Sunrise and sunset times in Desert Ridge, AZ
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Desert Ridge, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 11, 2026. Current time: 4:26:37 pm
First light at 6:04:46 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:29:46 am MSTWhen 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: 5:58:51 pm MSTWhen 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 6:23:50 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:21:32 pmEnd 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: 17.7° · Azimuth: 248° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 29 minutes
1 hour, 32 minutes left for today's sunset in Desert Ridge
Moon rose on Oct 11 at 7:34 AM
Moon will set on Oct 11 at 6:21 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (2%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 PM · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 AMTomorrow
October 12, 2026
First light at 6:05:30 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:30:32 am MSTWhen 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: 5:57:35 pm MSTWhen 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 6:22:36 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:20:18 pmEnd 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, 27 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Desert Ridge
Moon will rise on Oct 12 at 8:36 AM Moon will set on Oct 12 at 6:55 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (7%)
- Desert Ridge, Arizona
- Latitude: 33.683716 (North)
- Longitude: -111.978027 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Desert Ridge, AZ
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 10 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 54 minutes.Longest day in Desert Ridge, AZ
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, 23 minutes.
October 2026 - Desert Ridge, Arizona - 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 Desert Ridge.
All times are in Desert Ridge's time: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 59 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Desert Ridge, AZ - from 11 hours, 49 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 50 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.5:57:34 am | 6:22:26 am | 6:12:02 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:36:52 pm | 11h 49m 36s | -2m 4s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:17:29 pm | 52.9° | 5:28:41 am | 7:05:42 pm | 4:59:39 am | 7:34:40 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 11m 7s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:39 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:58:16 am | 6:23:09 am | 6:10:41 pm | 6:35:31 pm | 11h 47m 32s | -2m 4s | 12:17:10 pm | 52.5° | 5:29:24 am | 7:04:21 pm | 5:00:24 am | 7:33:18 pm | 12h 13m 11s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:20 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:58:59 am | 6:23:52 am | 6:09:20 pm | 6:34:11 pm | 11h 45m 28s | -2m 4s | 12:16:51 pm | 52.1° | 5:30:07 am | 7:03:00 pm | 5:01:08 am | 7:31:56 pm | 12h 15m 15s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:17:01 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:59:42 am | 6:24:35 am | 6:08:00 pm | 6:32:51 pm | 11h 43m 25s | -2m 4s | 12:16:32 pm | 51.7° | 5:30:50 am | 7:01:41 pm | 5:01:52 am | 7:30:35 pm | 12h 17m 19s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:41 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:00:25 am | 6:25:19 am | 6:06:40 pm | 6:31:32 pm | 11h 41m 21s | -2m 3s | 12:16:14 pm | 51.4° | 5:31:33 am | 7:00:21 pm | 5:02:36 am | 7:29:15 pm | 12h 19m 23s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:23 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:01:08 am | 6:26:03 am | 6:05:20 pm | 6:30:14 pm | 11h 39m 17s | -2m 3s | 12:15:56 pm | 51° | 5:32:16 am | 6:59:03 pm | 5:03:20 am | 7:27:55 pm | 12h 21m 27s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:05 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:01:51 am | 6:26:47 am | 6:04:01 pm | 6:28:56 pm | 11h 37m 14s | -2m 3s | 12:15:39 pm | 50.6° | 5:32:59 am | 6:57:45 pm | 5:04:04 am | 7:26:37 pm | 12h 23m 30s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:48 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:02:34 am | 6:27:31 am | 6:02:43 pm | 6:27:38 pm | 11h 35m 12s | -2m 3s | 12:15:22 pm | 50.2° | 5:33:42 am | 6:56:28 pm | 5:04:48 am | 7:25:19 pm | 12h 25m 33s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:31 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:03:18 am | 6:28:16 am | 6:01:25 pm | 6:26:22 pm | 11h 33m 9s | -2m 3s | 12:15:05 pm | 49.8° | 5:34:25 am | 6:55:12 pm | 5:05:32 am | 7:24:02 pm | 12h 27m 36s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:13 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:04:02 am | 6:29:01 am | 6:00:08 pm | 6:25:06 pm | 11h 31m 7s | -2m 2s | 12:14:49 pm | 49.4° | 5:35:09 am | 6:53:57 pm | 5:06:16 am | 7:22:47 pm | 12h 29m 38s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:14:57 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:04:46 am | 6:29:46 am | 5:58:51 pm | 6:23:50 pm | 11h 29m 5s | -2m 2s | 12:14:34 pm | 49.1° | 5:35:52 am | 6:52:42 pm | 5:07:00 am | 7:21:32 pm | 12h 31m 41s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:42 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:05:30 am | 6:30:32 am | 5:57:35 pm | 6:22:36 pm | 11h 27m 3s | -2m 2s | 12:14:18 pm | 48.7° | 5:36:36 am | 6:51:28 pm | 5:07:44 am | 7:20:18 pm | 12h 33m 43s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:25 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:06:15 am | 6:31:18 am | 5:56:20 pm | 6:21:22 pm | 11h 25m 2s | -2m 1s | 12:14:04 pm | 48.3° | 5:37:20 am | 6:50:15 pm | 5:08:28 am | 7:19:05 pm | 12h 35m 45s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:11 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:07:00 am | 6:32:05 am | 5:55:06 pm | 6:20:09 pm | 11h 23m 1s | -2m 