Sunrise and sunset times in Grafton, ND
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Grafton, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 26, 2026. Current time: 1:21:28 pm
Night ends at 6:21 am6:21:13 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
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 8:06:24 am CDTWhen 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: 6:19:58 pm CDTWhen 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 pm6:52:15 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:05 pm8:05:00 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: 28.93° · Azimuth: 182.2° (S)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 13 minutes
4 hours, 58 minutes left for today's sunset in Grafton
Moonset: 8:58 am
Moonrise: 6:09 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waning Gibbous (99%)🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 1:02 am · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 8:53 amTomorrow
October 27, 2026
Night ends at 6:23 am6:22:37 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 7:36 am7:35:34 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 8:07:57 am CDTWhen 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: 6:18:15 pm CDTWhen 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 6:51 pm6:50:36 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:03 pm8:03:26 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, 10 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Grafton
Moonset: 10:24 am Moonrise: 6:43 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waning Gibbous (94%)
- Grafton, North Dakota
- Latitude: 48.412212 (North)
- Longitude: -97.410637 (West)
- Time zone: Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−5)
Shortest day in Grafton, ND
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 25 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 18 minutes.Longest day in Grafton, ND
The longest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 16 hours, 6 minutes.
October 2026 - Grafton, North Dakota - 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 Grafton.
All times are in Grafton's time: Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−5).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 42 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Grafton, ND - from 11 hours, 39 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 57 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.6:58:02 am | 7:29:13 am | +1m 25s | 7:08:23 pm | -2m 4s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:39:30 pm | 11h 39m 10s | -3m 30s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:19:14 pm | 38.18° | 6:21:40 am | 8:15:45 pm | 5:44:36 am | 8:52:41 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 22m 16s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:24 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:59:28 am | 7:30:39 am | +1m 26s | 7:06:19 pm | -2m 4s | 7:37:26 pm | 11h 35m 40s | -3m 30s | 1:18:54 pm | 37.79° | 6:23:08 am | 8:13:40 pm | 5:46:08 am | 8:50:31 pm | 12h 25m 46s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:03 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 7:00:53 am | 7:32:05 am | +1m 26s | 7:04:15 pm | -2m 4s | 7:35:24 pm | 11h 32m 10s | -3m 30s | 1:18:36 pm | 37.41° | 6:24:35 am | 8:11:36 pm | 5:47:40 am | 8:48:22 pm | 12h 29m 17s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 8:25 amLast quarter at 8:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:18:46 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 7:02:19 am | 7:33:32 am | +1m 27s | 7:02:12 pm | -2m 3s | 7:33:21 pm | 11h 28m 40s | -3m 30s | 1:18:17 pm | 37.02° | 6:26:02 am | 8:09:32 pm | 5:49:12 am | 8:46:14 pm | 12h 32m 46s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:26 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7:03:44 am | 7:34:58 am | +1m 26s | 7:00:09 pm | -2m 3s | 7:31:20 pm | 11h 25m 11s | -3m 29s | 1:17:59 pm | 36.64° | 6:27:29 am | 8:07:29 pm | 5:50:43 am | 8:44:07 pm | 12h 36m 16s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:08 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:05:10 am | 7:36:25 am | +1m 27s | 6:58:07 pm | -2m 2s | 7:29:19 pm | 11h 21m 42s | -3m 29s | 1:17:41 pm | 36.25° | 6:28:55 am | 8:05:28 pm | 5:52:14 am | 8:42:02 pm | 12h 39m 