Sunrise and sunset times in Des Moines, IA
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Des Moines, IA, United States, as well as the whole calendar for April 2026.
Today
April 2, 2026 . Current time: 8:09:02 am
First light at 6:27:01 am
Sunrise time: 6:53:39 am
Sunset time: 7:42:11 pm
Last light at 8:08:48 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 48 minutes
11 hours, 33 minutes left for today's sunset in Des Moines
Moon set on Apr 2 at 05:54 AM
Moon will rise on Apr 2 at 07:43 PMMoon phase: 🌕 New Moon (100%)Tomorrow
April 3, 2026
First light at 6:25:18 am
Sunrise time: 6:51:59 am
Sunset time: 7:43:16 pm
Last light at 8:09:56 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 51 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Des Moines
Moon will set on Apr 3 at 06:16 AM Moon will rise on Apr 3 at 08:48 PMMoon phase: 🌖 Waning Gibbous (96%)
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Latitude: 41.600544
- Longitude: -93.609108
- Time zone: Central Time CDT
Shortest day in Des Moines, IA
The shortest day of the year will be in 9 months, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 12 minutes.Longest day in Des Moines, IA
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 18 days, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours and 15 minutes.
April 2026 - Des Moines, Iowa - 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 April in Des Moines.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 16 minutes over the course of April 2026 in Des Moines, IA - from 12 hours, 45 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 2 minutes on the last day.
| Day | Twilight Start | Sunrise | Sunset | Twilight End | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon
Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
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Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length
Calculated form this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.
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Moon phase |
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| Wed, Apr 1 | 6:28:45 am | 6:55:20 am | 7:41:05 pm | 8:07:40 pm | 12h 45m 45s | 12h 45m 45s | 1:18:13 pm | 46.4° | 5:55:33 am | 8:40:52 pm | 5:21:14 am | 9:15:11 pm | 11h 12m 34s | 🌔 (99%) |
| Thu, Apr 2 | 6:27:01 am | 6:53:39 am | 7:42:11 pm | 8:08:48 pm | 12h 48m 32s | 2m 47s | 1:17:55 pm | 46.7° | 5:53:45 am | 8:42:05 pm | 5:19:17 am | 9:16:32 pm | 11h 9m 48s | 🌕 (100%) |
