Sunrise and sunset times in Northfield, MN
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Today
October 20, 2026. Current time: 12:23:34 pm
Night ends at 5:57 am5:57:13 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 7:05 am7:04:44 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: 7:34:18 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: 6:19:46 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 6:49 pm6:49:18 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:57 pm7:56:42 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: 34.48° · Azimuth: 169.9° (S)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 45 minutes
5 hours, 56 minutes left for today's sunset in Northfield
Moonset: 1:13 am
Moonrise: 3:53 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (69%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 11:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 1:02 amTomorrow
October 21, 2026
Night ends at 5:58 am5:58:26 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 7:06 am7:05:58 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: 7:35:36 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: 6:18:09 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 6:48 pm6:47:44 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:55 pm7:55:10 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, 42 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Northfield
Moonset: 2:21 am Moonrise: 4:14 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (82%)
- Northfield, Minnesota
- Latitude: 44.458298 (North)
- Longitude: -93.161606 (West)
- Time zone: Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−5)
Shortest day in Northfield, MN
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, 49 minutes.Longest day in Northfield, MN
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, 32 minutes.
October 2026 - Northfield, Minnesota - 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 Northfield.
All times are in Northfield's time: Central Daylight Time (CDT, UTC−5).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 28 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Northfield, MN - from 11 hours, 42 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 14 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.6:41:38 am | 7:10:38 am | +1m 12s | 6:53:06 pm | -1m 51s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:22:02 pm | 11h 42m 28s | -3m 3s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:02:14 pm | 42.14° | 6:07:53 am | 7:55:43 pm | 5:33:39 am | 8:29:50 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 18m 44s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:24 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:42:50 am | 7:11:50 am | +1m 12s | 6:51:15 pm | -1m 51s | 7:20:12 pm | 11h 39m 25s | -3m 3s | 1:01:55 pm | 41.75° | 6:09:06 am | 7:53:52 pm | 5:34:55 am | 8:27:55 pm | 12h 21m 48s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:05 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:44:02 am | 7:13:03 am | +1m 13s | 6:49:25 pm | -1m 50s | 7:18:23 pm | 11h 36m 22s | -3m 3s | 1:01:36 pm | 41.37° | 6:10:19 am | 7:52:01 pm | 5:36:12 am | 8:26:02 pm | 12h 24m 50s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 8:25 amLast quarter at 8:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:01:46 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:45:14 am | 7:14:15 am | +1m 12s | 6:47:36 pm | -1m 49s | 7:16:34 pm | 11h 33m 21s | -3m 2s | 1:01:17 pm | 40.98° | 6:11:32 am | 7:50:11 pm | 5:37:28 am | 8:24:09 pm | 12h 27m 52s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:26 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:46:26 am | 7:15:28 am | +1m 13s | 6:45:46 pm | -1m 50s | 7:14:46 pm | 11h 30m 18s | -3m 2s | 1:00:59 pm | 40.60° | 6:12:45 am | 7:48:23 pm | 5:38:44 am | 8:22:17 pm | 12h 30m 56s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:08 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:47:38 am | 7:16:42 am | +1m 14s | 6:43:58 pm | -1m 48s | 7:12:58 pm | 11h 27m 16s | -3m 2s | 1:00:41 pm | 40.21° | 6:13:57 am | 7:46:35 pm | 5:39:59 am | 8:20:27 pm | 12h 33m 57s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:50 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:48:50 am | 7:17:55 am | +1m 13s | 6:42:09 pm | -1m 49s | 7:11:11 pm | 11h 24m 14s | -3m 2s | 1:00:24 pm | 39.83° | 6:15:10 am | 7:44:47 pm | 5:41:15 am | 8:18:37 pm | 12h 37m 0s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:33 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:50:03 am | 7:19:09 am | +1m 14s | 6:40:22 pm | -1m 47s | 7:09:25 pm | 11h 21m 13s | -3m 1s | 1:00:07 pm | 39.45° | 6:16:23 am | 7:43:01 pm | 5:42:30 am | 8:16:48 pm | 12h 40m 1s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:16 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:51:15 am | 7:20:23 am | +1m 14s | 6:38:35 pm | -1m 47s | 7:07:40 pm | 11h 18m 12s | -3m 1s | 12:59:50 pm | 39.07° | 6:17:35 am | 7:41:16 pm | 5:43:44 am | 8:15:01 pm | 12h 43m 2s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:58 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:52:28 am | 7:21:37 am | +1m 14s | 6:36:48 pm | -1m 47s | 7:05:55 pm | 11h 15m 11s | -3m 1s | 12:59:34 pm | 38.69° | 6:18:48 am | 7:39:31 pm | 5:44:59 am | 8:13:15 pm | 12h 46m 4s | 🌑 (0.5%) New moon at 10:50 amNew moon at 10:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.5% illuminated |
12:59:42 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:53:41 am | 7:22:52 am | +1m 15s | 6:35:03 pm | -1m 45s | 7:04:11 pm | 11h 12m 11s | -3m 0s | 12:59:18 pm | 38.31° | 6:20:00 am | 7:37:48 pm | 5:46:13 am | 8:11:30 pm | 12h 49m 4s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:26 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:54:54 am | 7:24:07 am | +1m 15s | 6:33:17 pm | -1m 46s | 7:02:28 pm | 11h 9m 10s | -3m 0s | 12:59:03 pm | 37.94° | 6:21:13 am | 7:36:05 pm | 5:47:27 am | 8:09:46 pm | 12h 52m 5s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:11 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:56:07 am | 7:25:22 am | +1m 15s | 6:31:33 pm | -1m 44s | 7:00:46 pm | 11h 6m 11s | -3m 0s | 12:58:48 pm | 37.57° | 6:22:25 am | 7:34:24 pm | 5:48:41 am | 8:08:03 pm | 12h 55m 5s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:55 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:57:20 am | 7:26:38 am | +1m 16s | 6:29:50 pm | -1m 43s | 6:59:05 pm | 11h 3m 12s | -2m 59s | 12:58:34 pm | 37.19° | 6:23:38 am | 7:32:43 pm | 5:49:55 am | 8:06:22 pm | 12h 58m 4s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:41 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:58:34 am | 7:27:54 am | +1m 16s | 6:28:07 pm | -1m 43s | 6:57:24 pm | 11h 0m 13s | -2m 59s | 12:58:21 pm | 36.82° | 6:24:50 am | 7:31:04 pm | 5:51:08 am | 8:04:42 pm | 13h 1m 3s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:28 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:59:48 am | 7:29:10 am | +1m 16s | 6:26:25 pm | -1m 42s | 6:55:45 pm | 10h 57m 15s | -2m 58s | 12:58:08 pm | 36.46° | 6:26:03 am | 7:29:26 pm | 5:52:22 am | 8:03:03 pm | 13h 4m 2s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:15 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:01:01 am | 7:30:27 am | +1m 17s | 6:24:44 pm | -1m 41s | 6:54:07 pm | 10h 54m 17s | -2m 58s | 12:57:55 pm | 36.09° | 6:27:16 am | 7:27:49 pm | 5:53:35 am | 8:01:26 pm | 13h 6m 59s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:01 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:02:15 am | 7:31:43 am | +1m 16s | 6:23:03 pm | -1m 41s | 6:52:29 pm | 10h 51m 20s | -2m 57s | 12:57:43 pm | 35.73° | 6:28:28 am | 7:26:13 pm | 5:54:48 am | 7:59:50 pm | 13h 9m 57s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 11:12 amFirst quarter at 11:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
12:57:49 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:03:30 am | 7:33:00 am | +1m 17s | 6:21:24 pm | -1m 39s | 6:50:53 pm | 10h 48m 24s | -2m 56s | 12:57:32 pm | 35.37° | 6:29:41 am | 7:24:39 pm | 5:56:01 am | 7:58:15 pm | 13h 12m 54s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:37 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:04:44 am | 7:34:18 am | +1m 18s | 6:19:46 pm | -1m 38s | 6:49:18 pm | 10h 45m 28s | -2m 56s | 12:57:22 pm | 35.01° | 6:30:53 am | 7:23:06 pm | 5:57:13 am | 7:56:42 pm | 13h 15m 50s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:27 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:05:58 am | 7:35:36 am | +1m 18s | 6:18:09 pm | -1m 37s | 6:47:44 pm | 10h 42m 33s | -2m 55s | 12:57:12 pm | 34.65° | 6:32:06 am | 7:21:34 pm | 5:58:26 am | 7:55:10 