Sunrise and sunset times in Dayton, OH
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 6:54:12 pm
Night ends at 6:22 am6:22:16 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.·Dawn at 7:25 am7:24:57 am
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: 7:52:21 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: 6:50:03 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).
Dusk at 7:17 pm7:17:25 pm
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 8:20 pm8:20:02 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: -1.60° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 257.5° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 57 minutes
Sunset in Dayton was 4 minutes ago
Moon set on Oct 20 at 1:47 am
Moon rose on Oct 20 at 4:07 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (71%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 12:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 6:23 am6:23:15 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.·Dawn at 7:26 am7:25:59 am
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: 7:53:25 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: 6:48:40 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).
Dusk at 7:16 pm7:16:04 pm
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 8:19 pm8:18:43 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, 55 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Dayton
Moon will set on Oct 21 at 2:51 am Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 4:32 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (82%)
- Dayton, Ohio
- Latitude: 39.758949 (North)
- Longitude: -84.191605 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Dayton, OH
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 9 hours, 21 minutes.Longest day in Dayton, OH
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, 59 minutes.
October 2026 - Dayton, Ohio - 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 Dayton.
All times are in Dayton's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 14 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Dayton, OH - from 11 hours, 45 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 31 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.7:06:10 am | 7:33:05 am | +58s | 7:19:01 pm | -1m 37s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:45:53 pm | 11h 45m 56s | -2m 35s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:26:22 pm | 46.85° | 6:34:52 am | 8:17:07 pm | 6:03:16 am | 8:48:38 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 15m 2s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:32 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:07:08 am | 7:34:03 am | +58s | 7:17:24 pm | -1m 37s | 7:44:17 pm | 11h 43m 21s | -2m 35s | 1:26:03 pm | 46.46° | 6:35:51 am | 8:15:30 pm | 6:04:18 am | 8:46:59 pm | 12h 17m 38s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:13 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:08:06 am | 7:35:02 am | +59s | 7:15:48 pm | -1m 36s | 7:42:41 pm | 11h 40m 46s | -2m 35s | 1:25:44 pm | 46.08° | 6:36:49 am | 8:13:54 pm | 6:05:19 am | 8:45:20 pm | 12h 20m 13s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:25:54 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:09:04 am | 7:36:01 am | +59s | 7:14:12 pm | -1m 36s | 7:41:06 pm | 11h 38m 11s | -2m 35s | 1:25:25 pm | 45.69° | 6:37:48 am | 8:12:19 pm | 6:06:19 am | 8:43:43 pm | 12h 22m 48s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:34 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:10:02 am | 7:37:00 am | +59s | 7:12:37 pm | -1m 35s | 7:39:32 pm | 11h 35m 37s | -2m 34s | 1:25:07 pm | 45.31° | 6:38:47 am | 8:10:44 pm | 6:07:20 am | 8:42:06 pm | 12h 25m 22s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:16 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:11:00 am | 7:37:59 am | +59s | 7:11:02 pm | -1m 35s | 7:37:58 pm | 11h 33m 3s | -2m 34s | 1:24:49 pm | 44.92° | 6:39:45 am | 8:09:10 pm | 6:08:21 am | 8:40:30 pm | 12h 27m 57s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:58 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:11:59 am | 7:38:59 am | +1m 0s | 7:09:28 pm | -1m 34s | 7:36:25 pm | 11h 30m 29s | -2m 34s | 1:24:32 pm | 44.54° | 6:40:44 am | 8:07:37 pm | 6:09:21 am | 8:38:56 pm | 12h 30m 30s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:41 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:12:58 am | 7:39:58 am | +59s | 7:07:54 pm | -1m 34s | 7:34:52 pm | 11h 27m 56s | -2m 34s | 1:24:14 pm | 44.16° | 6:41:43 am | 8:06:04 pm | 6:10:21 am | 8:37:22 pm | 12h 33m 4s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:22 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:13:57 am | 7:40:58 am | +1m 0s | 7:06:21 pm | -1m 33s | 7:33:21 pm | 11h 25m 23s | -2m 33s | 1:23:58 pm | 43.78° | 6:42:41 am | 8:04:33 pm | 6:11:21 am | 8:35:49 pm | 12h 35m 38s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:06 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:14:56 am | 7:41:59 am | +1m 1s | 7:04:48 pm | -1m 33s | 7:31:49 pm | 11h 22m 49s | -2m 33s | 1:23:42 pm | 43.40° | 6:43:40 am | 8:03:02 pm | 6:12:21 am | 8:34:17 pm | 12h 38m 12s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
1:23:50 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:15:55 am | 7:43:00 am | +1m 1s | 7:03:16 pm | -1m 32s | 7:30:19 pm | 11h 20m 16s | -2m 33s | 1:23:26 pm | 43.02° | 6:44:39 am | 8:01:32 pm | 6:13:21 am | 8:32:46 pm | 12h 40m 45s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:34 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:16:54 am | 7:44:01 am | +1m 1s | 7:01:45 pm | -1m 31s | 7:28:49 pm | 11h 17m 44s | -2m 32s | 1:23:11 pm | 42.65° | 6:45:38 am | 8:00:03 pm | 6:14:20 am | 8:31:17 pm | 12h 43m 17s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:19 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:17:54 am | 7:45:02 am | +1m 1s | 7:00:14 pm | -1m 31s | 7:27:21 pm | 11h 15m 12s | -2m 32s | 1:22:56 pm | 42.27° | 6:46:37 am | 7:58:35 pm | 6:15:20 am | 8:29:48 pm | 12h 45m 50s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:03 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:18:54 am | 7:46:04 am | +1m 2s | 6:58:45 pm | -1m 29s | 7:25:53 pm | 11h 12m 41s | -2m 31s | 1:22:42 pm | 41.90° | 6:47:36 am | 7:57:08 pm | 6:16:20 am | 8:28:21 pm | 12h 48m 21s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:49 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:19:54 am | 7:47:06 am | +1m 2s | 6:57:16 pm | -1m 29s | 7:24:26 pm | 11h 10m 10s | -2m 31s | 1:22:28 pm | 41.53° | 6:48:35 am | 7:55:42 pm | 6:17:19 am | 8:26:55 pm | 12h 50m 52s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:35 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:20:54 am | 7:48:08 am | +1m 2s | 6:55:47 pm | -1m 29s | 7:23:00 pm | 11h 7m 39s | -2m 31s | 1:22:15 pm | 41.17° | 6:49:34 am | 7:54:17 pm | 6:18:19 am | 8:25:30 pm | 12h 53m 24s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:21 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:21:54 am | 7:49:11 am | +1m 3s | 6:54:20 pm | -1m 27s | 7:21:35 pm | 11h 5m 9s | -2m 30s | 1:22:03 pm | 40.80° | 6:50:33 am | 7:52:54 pm | 6:19:18 am | 8:24:06 pm | 12h 55m 54s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:09 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:22:55 am | 7:50:14 am | +1m 3s | 6:52:54 pm | -1m 26s | 7:20:11 pm | 11h 2m 40s | -2m 30s | 1:21:51 pm | 40.44° | 6:51:32 am | 7:51:31 pm | 6:20:17 am | 8:22:43 pm | 12h 58m 23s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
1:21:57 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:23:56 am | 7:51:17 am | +1m 3s | 6:51:28 pm | -1m 26s | 7:18:47 pm | 11h 0m 11s | -2m 29s | 1:21:40 pm | 40.08° | 6:52:32 am | 7:50:09 pm | 6:21:17 am | 8:21:22 pm | 13h 0m 53s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:46 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:24:57 am | 7:52:21 am | +1m 4s | 6:50:03 pm | -1m 25s | 7:17:25 pm | 10h 57m 42s | -2m 28s | 1:21:29 pm | 39.72° | 6:53:31 am | 7:48:49 pm | 6:22:16 am | 8:20:02 pm | 13h 3m 22s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:34 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:25:59 am | 7:53:25 am | +1m 4s | 6:48:40 pm | -1m 23s | 7:16:04 pm | 10h 55m 15s | -2m 28s | 1:21:19 pm | 39.36° | 