Sunrise and sunset times in Elk Rapids, MI
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 7:57:46 pm
Night ends at 6:26 am6:26:05 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 7:34 am7:34:06 am
Dawn, 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: 8:03:54 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: 6:48:12 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 7:18 pm7:17:58 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:26 pm8:25:52 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: -13.01° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 267.9° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 44 minutes
Sunset in Elk Rapids was 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Moonset: 1:39 am
Moonrise: 4:23 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (72%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 12:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 6:27 am6:27:19 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 7:35 am7:35:22 am
Dawn, 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: 8:05:13 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: 6:46:33 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 7:16 pm7:16:22 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:24 pm8:24:19 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, 41 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Elk Rapids
Moonset: 2:47 am Moonrise: 4:43 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (82%)
- Elk Rapids, Michigan
- Latitude: 44.895557 (North)
- Longitude: -85.416458 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Elk Rapids, MI
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 8 hours, 46 minutes.Longest day in Elk Rapids, MI
The longest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours, 36 minutes.
October 2026 - Elk Rapids, Michigan - 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 Elk Rapids.
All times are in Elk Rapids's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 30 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Elk Rapids, MI - from 11 hours, 42 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 12 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.7:10:34 am | 7:39:47 am | +1m 13s | 7:21:59 pm | -1m 52s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:51:08 pm | 11h 42m 12s | -3m 6s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:31:16 pm | 41.71° | 6:36:33 am | 8:25:04 pm | 6:02:02 am | 8:59:29 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 19m 2s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:26 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7:11:48 am | 7:41:01 am | +1m 14s | 7:20:07 pm | -1m 52s | 7:49:17 pm | 11h 39m 6s | -3m 6s | 1:30:57 pm | 41.32° | 6:37:48 am | 8:23:12 pm | 6:03:21 am | 8:57:32 pm | 12h 22m 8s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:31:07 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:13:01 am | 7:42:15 am | +1m 14s | 7:18:15 pm | -1m 52s | 7:47:26 pm | 11h 36m 0s | -3m 5s | 1:30:38 pm | 40.94° | 6:39:02 am | 8:21:20 pm | 6:04:39 am | 8:55:37 pm | 12h 25m 14s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:30:48 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:14:14 am | 7:43:29 am | +1m 14s | 7:16:24 pm | -1m 51s | 7:45:36 pm | 11h 32m 55s | -3m 5s | 1:30:19 pm | 40.55° | 6:40:17 am | 8:19:29 pm | 6:05:56 am | 8:53:43 pm | 12h 28m 20s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:30:28 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:15:28 am | 7:44:44 am | +1m 15s | 7:14:34 pm | -1m 50s | 7:43:46 pm | 11h 29m 50s | -3m 5s | 1:30:01 pm | 40.17° | 6:41:31 am | 8:17:38 pm | 6:07:14 am | 8:51:49 pm | 12h 31m 24s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:30:10 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:16:41 am | 7:45:58 am | +1m 14s | 7:12:44 pm | -1m 50s | 7:41:57 pm | 11h 26m 46s | -3m 5s | 1:29:43 pm | 39.78° | 6:42:45 am | 8:15:49 pm | 6:08:31 am | 8:49:57 pm | 12h 34m 29s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:52 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:17:55 am | 7:47:13 am | +1m 15s | 7:10:54 pm | -1m 50s | 7:40:09 pm | 11h 23m 41s | -3m 5s | 1:29:25 pm | 