pm | 13h 18m 45s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:17 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:07:13 am | 7:36:54 am | +1m 18s | 6:16:33 pm | -1m 36s | 6:46:11 pm | 10h 39m 39s | -2m 54s | 12:57:02 pm | 34.30° | 6:33:19 am | 7:20:03 pm | 5:59:38 am | 7:53:40 pm | 13h 21m 39s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:06 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:08:28 am | 7:38:12 am | +1m 18s | 6:14:57 pm | -1m 36s | 6:44:39 pm | 10h 36m 45s | -2m 53s | 12:56:54 pm | 33.95° | 6:34:31 am | 7:18:34 pm | 6:00:51 am | 7:52:11 pm | 13h 24m 34s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:58 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:09:43 am | 7:39:31 am | +1m 19s | 6:13:23 pm | -1m 34s | 6:43:09 pm | 10h 33m 52s | -2m 53s | 12:56:46 pm | 33.60° | 6:35:44 am | 7:17:06 pm | 6:02:03 am | 7:50:43 pm | 13h 27m 27s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:50 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:10:58 am | 7:40:50 am | +1m 19s | 6:11:51 pm | -1m 32s | 6:41:40 pm | 10h 31m 1s | -2m 52s | 12:56:39 pm | 33.26° | 6:36:57 am | 7:15:39 pm | 6:03:15 am | 7:49:18 pm | 13h 30m 18s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 11:11 pmFull moon at 11:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:56:42 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:12:14 am | 7:42:09 am | +1m 19s | 6:10:19 pm | -1m 32s | 6:40:12 pm | 10h 28m 10s | -2m 51s | 12:56:33 pm | 32.92° | 6:38:10 am | 7:14:14 pm | 6:04:27 am | 7:47:54 pm | 13h 33m 9s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:36 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:13:29 am | 7:43:28 am | +1m 19s | 6:08:49 pm | -1m 30s | 6:38:46 pm | 10h 25m 21s | -2m 50s | 12:56:27 pm | 32.58° | 6:39:23 am | 7:12:50 pm | 6:05:39 am | 7:46:31 pm | 13h 35m 59s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:30 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:14:45 am | 7:44:48 am | +1m 20s | 6:07:20 pm | -1m 29s | 6:37:21 pm | 10h 22m 32s | -2m 49s | 12:56:22 pm | 32.24° | 6:40:35 am | 7:11:28 pm | 6:06:51 am | 7:45:10 pm | 13h 38m 48s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:24 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:16:01 am | 7:46:08 am | +1m 20s | 6:05:52 pm | -1m 28s | 6:35:57 pm | 10h 19m 44s | -2m 48s | 12:56:18 pm | 31.91° | 6:41:48 am | 7:10:08 pm | 6:08:02 am | 7:43:51 pm | 13h 41m 36s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:20 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:17:17 am | 7:47:28 am | +1m 20s | 6:04:26 pm | -1m 26s | 6:34:35 pm | 10h 16m 58s | -2m 47s | 12:56:15 pm | 31.59° | 6:43:01 am | 7:08:49 pm | 6:09:14 am | 7:42:33 pm | 13h 44m 22s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:17 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:18:33 am | 7:48:48 am | +1m 20s | 6:03:01 pm | -1m 25s | 6:33:15 pm | 10h 14m 13s | -2m 45s | 12:56:12 pm | 31.26° | 6:44:14 am | 7:07:31 pm | 6:10:25 am | 7:41:17 pm | 13h 47m 8s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:13 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Northfield, MN - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Northfield, MN for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Northfield, MN.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Northfield, MN
In Northfield, MN, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 15 at 5:27 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 2 at 7:49 am. The earliest sunset is on December 9 at 4:32 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 26 at 9:01 pm.
Northfield, MN gets 6h 42m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 32m versus 8h 49m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 13m.
Northfield, MN Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Northfield. 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 Northfield.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 22.1° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 68.8° (around Jun 21) in Northfield. 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.
Places near Northfield, MN
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Northfield, MN — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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