Sunrise and sunset times in Gilroy, CA
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Today
October 18, 2026. Current time: 4:19:00 pm
Night ends at 5:50 am5:50:20 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 6:51 am6:50:38 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: 7:16:54 am PDTWhen 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: 6:25:15 pm PDTWhen 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 6:52 pm6:51:30 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 7:52 pm7:51:43 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.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 22.45° · Azimuth: 237.0° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 8 minutes
2 hours, 6 minutes left for today's sunset in Gilroy
Moonrise: 2:35 pm
Moonset: Oct 19, 12:28 amMoon phase: 🌓 First Quarter (53%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 8 at 11:02 pmTomorrow
October 19, 2026
Night ends at 5:51 am5:51:12 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 6:52 am6:51:32 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: 7:17:51 am PDTWhen 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: 6:23:56 pm PDTWhen 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 6:50 pm6:50:14 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 7:50 pm7:50:29 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: 11 hours, 6 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Gilroy
Moonset: 12:28 am Moonrise: 3:07 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (65%)
- Gilroy, California
- Latitude: 37.005783 (North)
- Longitude: -121.568275 (West)
- Time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Gilroy, CA
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 3 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 37 minutes.Longest day in Gilroy, CA
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, 42 minutes.
October 2026 - Gilroy, California - 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 Gilroy.
All times are in Gilroy's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 7 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Gilroy, CA - from 11 hours, 47 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 40 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.6:35:54 am | 7:01:48 am | +50s | 6:49:18 pm | -1m 29s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:15:10 pm | 11h 47m 30s | -2m 20s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:55:50 pm | 49.56° | 6:05:47 am | 7:45:13 pm | 5:35:28 am | 8:15:29 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 13m 21s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:00 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:36:44 am | 7:02:39 am | +51s | 6:47:48 pm | -1m 30s | 7:13:41 pm | 11h 45m 9s | -2m 20s | 12:55:31 pm | 49.17° | 6:06:38 am | 7:43:44 pm | 5:36:21 am | 8:13:57 pm | 12h 15m 43s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:41 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:37:35 am | 7:03:31 am | +52s | 6:46:19 pm | -1m 29s | 7:12:13 pm | 11h 42m 48s | -2m 20s | 12:55:12 pm | 48.79° | 6:07:30 am | 7:42:15 pm | 5:37:14 am | 8:12:27 pm | 12h 18m 3s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:55:21 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:38:26 am | 7:04:22 am | +51s | 6:44:51 pm | -1m 28s | 7:10:45 pm | 11h 40m 29s | -2m 20s | 12:54:54 pm | 48.40° | 6:08:21 am | 7:40:47 pm | 5:38:07 am | 8:10:57 pm | 12h 20m 23s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:04 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:39:17 am | 7:05:14 am | +52s | 6:43:23 pm | -1m 28s | 7:09:18 pm | 11h 38m 9s | -2m 20s | 12:54:35 pm | 48.02° | 6:09:12 am | 7:39:20 pm | 5:38:59 am | 8:09:29 pm | 12h 22m 43s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:44 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:40:08 am | 7:06:06 am | +52s | 6:41:56 pm | -1m 27s | 7:07:51 pm | 11h 35m 50s | -2m 20s | 12:54:18 pm | 47.64° | 6:10:03 am | 7:37:53 pm | 5:39:52 am | 8:08:01 pm | 12h 25m 2s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:27 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:40:59 