| Fri, Apr 3 | 6:25:18 am | 6:51:59 am | 7:43:16 pm | 8:09:56 pm | 12h 51m 17s | 2m 45s | 1:17:37 pm | 47.1° | 5:51:56 am | 8:43:18 pm | 5:17:21 am | 9:17:54 pm | 11h 7m 2s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Sat, Apr 4 | 6:23:35 am | 6:50:18 am | 7:44:21 pm | 8:11:05 pm | 12h 54m 3s | 2m 46s | 1:17:20 pm | 47.5° | 5:50:08 am | 8:44:32 pm | 5:15:24 am | 9:19:16 pm | 11h 4m 17s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Apr 5 | 6:21:52 am | 6:48:38 am | 7:45:27 pm | 8:12:13 pm | 12h 56m 49s | 2m 46s | 1:17:03 pm | 47.9° | 5:48:20 am | 8:45:46 pm | 5:13:27 am | 9:20:39 pm | 11h 1m 32s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Mon, Apr 6 | 6:20:10 am | 6:46:59 am | 7:46:32 pm | 8:13:22 pm | 12h 59m 33s | 2m 44s | 1:16:46 pm | 48.3° | 5:46:31 am | 8:47:00 pm | 5:11:30 am | 9:22:02 pm | 10h 58m 48s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Tue, Apr 7 | 6:18:27 am | 6:45:20 am | 7:47:38 pm | 8:14:30 pm | 13h 2m 18s | 2m 45s | 1:16:29 pm | 48.6° | 5:44:43 am | 8:48:15 pm | 5:09:32 am | 9:23:26 pm | 10h 56m 3s | 🌖 (77%) |
| Wed, Apr 8 | 6:16:46 am | 6:43:41 am | 7:48:43 pm | 8:15:39 pm | 13h 5m 2s | 2m 44s | 1:16:12 pm | 49° | 5:42:55 am | 8:49:30 pm | 5:07:35 am | 9:24:50 pm | 10h 53m 20s | 🌖 (69%) |
| Thu, Apr 9 | 6:15:04 am | 6:42:03 am | 7:49:49 pm | 8:16:48 pm | 13h 7m 46s | 2m 44s | 1:15:56 pm | 49.4° | 5:41:07 am | 8:50:45 pm | 5:05:37 am | 9:26:15 pm | 10h 50m 37s | 🌖 (60%) |
| Fri, Apr 10 | 6:13:23 am | 6:40:26 am | 7:50:54 pm | 8:17:57 pm | 13h 10m 28s | 2m 42s | 1:15:40 pm | 49.8° | 5:39:19 am | 8:52:00 pm | 5:03:39 am | 9:27:41 pm | 10h 47m 55s | 🌗 (50%) |
| Sat, Apr 11 | 6:11:42 am | 6:38:49 am | 7:52:00 pm | 8:19:06 pm | 13h 13m 11s | 2m 43s | 1:15:24 pm | 50.1° | 5:37:32 am | 8:53:16 pm | 5:01:41 am | 9:29:07 pm | 10h 45m 12s | 🌘 (40%) |
| Sun, Apr 12 | 6:10:02 am | 6:37:12 am | 7:53:05 pm | 8:20:15 pm | 13h 15m 53s | 2m 42s | 1:15:09 pm | 50.5° | 5:35:45 am | 8:54:33 pm | 4:59:43 am | 9:30:34 pm | 10h 42m 31s | 🌘 (31%) |
| Mon, Apr 13 | 6:08:22 am | 6:35:36 am | 7:54:11 pm | 8:21:25 pm | 13h 18m 35s | 2m 42s | 1:14:53 pm | 50.9° | 5:33:58 am | 8:55:49 pm | 4:57:46 am | 9:32:01 pm | 10h 39m 50s | 🌘 (22%) |
| Tue, Apr 14 | 6:06:43 am | 6:34:01 am | 7:55:16 pm | 8:22:35 pm | 13h 21m 15s | 2m 40s | 1:14:39 pm | 51.2° | 5:32:11 am | 8:57:06 pm | 4:55:48 am | 9:33:29 pm | 10h 37m 10s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Wed, Apr 15 | 6:05:04 am | 6:32:26 am | 7:56:22 pm | 8:23:44 pm | 13h 23m 56s | 2m 41s | 1:14:24 pm | 51.6° | 5:30:25 am | 8:58:23 pm | 4:53:50 am | 9:34:58 pm | 10h 34m 31s | 🌘 (7%) |
| Thu, Apr 16 | 6:03:26 am | 6:30:53 am | 7:57:27 pm | 8:24:54 pm | 13h 26m 34s | 2m 38s | 1:14:10 pm | 51.9° | 5:28:39 am | 8:59:41 pm | 4:51:53 am | 9:36:27 pm | 10h 31m 52s | 🌘 (2%) |