39.40° | 6:43:59 am | 8:14:00 pm | 6:09:48 am | 8:48:06 pm | 12h 37m 34s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:34 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:19:09 am | 7:48:28 am | +1m 15s | 7:09:05 pm | -1m 49s | 7:38:21 pm | 11h 20m 37s | -3m 4s | 1:29:08 pm | 39.02° | 6:45:13 am | 8:12:13 pm | 6:11:04 am | 8:46:16 pm | 12h 40m 39s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:16 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:20:23 am | 7:49:44 am | +1m 16s | 7:07:16 pm | -1m 49s | 7:36:35 pm | 11h 17m 32s | -3m 4s | 1:28:52 pm | 38.64° | 6:46:27 am | 8:10:26 pm | 6:12:20 am | 8:44:27 pm | 12h 43m 44s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:29:00 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:21:37 am | 7:51:00 am | +1m 16s | 7:05:29 pm | -1m 47s | 7:34:48 pm | 11h 14m 29s | -3m 4s | 1:28:36 pm | 38.26° | 6:47:41 am | 8:08:40 pm | 6:13:36 am | 8:42:40 pm | 12h 46m 47s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
1:28:44 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:22:51 am | 7:52:16 am | +1m 16s | 7:03:41 pm | -1m 48s | 7:33:03 pm | 11h 11m 25s | -3m 3s | 1:28:20 pm | 37.89° | 6:48:55 am | 8:06:55 pm | 6:14:52 am | 8:40:53 pm | 12h 49m 51s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:28 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:24:05 am | 7:53:32 am | +1m 16s | 7:01:55 pm | -1m 46s | 7:31:19 pm | 11h 8m 23s | -3m 3s | 1:28:05 pm | 37.51° | 6:50:09 am | 8:05:11 pm | 6:16:08 am | 8:39:08 pm | 12h 52m 54s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:28:13 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:25:20 am | 7:54:49 am | +1m 17s | 7:00:09 pm | -1m 46s | 7:29:35 pm | 11h 5m 20s | -3m 2s | 1:27:50 pm | 37.14° | 6:51:23 am | 8:03:28 pm | 6:17:23 am | 8:37:24 pm | 12h 55m 57s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:57 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:26:35 am | 7:56:06 am | +1m 17s | 6:58:24 pm | -1m 45s | 7:27:53 pm | 11h 2m 18s | -3m 2s | 1:27:36 pm | 36.76° | 6:52:37 am | 8:01:47 pm | 6:18:38 am | 8:35:41 pm | 12h 58m 59s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:43 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:27:49 am | 7:57:23 am | +1m 17s | 6:56:40 pm | -1m 44s | 7:26:11 pm | 10h 59m 17s | -3m 1s | 1:27:22 pm | 36.40° | 6:53:51 am | 8:00:06 pm | 6:19:53 am | 8:33:59 pm | 13h 2m 1s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:29 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:29:04 am | 7:58:41 am | +1m 18s | 6:54:57 pm | -1m 43s | 7:24:30 pm | 10h 56m 16s | -3m 1s | 1:27:09 pm | 36.03° | 6:55:05 am | 7:58:27 pm | 6:21:08 am | 8:32:19 pm | 13h 5m 1s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:15 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:30:20 am | 7:59:58 am | +1m 17s | 6:53:14 pm | -1m 43s | 7:22:50 pm | 10h 53m 16s | -3m 0s | 1:26:57 pm | 35.66° | 6:56:19 am | 7:56:48 pm | 6:22:22 am | 8:30:40 pm | 13h 8m 3s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:03 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:31:35 am | 8:01:17 am | +1m 19s | 6:51:32 pm | -1m 42s | 7:21:12 pm | 10h 50m 15s | -3m 0s | 1:26:45 pm | 35.30° | 6:57:32 am | 7:55:11 pm | 6:23:37 am | 8:29:03 pm | 13h 11m 3s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
1:26:51 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:32:51 am | 8:02:35 am | +1m 18s | 6:49:52 pm | -1m 40s | 7:19:34 pm | 10h 47m 17s | -2m 59s | 1:26:34 pm | 34.94° | 6:58:46 am | 7:53:35 pm | 6:24:51 am | 8:27:27 pm | 13h 14m 2s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:40 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:34:06 am | 8:03:54 am | +1m 19s | 6:48:12 pm | -1m 40s | 7:17:58 pm | 10h 44m 18s | -2m 59s | 1:26:23 pm | 34.58° | 7:00:00 am | 7:52:01 pm | 6:26:05 am | 8:25:52 pm | 13h 17m 1s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:28 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:35:22 am | 8:05:13 am | +1m 19s | 6:46:33 pm | -1m 39s | 7:16:22 pm | 10h 41m 20s | -2m 58s | 1:26:13 pm | 34.22° | 7:01:14 am | 7:50:27 pm | 6:27:19 am | 8:24:19 pm | 13h 20m 0s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:18 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:36:38 