Sunrise and sunset times in Columbia Falls, MT
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Columbia Falls, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Clocks go back one hour this Sunday, November 1, at 2:00 am (MDT → MST). From Sunday, sunrise and sunset come an hour earlier on the clock.
Today
October 26, 2026. Current time: 2:44:23 pm
Night ends at 6:28 am6:28:22 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 7:41 am7:41:12 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: 8:13:29 am MDTWhen 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: 6:27:02 pm MDTWhen 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 6:59 pm6:59:17 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:12 pm8:12:00 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: 26.19° · Azimuth: 202.9° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 13 minutes
3 hours, 42 minutes left for today's sunset in Columbia Falls
Moonset: 9:09 am
Moonrise: 6:17 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waning Gibbous (99%)🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 am · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 7:53 amTomorrow
October 27, 2026
Night ends at 6:30 am6:29:46 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 7:43 am7:42:40 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: 8:15:02 am MDTWhen 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: 6:25:19 pm MDTWhen 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 6:58 pm6:57:39 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:10 pm8:10:26 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: 10 hours, 10 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Columbia Falls
Moonset: 10:35 am Moonrise: 6:52 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waning Gibbous (94%)
- Columbia Falls, Montana
- Latitude: 48.379963 (North)
- Longitude: -114.180405 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6)
Shortest day in Columbia Falls, MT
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 25 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 18 minutes.Longest day in Columbia Falls, MT
The longest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 16 hours, 6 minutes.
October 2026 - Columbia Falls, Montana - 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 Columbia Falls.
All times are in Columbia Falls's time: Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, UTC−6).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 42 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Columbia Falls, MT - from 11 hours, 39 minutes on the first day to 9 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). | 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.7:05:11 am | 7:36:21 am | +1m 25s | 7:15:23 pm | -2m 4s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:46:29 pm | 11h 39m 2s | -3m 30s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:26:18 pm | 38.20° | 6:28:51 am | 8:22:43 pm | 5:51:48 am | 8:59:36 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 22m 24s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:28 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:06:37 am | 7:37:47 am | +1m 26s | 7:13:19 pm | -2m 4s | 7:44:25 pm | 11h 35m 32s | -3m 30s | 1:25:58 pm | 37.81° | 6:30:18 am | 8:20:38 pm | 5:53:21 am | 8:57:26 pm | 12h 25m 54s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:08 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:08:02 am | 7:39:13 am | +1m 26s | 7:11:15 pm | -2m 4s | 7:42:23 pm | 11h 32m 2s | -3m 30s | 1:25:39 pm | 37.42° | 6:31:45 am | 8:18:33 pm | 5:54:53 am | 8:55:18 pm | 12h 29m 24s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 7:25 amLast quarter at 7:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
1:25:48 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:09:27 am | 7:40:39 am | +1m 26s | 7:09:12 pm | -2m 3s | 7:40:20 pm | 11h 28m 33s | -3m 29s | 1:25:21 pm | 37.04° | 6:33:12 am | 8:16:30 pm | 5:56:24 am | 8:53:10 pm | 12h 32m 54s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:30 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:10:53 am | 7:42:06 am | +1m 27s | 7:07:10 pm | -2m 2s | 7:38:19 pm | 11h 25m 4s | -3m 29s | 1:25:03 pm | 36.65° | 6:34:39 am | 8:14:27 pm | 5:57:55 am | 8:51:03 pm | 12h 36m 23s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:12 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:12:18 am | 7:43:33 am | +1m 27s | 7:05:08 pm | -2m 2s | 7:36:18 pm | 11h 21m 35s | -3m 29s | 1:24:45 pm | 36.27° | 6:36:05 am | 8:12:26 pm | 5:59:25 am | 8:48:58 pm | 12h 39m 52s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:54 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:13:44 am | 7:45:00 am | +1m 27s | 7:03:06 pm | -2m 2s | 7:34:18 pm | 11h 18m 6s | -3m 29s | 1:24:27 pm | 35.89° | 6:37:31 am | 8:10:25 pm | 6:00:55 am | 8:46:54 pm | 12h 43m 21s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:36 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:15:10 am | 7:46:27 am | +1m 27s | 7:01:05 pm | -2m 1s | 7:32:19 pm | 11h 14m 38s | -3m 28s | 1:24:10 pm | 35.51° | 6:38:58 am | 8:08:25 pm | 6:02:25 am | 8:44:51 pm | 12h 46m 50s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:18 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:16:35 am | 7:47:55 am | +1m 28s | 6:59:04 pm | -2m 1s | 7:30:20 pm | 11h 11m 9s | -3m 28s | 1:23:54 pm | 35.13° | 6:40:24 am | 8:06:27 pm | 6:03:54 am | 8:42:49 pm | 12h 50m 19s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:02 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:18:01 am | 7:49:23 am | +1m 28s | 6:57:05 pm | -1m 59s | 7:28:22 pm | 11h 7m 42s | -3m 28s | 1:23:38 pm | 34.75° | 6:41:50 am | 8:04:29 pm | 6:05:23 am | 8:40:49 pm | 12h 53m 46s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 9:50 amNew moon at 9:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:23:46 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:19:27 am | 7:50:51 am | +1m 28s | 6:55:05 pm | -2m 0s | 7:26:26 pm | 11h 4m 14s | -3m 27s | 1:23:22 pm | 34.37° | 6:43:16 am | 8:02:32 pm | 6:06:51 am | 8:38:50 pm | 12h 57m 14s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:30 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:20:53 am | 7:52:19 am | +1m 28s | 6:53:07 pm | -1m 58s | 7:24:30 pm | 11h 0m 48s | -3m 27s | 1:23:07 pm | 34.00° | 6:44:41 am | 8:00:37 pm | 6:08:19 am | 8:36:52 pm | 13h 0m 41s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:15 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:22:20 am | 7:53:48 am | +1m 29s | 6:51:09 pm | -1m 58s | 7:22:34 pm | 10h 57m 21s | -3m 27s | 1:22:52 pm | 33.62° | 6:46:07 am | 7:58:42 pm | 6:09:47 am | 8:34:56 pm | 13h 4m 8s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:59 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:23:46 am | 7:55:17 am | +1m 29s | 6:49:12 pm | -1m 57s | 7:20:40 pm | 10h 53m 55s | -3m 26s | 1:22:38 pm | 33.25° | 6:47:33 am | 7:56:49 pm | 6:11:14 am | 8:33:01 pm | 13h 7m 35s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:45 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:25:12 am | 7:56:47 am | +1m 30s | 6:47:16 pm | -1m 56s | 7:18:47 pm | 10h 50m 29s | -3m 26s | 1:22:24 pm | 32.88° | 6:48:58 am | 7:54:57 pm | 6:12:42 am | 8:31:08 pm | 13h 11m 0s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:31 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:26:39 am | 7:58:16 am | +1m 29s | 6:45:21 pm | -1m 55s | 7:16:55 pm | 10h 47m 5s | -3m 25s | 1:22:11 pm | 32.51° | 6:50:24 am | 7:53:06 pm | 6:14:08 am | 8:29:16 pm | 13h 14m 25s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:17 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:28:06 am | 7:59:46 am | +1m 30s | 6:43:26 pm | -1m 55s | 7:15:04 pm | 10h 43m 40s | -3m 24s | 1:21:59 pm | 32.15° | 6:51:49 am | 7:51:17 pm | 6:15:35 am | 8:27:25 pm | 13h 17m 51s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:05 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:29:33 am | 8:01:17 am | +1m 31s | 6:41:33 pm | -1m 53s | 7:13:14 pm | 10h 40m 16s | -3m 24s | 1:21:47 pm | 31.79° | 6:53:14 am | 7:49:28 pm | 6:17:01 am | 8:25:36 pm | 13h 21m 14s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 10:12 amFirst quarter at 10:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
