 am | 7:43:57 pm | 13h 18m 34s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:06 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:05:04 am | 7:32:37 am | 6:12:48 pm | 6:40:20 pm | 10h 40m 11s | -2m 19s | 12:52:58 pm | 37.53° | 6:33:37 am | 7:11:45 pm | 6:02:31 am | 7:42:50 pm | 13h 20m 54s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:00 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:06:06 am | 7:33:42 am | 6:11:35 pm | 6:39:10 pm | 10h 37m 53s | -2m 18s | 12:52:54 pm | 37.20° | 6:34:37 am | 7:10:38 pm | 6:03:29 am | 7:41:44 pm | 13h 23m 12s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:56 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:07:08 am | 7:34:47 am | 6:10:24 pm | 6:38:02 pm | 10h 35m 37s | -2m 17s | 12:52:50 pm | 36.87° | 6:35:36 am | 7:09:32 pm | 6:04:27 am | 7:40:39 pm | 13h 25m 29s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:51 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:08:10 am | 7:35:53 am | 6:09:13 pm | 6:36:55 pm | 10h 33m 20s | -2m 16s | 12:52:48 pm | 36.55° | 6:36:36 am | 7:08:28 pm | 6:05:25 am | 7:39:37 pm | 13h 27m 46s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:49 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Boyds, MD - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Boyds, 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 Boyds, MD.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Boyds, MD
In Boyds, MD, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 14 at 5:42 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:35 am. The earliest sunset is on December 7 at 4:46 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 27 at 8:39 pm.
Boyds, MD gets 5h 31m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 55m versus 9h 24m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Boyds, MD Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Boyds. 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 Boyds.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 27.4° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 74.1° (around Jun 21) in Boyds. 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 Boyds, MD
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Boyds, MD — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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