1s | 12:13:50 pm | 47.9° | 5:38:04 am | 6:49:03 pm | 5:09:12 am | 7:17:53 pm | 12h 37m 46s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:57 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:07:45 am | 6:32:52 am | 5:53:52 pm | 6:18:57 pm | 11h 21m 0s | -2m 1s | 12:13:36 pm | 47.6° | 5:38:48 am | 6:47:52 pm | 5:09:56 am | 7:16:42 pm | 12h 39m 47s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:43 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:08:31 am | 6:33:39 am | 5:52:39 pm | 6:17:46 pm | 11h 19m 0s | -2m 0s | 12:13:23 pm | 47.2° | 5:39:33 am | 6:46:42 pm | 5:10:41 am | 7:15:32 pm | 12h 41m 47s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:29 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:09:16 am | 6:34:26 am | 5:51:27 pm | 6:16:35 pm | 11h 17m 1s | -2m 0s | 12:13:11 pm | 46.8° | 5:40:17 am | 6:45:33 pm | 5:11:25 am | 7:14:23 pm | 12h 43m 47s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:17 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:10:02 am | 6:35:14 am | 5:50:15 pm | 6:15:26 pm | 11h 15m 1s | -1m 59s | 12:12:59 pm | 46.5° | 5:41:02 am | 6:44:25 pm | 5:12:09 am | 7:13:16 pm | 12h 45m 47s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:13:05 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:10:49 am | 6:36:02 am | 5:49:05 pm | 6:14:18 pm | 11h 13m 3s | -1m 59s | 12:12:48 pm | 46.1° | 5:41:47 am | 6:43:18 pm | 5:12:54 am | 7:12:09 pm | 12h 47m 46s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:54 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:11:35 am | 6:36:51 am | 5:47:55 pm | 6:13:10 pm | 11h 11m 4s | -1m 58s | 12:12:37 pm | 45.8° | 5:42:32 am | 6:42:12 pm | 5:13:38 am | 7:11:04 pm | 12h 49m 45s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:42 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:12:22 am | 6:37:40 am | 5:46:47 pm | 6:12:04 pm | 11h 9m 7s | -1m 58s | 12:12:27 pm | 45.4° | 5:43:17 am | 6:41:07 pm | 5:14:23 am | 7:10:00 pm | 12h 51m 43s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:32 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:13:10 am | 6:38:30 am | 5:45:39 pm | 6:10:58 pm | 11h 7m 9s | -1m 57s | 12:12:18 pm | 45.1° | 5:44:03 am | 6:40:04 pm | 5:15:08 am | 7:08:57 pm | 12h 53m 40s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:23 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:13:57 am | 6:39:19 am | 5:44:32 pm | 6:09:54 pm | 11h 5m 13s | -1m 56s | 12:12:09 pm | 44.7° | 5:44:49 am | 6:39:01 pm | 5:15:53 am | 7:07:55 pm | 12h 55m 38s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:13 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:14:45 am | 6:40:10 am | 5:43:27 pm | 6:08:51 pm | 11h 3m 17s | -1m 56s | 12:12:02 pm | 44.4° | 5:45:35 am | 6:38:00 pm | 5:16:38 am | 7:06:55 pm | 12h 57m 33s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:06 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:15:33 am | 6:41:00 am | 5:42:22 pm | 6:07:49 pm | 11h 1m 22s | -1m 55s | 12:11:54 pm | 44° | 5:46:21 am | 6:37:00 pm | 5:17:23 am | 7:05:56 pm | 12h 59m 29s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:11:57 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:16:22 am | 6:41:51 am | 5:41:19 pm | 6:06:48 pm | 10h 59m 28s | -1m 54s | 12:11:48 pm | 43.7° | 5:47:07 am | 6:36:01 pm | 5:18:08 am | 7:04:58 pm | 13h 1m 24s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:51 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:17:10 am | 6:42:43 am | 5:40:17 pm | 6:05:48 pm | 10h 57m 34s | -1m 54s | 12:11:43 pm | 43.3° | 5:47:54 am | 6:35:03 pm | 5:18:54 am | 7:04:02 pm | 13h 3m 17s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:46 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:18:00 am | 6:43:34 am | 5:39:15 pm | 6:04:49 pm | 10h 55m 41s | -1m 53s | 12:11:38 pm | 43° | 5:48:41 am | 6:34:07 pm | 5:19:40 am | 7:03:07 pm | 13h 5m 11s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:40 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:18:49 am | 6:44:26 am | 5:38:15 pm | 6:03:52 pm | 10h 53m 49s | -1m 52s | 12:11:34 pm | 42.7° | 5:49:28 am | 6:33:12 pm | 5:20:25 am | 7:02:13 pm | 13h 7m 4s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:36 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:19:39 am | 6:45:19 am | 5:37:17 pm | 6:02:56 pm | 10h 51m 58s | -1m 51s | 12:11:30 pm | 42.3° | 5:50:16 am | 6:32:18 pm | 5:21:12 am | 7:01:21 pm | 13h 8m 55s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:31 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:20:29 am | 6:46:12 am | 5:36:19 pm | 6:02:01 pm | 10h 50m 7s | -1m 50s | 12:11:28 pm | 42° | 5:51:04 am | 6:31:26 pm | 5:21:58 am | 7:00:31 pm | 13h 10m 46s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:29 am | 14.3° S |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Desert Ridge, AZ
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Desert Ridge, AZ - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Desert Ridge, AZ for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Desert Ridge, AZ
In Desert Ridge, AZ, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 12 at 5:16 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 7 at 7:33 am. The earliest sunset is on December 4 at 5:19 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 29 at 7:42 pm.
Desert Ridge, AZ gets 4h 28m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 23m versus 9h 54m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Desert Ridge, AZ Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Desert Ridge. 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 Desert Ridge.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 32.5° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 77.9° (around Jun 15) in Desert Ridge. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Desert Ridge the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:11 and 12:42 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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