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Sunrise and sunset times in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC

Today

November 10, 2026. Current time: 10:45:32 am

Sunrise time: 6:48:04 am ESTWhen 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).

5:24Night ends5:23:47 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.6:22First light6:22:14 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:22–6:32Blue hour6:22:14 am – 6:32:10 am
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.6:32–7:23Golden hour6:32:10 am – 7:23:08 am
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.

Sunset time: 5:25:10 pm ESTWhen 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).

4:50–5:41Golden hour4:50:06 pm – 5:41:03 pm
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.5:41–5:51Blue hour5:41:03 pm – 5:50:59 pm
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.5:51Dark5:50:59 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:49Night6:49:25 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.

Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC Tides

Low 4:56 pm 0.3 ftHigh 10:23 pm 6.8 ftAlbergottie Creek, Rt. 21 bridge

Tide stationAlbergottie Creek, Rt. 21 bridge (2.0 mi)Marine Corps Air Station, Brickyard Creek (2.0 mi)Brickyard Point, Brickyard Creek (2.5 mi)Air Station Beaufort, McCalleys creek (2.8 mi)Corning Landing, Whale Branch (4.0 mi)Beaufort (4.3 mi)Whale Branch entrance (4.3 mi)Battery Creek, 4 mi. above entrance (4.6 mi)

Today, November 10

Low tide	4:12 am	0.2 ft	0.07 m
High tide	10:12 am	7.9 ft	2.41 m
Low tide	4:56 pm	0.3 ft	0.09 m
High tide	10:23 pm	6.8 ft	2.09 m

Tomorrow, November 11

Low tide	4:50 am	0.3 ft	0.09 m
High tide	10:49 am	7.7 ft	2.35 m
Low tide	5:35 pm	0.4 ft	0.12 m
High tide	11:02 pm	6.6 ft	2.02 m

Tide predictions: NOAA, station 8667909, Albergottie Creek, Rt. 21 bridge (subordinate station: highs and lows from NOAA, curve between them interpolated), heights above Mean Lower Low Water, local time. Predictions, not observations: wind and pressure change the real water level. Not for navigation.

Sun position chart

Now · Sun altitude: 36.59° · Azimuth: 155.60° (SE)

Daylight   Golden Hour   Blue Hour   Twilight   Night

Day length: 10 hours, 37 minutes

6 hours, 39 minutes left for today's sunset in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC

Moonrise: 8:12 am Moonset: 6:07 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (2%)🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 9:53 am · 🌑 New moon: Dec 8 at 7:51 pm

Tomorrow

November 11, 2026

Night ends at 5:25 am5:24:33 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 6:23 am6:23:05 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: 6:48:57 am ESTWhen 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: 5:24:30 pm ESTWhen 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 5:50 pm5:50:22 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 6:49 pm6:48:53 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, 35 minutes

Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC

Moonrise: 9:09 am Moonset: 6:54 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (8%)

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• Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, South Carolina
• Also known as KNBC
• Latitude: 32.477402 (North)
• Longitude: -80.723198 (West)
• Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5)

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November 2026 - Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, South Carolina - 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 November in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC.

All times are in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4) until November 1, 2026, and Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) from then on.

The day length shortens by 40 minutes over the course of November 2026 in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC - from 10 hours, 51 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 11 minutes on the last day.

Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC - 2026

The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC.

Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC Analemma

Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:

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Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC analemma interactive visualizer.
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC.

Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 33.9° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 79.5° (around Jun 18) in Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:06 and 12:37 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.

Detailed Analemma Chart

See a technical version of this analemma, with exact dates and Sun altitudes, and download it in high resolution.

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.

Download Beaufort MCAS - Merritt Field - KNBC, SC Analemma Chart (SVG)

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.