46s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:50 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:06:36 am | 7:37:53 am | +1m 28s | 6:56:05 pm | -2m 2s | 7:27:19 pm | 11h 18m 12s | -3m 29s | 1:17:23 pm | 35.87° | 6:30:22 am | 8:03:27 pm | 5:53:44 am | 8:39:57 pm | 12h 43m 15s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:32 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:08:01 am | 7:39:20 am | +1m 27s | 6:54:04 pm | -2m 1s | 7:25:19 pm | 11h 14m 44s | -3m 29s | 1:17:06 pm | 35.49° | 6:31:48 am | 8:01:27 pm | 5:55:13 am | 8:37:54 pm | 12h 46m 44s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:14 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:09:27 am | 7:40:48 am | +1m 28s | 6:52:03 pm | -2m 1s | 7:23:20 pm | 11h 11m 15s | -3m 28s | 1:16:50 pm | 35.11° | 6:33:14 am | 7:59:28 pm | 5:56:43 am | 8:35:53 pm | 12h 50m 13s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:58 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:10:53 am | 7:42:16 am | +1m 28s | 6:50:03 pm | -2m 0s | 7:21:22 pm | 11h 7m 47s | -3m 28s | 1:16:34 pm | 34.73° | 6:34:40 am | 7:57:30 pm | 5:58:12 am | 8:33:52 pm | 12h 53m 41s | 🌑 (0.5%) New moon at 10:50 amNew moon at 10:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.5% illuminated |
1:16:42 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:12:19 am | 7:43:44 am | +1m 28s | 6:48:04 pm | -1m 59s | 7:19:25 pm | 11h 4m 20s | -3m 28s | 1:16:18 pm | 34.36° | 6:36:06 am | 7:55:33 pm | 5:59:40 am | 8:31:53 pm | 12h 57m 9s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:26 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:13:46 am | 7:45:13 am | +1m 29s | 6:46:05 pm | -1m 59s | 7:17:29 pm | 11h 0m 52s | -3m 27s | 1:16:03 pm | 33.98° | 6:37:32 am | 7:53:38 pm | 6:01:09 am | 8:29:55 pm | 13h 0m 36s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:11 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:15:12 am | 7:46:41 am | +1m 28s | 6:44:08 pm | -1m 57s | 7:15:34 pm | 10h 57m 27s | -3m 27s | 1:15:48 pm | 33.61° | 6:38:58 am | 7:51:43 pm | 6:02:36 am | 8:27:58 pm | 13h 4m 3s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:55 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:16:38 am | 7:48:11 am | +1m 30s | 6:42:10 pm | -1m 58s | 7:13:40 pm | 10h 53m 59s | -3m 26s | 1:15:34 pm | 33.24° | 6:40:24 am | 7:49:50 pm | 6:04:04 am | 8:26:03 pm | 13h 7m 30s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:41 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:18:05 am | 7:49:40 am | +1m 29s | 6:40:14 pm | -1m 56s | 7:11:46 pm | 10h 50m 34s | -3m 26s | 1:15:20 pm | 32.87° | 6:41:49 am | 7:47:57 pm | 6:05:31 am | 8:24:10 pm | 13h 10m 56s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:27 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:19:32 am | 7:51:10 am | +1m 30s | 6:38:19 pm | -1m 55s | 7:09:54 pm | 10h 47m 9s | -3m 25s | 1:15:07 pm | 32.50° | 6:43:15 am | 7:46:06 pm | 6:06:58 am | 8:22:17 pm | 13h 14m 21s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:13 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:20:59 am | 7:52:40 am | +1m 30s | 6:36:24 pm | -1m 55s | 7:08:03 pm | 10h 43m 44s | -3m 25s | 1:14:55 pm | 32.13° | 6:44:40 am | 7:44:17 pm | 6:08:25 am | 8:20:27 pm | 13h 17m 46s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:01 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:22:25 am | 7:54:10 am | +1m 30s | 6:34:30 pm | -1m 54s | 7:06:12 pm | 10h 40m 20s | -3m 24s | 1:14:43 pm | 31.77° | 6:46:06 am | 7:42:28 pm | 6:09:51 am | 8:18:37 pm | 13h 21m 11s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 11:12 amFirst quarter at 11:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
1:14:49 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:23:53 am | 7:55:41 am | +1m 31s | 6:32:37 pm | -1m 53s | 7:04:23 pm | 10h 36m 56s | -3m 23s | 1:14:32 pm | 31.41° | 6:47:31 am | 7:40:41 pm | 6:11:17 am | 8:16:50 pm | 13h 24m 35s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:38 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:25:20 am | 7:57:12 am | +1m 31s | 6:30:46 pm | -1m 51s | 7:02:36 pm | 10h 33m 34s | -3m 23s | 1:14:21 pm | 31.05° | 6:48:56 am | 7:38:55 pm | 6:12:43 am | 8:15:03 pm | 13h 27m 58s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:26 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:26:47 am | 7:58:44 am | +1m 32s | 6:28:55 pm | -1m 51s | 