am | 8:06:33 am | +1m 20s | 6:44:56 pm | -1m 37s | 7:14:48 pm | 10h 38m 23s | -2m 57s | 1:26:04 pm | 33.87° | 7:02:28 am | 7:48:55 pm | 6:28:33 am | 8:22:47 pm | 13h 22m 56s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:09 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:37:54 am | 8:07:52 am | +1m 19s | 6:43:19 pm | -1m 37s | 7:13:15 pm | 10h 35m 27s | -2m 56s | 1:25:55 pm | 33.52° | 7:03:42 am | 7:47:25 pm | 6:29:46 am | 8:21:17 pm | 13h 25m 53s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:59 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:39:11 am | 8:09:12 am | +1m 20s | 6:41:44 pm | -1m 35s | 7:11:44 pm | 10h 32m 32s | -2m 55s | 1:25:47 pm | 33.17° | 7:04:56 am | 7:45:55 pm | 6:31:00 am | 8:19:48 pm | 13h 28m 49s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:51 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:40:27 am | 8:10:33 am | +1m 21s | 6:40:10 pm | -1m 34s | 7:10:13 pm | 10h 29m 37s | -2m 55s | 1:25:40 pm | 32.83° | 7:06:10 am | 7:44:28 pm | 6:32:13 am | 8:18:21 pm | 13h 31m 43s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:43 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:41:44 am | 8:11:53 am | +1m 20s | 6:38:37 pm | -1m 33s | 7:08:44 pm | 10h 26m 44s | -2m 54s | 1:25:34 pm | 32.49° | 7:07:24 am | 7:43:01 pm | 6:33:26 am | 8:16:56 pm | 13h 34m 37s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
1:25:37 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:43:01 am | 8:13:14 am | +1m 21s | 6:37:05 pm | -1m 32s | 7:07:16 pm | 10h 23m 51s | -2m 53s | 1:25:28 pm | 32.15° | 7:08:39 am | 7:41:36 pm | 6:34:40 am | 8:15:32 pm | 13h 37m 30s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:31 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:44:18 am | 8:14:35 am | +1m 21s | 6:35:35 pm | -1m 30s | 7:05:50 pm | 10h 21m 0s | -2m 52s | 1:25:23 pm | 31.81° | 7:09:53 am | 7:40:13 pm | 6:35:53 am | 8:14:10 pm | 13h 40m 21s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:25 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:45:35 am | 8:15:56 am | +1m 21s | 6:34:05 pm | -1m 30s | 7:04:25 pm | 10h 18m 9s | -2m 50s | 1:25:19 pm | 31.48° | 7:11:07 am | 7:38:51 pm | 6:37:06 am | 8:12:49 pm | 13h 43m 13s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:21 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:46:52 am | 8:17:18 am | +1m 22s | 6:32:38 pm | -1m 27s | 7:03:02 pm | 10h 15m 20s | -2m 49s | 1:25:16 pm | 31.16° | 7:12:21 am | 7:37:31 pm | 6:38:18 am | 8:11:31 pm | 13h 46m 2s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:18 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:48:09 am | 8:18:40 am | +1m 22s | 6:31:11 pm | -1m 27s | 7:01:40 pm | 10h 12m 31s | -2m 48s | 1:25:13 pm | 30.83° | 7:13:35 am | 7:36:12 pm | 6:39:31 am | 8:10:14 pm | 13h 48m 50s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:14 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Elk Rapids, MI - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Elk Rapids, MI for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Elk Rapids, MI.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Elk Rapids, MI
In Elk Rapids, MI, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 15 at 5:54 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 2 at 8:19 am. The earliest sunset is on December 9 at 5:00 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 26 at 9:32 pm.
Elk Rapids, MI gets 6h 49m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 36m versus 8h 46m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 13m.
Elk Rapids, MI Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Elk Rapids. 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 Elk Rapids.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 21.1° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 66.8° (around Jun 18) in Elk Rapids. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Elk Rapids the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:25 and 12:55 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 Elk Rapids, MI
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Elk Rapids, MI — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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