1:21:53 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:31:00 am | 8:02:47 am | +1m 30s | 6:39:40 pm | -1m 53s | 7:11:25 pm | 10h 36m 53s | -3m 23s | 1:21:36 pm | 31.42° | 6:54:39 am | 7:47:41 pm | 6:18:27 am | 8:23:48 pm | 13h 24m 38s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:41 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:32:27 am | 8:04:18 am | +1m 31s | 6:37:48 pm | -1m 52s | 7:09:37 pm | 10h 33m 30s | -3m 22s | 1:21:26 pm | 31.07° | 6:56:05 am | 7:45:55 pm | 6:19:53 am | 8:22:02 pm | 13h 28m 1s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:31 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:33:54 am | 8:05:49 am | +1m 31s | 6:35:58 pm | -1m 50s | 7:07:51 pm | 10h 30m 9s | -3m 22s | 1:21:16 pm | 30.71° | 6:57:30 am | 7:44:11 pm | 6:21:18 am | 8:20:18 pm | 13h 31m 23s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:21 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:35:21 am | 8:07:21 am | +1m 32s | 6:34:08 pm | -1m 50s | 7:06:05 pm | 10h 26m 47s | -3m 21s | 1:21:06 pm | 30.36° | 6:58:55 am | 7:42:28 pm | 6:22:43 am | 8:18:35 pm | 13h 34m 44s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:10 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:36:49 am | 8:08:52 am | +1m 31s | 6:32:20 pm | -1m 48s | 7:04:21 pm | 10h 23m 28s | -3m 20s | 1:20:58 pm | 30.01° | 7:00:20 am | 7:40:47 pm | 6:24:08 am | 8:16:54 pm | 13h 38m 5s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:02 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:38:17 am | 8:10:25 am | +1m 33s | 6:30:33 pm | -1m 47s | 7:02:39 pm | 10h 20m 8s | -3m 19s | 1:20:50 pm | 29.66° | 7:01:45 am | 7:39:07 pm | 6:25:33 am | 8:15:14 pm | 13h 41m 24s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:54 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:39:44 am | 8:11:57 am | +1m 32s | 6:28:47 pm | -1m 46s | 7:00:57 pm | 10h 16m 50s | -3m 18s | 1:20:43 pm | 29.32° | 7:03:10 am | 7:37:28 pm | 6:26:57 am | 8:13:36 pm | 13h 44m 42s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 10:11 pmFull moon at 10:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:20:46 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:41:12 am | 8:13:29 am | +1m 32s | 6:27:02 pm | -1m 45s | 6:59:17 pm | 10h 13m 33s | -3m 17s | 1:20:37 pm | 28.98° | 7:04:35 am | 7:35:52 pm | 6:28:22 am | 8:12:00 pm | 13h 48m 0s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:40 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:42:40 am | 8:15:02 am | +1m 33s | 6:25:19 pm | -1m 43s | 6:57:39 pm | 10h 10m 17s | -3m 16s | 1:20:31 pm | 28.64° | 7:05:59 am | 7:34:16 pm | 6:29:46 am | 8:10:26 pm | 13h 51m 16s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:34 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:44:08 am | 8:16:35 am | +1m 33s | 6:23:36 pm | -1m 43s | 6:56:02 pm | 10h 7m 1s | -3m 15s | 1:20:26 pm | 28.30° | 7:07:24 am | 7:32:43 pm | 6:31:09 am | 8:08:53 pm | 13h 54m 32s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:28 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:45:36 am | 8:18:08 am | +1m 33s | 6:21:56 pm | -1m 40s | 6:54:26 pm | 10h 3m 48s | -3m 14s | 1:20:22 pm | 27.97° | 7:08:49 am | 7:31:10 pm | 6:32:33 am | 8:07:23 pm | 13h 57m 45s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:24 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:47:04 am | 8:19:41 am | +1m 33s | 6:20:16 pm | -1m 40s | 6:52:52 pm | 10h 0m 35s | -3m 13s | 1:20:19 pm | 27.65° | 7:10:13 am | 7:29:40 pm | 6:33:56 am | 8:05:54 pm | 14h 0m 59s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:21 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:48:32 am | 8:21:15 am | +1m 34s | 6:18:38 pm | -1m 38s | 6:51:19 pm | 9h 57m 23s | -3m 11s | 1:20:16 pm | 27.32° | 7:11:37 am | 7:28:11 pm | 6:35:19 am | 8:04:26 pm | 14h 4m 10s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:17 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Columbia Falls, MT - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Columbia Falls, MT for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Columbia Falls, MT.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Columbia Falls, MT
In Columbia Falls, MT, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 16 at 5:34 am, while the latest sunrise is on December 31 at 8:28 am. The earliest sunset is on December 11 at 4:41 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 25 at 9:42 pm.
Columbia Falls, MT gets 7h 47m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (16h 06m versus 8h 18m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 15m.
Columbia Falls, MT Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Columbia Falls. 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 Columbia Falls.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 17.8° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 63.9° (around Jun 18) in Columbia Falls. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Columbia Falls the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:20 and 12:50 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.
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