7:00:49 pm | 10h 30m 11s | -3m 22s | 1:14:11 pm | 30.70° | 6:50:22 am | 7:37:11 pm | 6:14:09 am | 8:13:19 pm | 13h 31m 20s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:16 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:28:15 am | 8:00:15 am | +1m 31s | 6:27:05 pm | -1m 50s | 6:59:03 pm | 10h 26m 50s | -3m 21s | 1:14:02 pm | 30.34° | 6:51:47 am | 7:35:28 pm | 6:15:34 am | 8:11:36 pm | 13h 34m 42s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:06 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:29:42 am | 8:01:47 am | +1m 32s | 6:25:17 pm | -1m 48s | 6:57:19 pm | 10h 23m 30s | -3m 20s | 1:13:54 pm | 29.99° | 6:53:12 am | 7:33:46 pm | 6:16:59 am | 8:09:54 pm | 13h 38m 2s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:58 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:31:10 am | 8:03:19 am | +1m 32s | 6:23:29 pm | -1m 48s | 6:55:36 pm | 10h 20m 10s | -3m 19s | 1:13:46 pm | 29.64° | 6:54:37 am | 7:32:06 pm | 6:18:24 am | 8:08:15 pm | 13h 41m 22s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:50 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:32:38 am | 8:04:51 am | +1m 32s | 6:21:43 pm | -1m 46s | 6:53:55 pm | 10h 16m 52s | -3m 19s | 1:13:39 pm | 29.30° | 6:56:02 am | 7:30:27 pm | 6:19:48 am | 8:06:37 pm | 13h 44m 41s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 11:11 pmFull moon at 11:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
1:13:43 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:34:06 am | 8:06:24 am | +1m 33s | 6:19:58 pm | -1m 45s | 6:52:15 pm | 10h 13m 34s | -3m 18s | 1:13:32 pm | 28.96° | 6:57:27 am | 7:28:50 pm | 6:21:13 am | 8:05:00 pm | 13h 47m 59s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:35 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:35:34 am | 8:07:57 am | +1m 33s | 6:18:15 pm | -1m 43s | 6:50:36 pm | 10h 10m 18s | -3m 16s | 1:13:27 pm | 28.62° | 6:58:52 am | 7:27:15 pm | 6:22:37 am | 8:03:26 pm | 13h 51m 15s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:30 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:37:02 am | 8:09:30 am | +1m 33s | 6:16:32 pm | -1m 43s | 6:48:58 pm | 10h 7m 2s | -3m 15s | 1:13:22 pm | 28.29° | 7:00:17 am | 7:25:41 pm | 6:24:01 am | 8:01:53 pm | 13h 54m 31s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:24 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:38:30 am | 8:11:03 am | +1m 33s | 6:14:51 pm | -1m 41s | 6:47:23 pm | 10h 3m 48s | -3m 14s | 1:13:18 pm | 27.96° | 7:01:41 am | 7:24:08 pm | 6:25:24 am | 8:00:22 pm | 13h 57m 46s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:20 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:39:58 am | 8:12:37 am | +1m 34s | 6:13:12 pm | -1m 39s | 6:45:48 pm | 10h 0m 35s | -3m 13s | 1:13:14 pm | 27.63° | 7:03:06 am | 7:22:38 pm | 6:26:47 am | 7:58:53 pm | 14h 0m 58s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:15 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:41:26 am | 8:14:10 am | +1m 33s | 6:11:34 pm | -1m 38s | 6:44:16 pm | 9h 57m 24s | -3m 12s | 1:13:12 pm | 27.30° | 7:04:30 am | 7:21:09 pm | 6:28:10 am | 7:57:25 pm | 14h 4m 10s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:13 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Grafton, ND - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Grafton, ND for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Grafton, ND.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Grafton, ND
In Grafton, ND, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 16 at 5:27 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 1 at 8:21 am. The earliest sunset is on December 11 at 4:34 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 25 at 9:35 pm.
Grafton, ND gets 7h 48m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (16h 06m versus 8h 18m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 15m.
Grafton, ND Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Grafton. 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 Grafton.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 17.9° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 64.3° (around Jun 18) in Grafton. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Grafton the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:13 and 12:43 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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