6:54:31 am | 7:47:30 pm | 6:23:15 am | 8:18:43 pm | 13h 5m 49s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:24 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:27:00 am | 7:54:29 am | +1m 4s | 6:47:17 pm | -1m 23s | 7:14:45 pm | 10h 52m 48s | -2m 27s | 1:21:10 pm | 39.01° | 6:55:31 am | 7:46:12 pm | 6:24:15 am | 8:17:26 pm | 13h 8m 17s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:15 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:28:02 am | 7:55:34 am | +1m 5s | 6:45:56 pm | -1m 21s | 7:13:26 pm | 10h 50m 22s | -2m 26s | 1:21:01 pm | 38.66° | 6:56:31 am | 7:44:55 pm | 6:25:14 am | 8:16:10 pm | 13h 10m 43s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:05 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:29:04 am | 7:56:39 am | +1m 5s | 6:44:35 pm | -1m 21s | 7:12:08 pm | 10h 47m 56s | -2m 25s | 1:20:53 pm | 38.31° | 6:57:31 am | 7:43:40 pm | 6:26:13 am | 8:14:55 pm | 13h 13m 9s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:57 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:30:07 am | 7:57:44 am | +1m 5s | 6:43:16 pm | -1m 19s | 7:10:52 pm | 10h 45m 32s | -2m 25s | 1:20:46 pm | 37.97° | 6:58:31 am | 7:42:26 pm | 6:27:13 am | 8:13:42 pm | 13h 15m 34s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:49 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:31:09 am | 7:58:50 am | +1m 6s | 6:41:58 pm | -1m 18s | 7:09:37 pm | 10h 43m 8s | -2m 24s | 1:20:40 pm | 37.62° | 6:59:32 am | 7:41:13 pm | 6:28:12 am | 8:12:30 pm | 13h 17m 58s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
1:20:43 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:32:12 am | 7:59:56 am | +1m 6s | 6:40:41 pm | -1m 17s | 7:08:23 pm | 10h 40m 45s | -2m 23s | 1:20:34 pm | 37.29° | 7:00:32 am | 7:40:02 pm | 6:29:12 am | 8:11:20 pm | 13h 20m 21s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:37 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:33:15 am | 8:01:02 am | +1m 6s | 6:39:25 pm | -1m 16s | 7:07:11 pm | 10h 38m 23s | -2m 22s | 1:20:29 pm | 36.95° | 7:01:33 am | 7:38:52 pm | 6:30:11 am | 8:10:11 pm | 13h 22m 44s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:31 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:34:19 am | 8:02:09 am | +1m 7s | 6:38:10 pm | -1m 15s | 7:06:00 pm | 10h 36m 1s | -2m 21s | 1:20:25 pm | 36.62° | 7:02:33 am | 7:37:43 pm | 6:31:10 am | 8:09:04 pm | 13h 25m 6s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:27 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:35:22 am | 8:03:16 am | +1m 7s | 6:36:57 pm | -1m 13s | 7:04:50 pm | 10h 33m 41s | -2m 20s | 1:20:22 pm | 36.29° | 7:03:34 am | 7:36:36 pm | 6:32:10 am | 8:07:58 pm | 13h 27m 26s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:24 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:36:26 am | 8:04:23 am | +1m 7s | 6:35:45 pm | -1m 12s | 7:03:41 pm | 10h 31m 22s | -2m 19s | 1:20:19 pm | 35.97° | 7:04:35 am | 7:35:30 pm | 6:33:09 am | 8:06:54 pm | 13h 29m 45s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:20 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Dayton, OH - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Dayton, OH for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Dayton, OH.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Dayton, OH
In Dayton, OH, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 14 at 6:08 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 8:04 am. The earliest sunset is on December 7 at 5:12 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 27 at 9:08 pm.
Dayton, OH gets 5h 38m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 59m versus 9h 21m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 12m.
Dayton, OH Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Dayton. 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 Dayton.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 26.3° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 71.8° (around Jun 18) in Dayton. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Dayton 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.
Places near Dayton, OH
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