| Fri, Apr 17 | 6:01:48 am | 6:29:19 am | 7:58:33 pm | 8:26:04 pm | 13h 29m 14s | 2m 40s | 1:13:56 pm | 52.3° | 5:26:54 am | 9:00:59 pm | 4:49:55 am | 9:37:57 pm | 10h 29m 14s | 🌑 (0%) |
| Sat, Apr 18 | 6:00:11 am | 6:27:47 am | 7:59:38 pm | 8:27:14 pm | 13h 31m 51s | 2m 37s | 1:13:43 pm | 52.6° | 5:25:09 am | 9:02:17 pm | 4:47:58 am | 9:39:28 pm | 10h 26m 38s | 🌒 (1%) |
| Sun, Apr 19 | 5:58:35 am | 6:26:16 am | 8:00:44 pm | 8:28:25 pm | 13h 34m 28s | 2m 37s | 1:13:30 pm | 53° | 5:23:24 am | 9:03:35 pm | 4:46:01 am | 9:40:59 pm | 10h 24m 1s | 🌒 (4%) |
| Mon, Apr 20 | 5:57:00 am | 6:24:45 am | 8:01:50 pm | 8:29:35 pm | 13h 37m 5s | 2m 37s | 1:13:17 pm | 53.3° | 5:21:41 am | 9:04:54 pm | 4:44:04 am | 9:42:30 pm | 10h 21m 25s | 🌒 (11%) |
| Tue, Apr 21 | 5:55:25 am | 6:23:15 am | 8:02:55 pm | 8:30:45 pm | 13h 39m 40s | 2m 35s | 1:13:05 pm | 53.6° | 5:19:57 am | 9:06:13 pm | 4:42:08 am | 9:44:03 pm | 10h 18m 51s | 🌒 (19%) |
| Wed, Apr 22 | 5:53:51 am | 6:21:46 am | 8:04:01 pm | 8:31:56 pm | 13h 42m 15s | 2m 35s | 1:12:53 pm | 54° | 5:18:15 am | 9:07:32 pm | 4:40:12 am | 9:45:35 pm | 10h 16m 17s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Thu, Apr 23 | 5:52:18 am | 6:20:18 am | 8:05:06 pm | 8:33:07 pm | 13h 44m 48s | 2m 33s | 1:12:42 pm | 54.3° | 5:16:33 am | 9:08:52 pm | 4:38:16 am | 9:47:09 pm | 10h 13m 45s | 🌒 (40%) |
| Fri, Apr 24 | 5:50:46 am | 6:18:51 am | 8:06:12 pm | 8:34:17 pm | 13h 47m 21s | 2m 33s | 1:12:31 pm | 54.6° | 5:14:51 am | 9:10:12 pm | 4:36:20 am | 9:48:43 pm | 10h 11m 13s | 🌓 (51%) |
| Sat, Apr 25 | 5:49:14 am | 6:17:25 am | 8:07:18 pm | 8:35:28 pm | 13h 49m 53s | 2m 32s | 1:12:21 pm | 55° | 5:13:11 am | 9:11:31 pm | 4:34:26 am | 9:50:17 pm | 10h 8m 42s | 🌔 (62%) |
| Sun, Apr 26 | 5:47:44 am | 6:16:00 am | 8:08:23 pm | 8:36:39 pm | 13h 52m 23s | 2m 30s | 1:12:11 pm | 55.3° | 5:11:31 am | 9:12:52 pm | 4:32:31 am | 9:51:52 pm | 10h 6m 13s | 🌔 (72%) |
| Mon, Apr 27 | 5:46:15 am | 6:14:36 am | 8:09:28 pm | 8:37:50 pm | 13h 54m 52s | 2m 29s | 1:12:02 pm | 55.6° | 5:09:52 am | 9:14:12 pm | 4:30:37 am | 9:53:27 pm | 10h 3m 45s | 🌔 (81%) |
| Tue, Apr 28 | 5:44:46 am | 6:13:13 am | 8:10:34 pm | 8:39:01 pm | 13h 57m 21s | 2m 29s | 1:11:53 pm | 55.9° | 5:08:14 am | 9:15:32 pm | 4:28:44 am | 9:55:03 pm | 10h 1m 17s | 🌔 (88%) |
| Wed, Apr 29 | 5:43:19 am | 6:11:51 am | 8:11:39 pm | 8:40:11 pm | 13h 59m 48s | 2m 27s | 1:11:45 pm | 56.2° | 5:06:37 am | 9:16:53 pm | 4:26:51 am | 9:56:39 pm | 9h 58m 52s | 🌔 (94%) |
| Thu, Apr 30 | 5:41:53 am | 6:10:31 am | 8:12:44 pm | 8:41:22 pm | 14h 2m 13s | 2m 25s | 1:11:37 pm | 56.5° | 5:05:01 am | 9:18:14 pm | 4:24:59 am | 9:58:15 pm | 9h 56m 27s | 🌔 (98%) |
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