am | 7:06:58 am | +52s | 6:40:29 pm | -1m 27s | 7:06:25 pm | 11h 33m 31s | -2m 19s | 12:54:00 pm | 47.25° | 6:10:55 am | 7:36:27 pm | 5:40:45 am | 8:06:34 pm | 12h 27m 22s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:09 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:41:51 am | 7:07:51 am | +53s | 6:39:02 pm | -1m 27s | 7:05:00 pm | 11h 31m 11s | -2m 19s | 12:53:43 pm | 46.87° | 6:11:46 am | 7:35:02 pm | 5:41:37 am | 8:05:08 pm | 12h 29m 42s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:51 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:42:43 am | 7:08:44 am | +53s | 6:37:36 pm | -1m 26s | 7:03:36 pm | 11h 28m 52s | -2m 19s | 12:53:27 pm | 46.49° | 6:12:37 am | 7:33:38 pm | 5:42:30 am | 8:03:43 pm | 12h 32m 1s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:36 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:43:34 am | 7:09:37 am | +53s | 6:36:11 pm | -1m 25s | 7:02:12 pm | 11h 26m 34s | -2m 18s | 12:53:10 pm | 46.11° | 6:13:29 am | 7:32:15 pm | 5:43:22 am | 8:02:18 pm | 12h 34m 19s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:53:18 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:44:26 am | 7:10:30 am | +53s | 6:34:46 pm | -1m 25s | 7:00:48 pm | 11h 24m 16s | -2m 18s | 12:52:55 pm | 45.74° | 6:14:20 am | 7:30:52 pm | 5:44:14 am | 8:00:55 pm | 12h 36m 38s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:03 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:45:19 am | 7:11:24 am | +54s | 6:33:22 pm | -1m 24s | 6:59:26 pm | 11h 21m 58s | -2m 18s | 12:52:40 pm | 45.36° | 6:15:12 am | 7:29:30 pm | 5:45:06 am | 7:59:33 pm | 12h 38m 56s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:48 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:46:11 am | 7:12:18 am | +54s | 6:31:59 pm | -1m 23s | 6:58:04 pm | 11h 19m 41s | -2m 17s | 12:52:25 pm | 44.99° | 6:16:04 am | 7:28:10 pm | 5:45:59 am | 7:58:12 pm | 12h 41m 14s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:32 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:47:04 am | 7:13:13 am | +55s | 6:30:37 pm | -1m 22s | 6:56:44 pm | 11h 17m 24s | -2m 17s | 12:52:11 pm | 44.62° | 6:16:56 am | 7:26:50 pm | 5:46:51 am | 7:56:52 pm | 12h 43m 31s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:18 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:47:57 am | 7:14:08 am | +55s | 6:29:15 pm | -1m 22s | 6:55:24 pm | 11h 15m 7s | -2m 17s | 12:51:57 pm | 44.25° | 6:17:48 am | 7:25:31 pm | 5:47:43 am | 7:55:33 pm | 12h 45m 48s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:04 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:48:50 am | 7:15:03 am | +55s | 6:27:54 pm | -1m 21s | 6:54:05 pm | 11h 12m 51s | -2m 16s | 12:51:44 pm | 43.88° | 6:18:40 am | 7:24:13 pm | 5:48:35 am | 7:54:15 pm | 12h 48m 4s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:50 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:49:44 am | 7:15:58 am | +55s | 6:26:34 pm | -1m 20s | 6:52:47 pm | 11h 10m 36s | -2m 16s | 12:51:32 pm | 43.52° | 6:19:32 am | 7:22:56 pm | 5:49:27 am | 7:52:59 pm | 12h 50m 20s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:38 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:50:38 am | 7:16:54 am | +56s | 6:25:15 pm | -1m 19s | 6:51:30 pm | 11h 8m 21s | -2m 15s | 12:51:20 pm | 43.15° | 6:20:25 am | 7:21:41 pm | 5:50:20 am | 7:51:43 pm | 12h 52m 36s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:51:26 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:51:32 am | 7:17:51 am | +57s | 6:23:56 pm | -1m 19s | 6:50:14 pm | 11h 6m 5s | -2m 15s | 12:51:09 pm | 42.79° | 6:21:17 am | 7:20:26 pm | 5:51:12 am | 7:50:29 pm | 12h 54m 51s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:15 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:52:26 am | 7:18:47 am | +56s | 6:22:39 pm | -1m 17s | 6:48:58 pm | 11h 3m 52s | -2m 14s | 12:50:58 pm | 42.43° | 6:22:10 am | 7:19:13 pm | 5:52:04 am | 7:49:16 pm | 12h 57m 5s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:51:03 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:53:21 am | 7:19:44 am | +57s | 6:21:22 pm | -1m 17s | 6:47:44 pm | 11h 1m 38s | -2m 13s | 12:50:49 pm | 42.08° | 6:23:03 am | 7:18:00 pm | 5:52:57 am | 7:48:04 pm | 12h 59m 19s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:54 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:54:16 am | 7:20:41 am | +57s | 6:20:07 pm | -1m 15s | 6:46:31 pm | 10h 59m 26s | -2m 13s | 12:50:39 pm | 41.72° | 6:23:56 am | 7:16:49 pm | 5:53:49 am | 7:46:54 pm | 13h 1m 32s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:43 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:55:11 am | 7:21:39 am | +58s | 6:18:53 pm | -1m 14s | 6:45:20 pm | 10h 57m 14s | -2m 12s | 12:50:31 pm | 41.37° | 6:24:50 am | 7:15:39 pm | 5:54:42 am | 7:45:45 pm | 13h 3m 44s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:35 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:56:06 am | 7:22:37 am | +58s | 6:17:39 pm | -1m 14s | 6:44:09 pm | 10h 55m 2s | -2m 11s | 12:50:23 pm | 41.03° | 6:25:43 am | 7:14:31 pm | 5:55:34 am | 7:44:37 pm | 13h 5m 56s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:27 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:57:02 am | 7:23:35 am | +58s | 6:16:27 pm | -1m 12s | 6:42:59 pm | 10h 52m 52s | -2m 11s | 12:50:16 pm | 40.68° | 6:26:37 am | 7:13:23 pm | 5:56:27 am | 7:43:31 pm | 13h 8m 7s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:50:19 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:57:58 am | 7:24:34 am | +59s | 6:15:16 pm | -1m 11s | 6:41:51 pm | 10h 50m 42s | -2m 10s | 12:50:10 pm | 40.34° | 6:27:30 am | 7:12:17 pm | 5:57:20 am | 7:42:26 pm | 13h 10m 17s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:13 am | 12.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:58:54 am | 7:25:33 am | +59s | 6:14:06 pm | -1m 10s | 6:40:44 pm | 10h 48m 33s | -2m 9s | 12:50:04 pm | 40.01° | 6:28:24 am | 7:11:12 pm | 5:58:13 am | 7:41:22 pm | 13h 12m 27s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:07 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:59:50 am | 7:26:33 am | +1m 0s | 6:12:57 pm | -1m 9s | 6:39:38 pm | 10h 46m 24s | -2m 8s | 12:49:59 pm | 39.67° | 6:29:19 am | 7:10:09 pm | 5:59:06 am | 7:40:20 pm | 13h 14m 35s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:50:01 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:00:47 am | 7:27:32 am | +59s | 6:11:50 pm | -1m 7s | 6:38:34 pm | 10h 44m 18s | -2m 7s | 12:49:55 pm | 39.34° | 6:30:13 am | 7:09:07 pm | 5:59:59 am | 7:39:19 pm | 13h 16m 42s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:57 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:01:44 am | 7:28:32 am | +1m 0s | 6:10:43 pm | -1m 7s | 6:37:31 pm | 10h 42m 11s | -2m 6s | 12:49:52 pm | 39.01° | 6:31:08 am | 7:08:06 pm | 6:00:52 am | 7:38:20 pm | 13h 18m 50s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:54 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:02:41 am | 7:29:33 am | +1m 1s | 6:09:39 pm | -1m 4s | 6:36:29 pm | 10h 40m 6s | -2m 5s | 12:49:49 pm | 38.69° | 6:32:02 am | 7:07:07 pm | 6:01:45 am | 7:37:23 pm | 13h 20m 54s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:49:50 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Gilroy, CA - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Gilroy, CA for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Gilroy, CA.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Gilroy, CA
In Gilroy, CA, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 13 at 5:46 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:29 am. The earliest sunset is on December 5 at 4:49 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 8:30 pm.
Gilroy, CA gets 5h 05m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 42m versus 9h 37m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Gilroy, CA Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Gilroy. 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 Gilroy.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 29.5° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 76.3° (around Jun 21) in Gilroy. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma.
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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