Sunrise and sunset times in Pacific Beach, CA
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Today
October 18, 2026. Current time: 4:12:33 pm
Night ends at 5:33 am5:33:13 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.·Dawn at 6:31 am6:30:32 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:55:29 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: 6:12:08 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).
Dusk at 6:37 pm6:37:04 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:34 pm7:34:19 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.
Pacific Beach Tides
Low 11:30 pm 0.9 ftHigh 7:11 am 4.0 ftMission Bay, Campland
| High tide | 3:02 pm | 4.2 ft | 1.29 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low tide | 11:30 pm | 0.9 ft | 0.27 m |
| High tide | 7:11 am | 4.0 ft | 1.20 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low tide | 11:40 am | 3.3 ft | 1.00 m |
| High tide | 4:45 pm | 4.3 ft | 1.30 m |
Tide predictions: NOAA, station 9410196, Mission Bay, Campland (harmonic station), 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: 22.72° · Azimuth: 240.6° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 16 minutes
1 hour, 59 minutes left for today's sunset in Pacific Beach
Moon rose on Oct 18 at 2:05 pm
Moon will set on Oct 19 at 12:21 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 5:34 am5:33:56 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.·Dawn at 6:31 am6:31:17 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:56:15 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: 6:11:00 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).
Dusk at 6:36 pm6:35:57 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:33 pm7:33:15 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, 14 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Pacific Beach
Moon will set on Oct 19 at 12:21 am Moon will rise on Oct 19 at 2:40 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (65%)
- Pacific Beach, California
- Latitude: 32.80389 (North)
- Longitude: -117.242607 (West)
- Time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Pacific Beach, 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, 59 minutes.Longest day in Pacific Beach, 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, 18 minutes.
October 2026 - Pacific Beach, 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 Pacific Beach.
All times are in Pacific Beach's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 57 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Pacific Beach, CA - from 11 hours, 50 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 52 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.6:18:38 am | 6:43:15 am | +41s | 6:33:20 pm | -1m 20s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:57:55 pm | 11h 50m 5s | -2m 0s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:38:32 pm | 53.77° | 5:50:03 am | 7:26:28 pm | 5:21:19 am | 7:55:08 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 10m 36s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:38:42 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:19:18 am | 6:43:56 am | +41s | 6:32:01 pm | -1m 19s | 6:56:37 pm | 11h 48m 5s | -2m 0s | 12:38:13 pm | 53.38° | 5:50:43 am | 7:25:09 pm | 5:22:01 am | 7:53:48 pm | 12h 12m 36s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:38:23 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:19:59 am | 6:44:37 am | +41s | 6:30:42 pm | -1m 19s | 6:55:19 pm | 11h 46m 5s | -2m 0s | 12:37:54 pm | 53.00° | 5:51:24 am | 7:23:51 pm | 5:22:44 am | 7:52:28 pm | 12h 14m 36s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:38:03 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:20:39 am | 6:45:18 am | +41s | 6:29:24 pm | -1m 18s | 6:54:01 pm | 11h 44m 6s | -2m 0s | 12:37:36 pm | 52.61° | 5:52:05 am | 7:22:33 pm | 5:23:26 am | 7:51:09 pm | 12h 16m 35s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:46 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:21:20 am | 6:45:59 am | +41s | 6:28:06 pm | -1m 18s | 6:52:44 pm | 11h 42m 7s | -1m 59s | 12:37:17 pm | 52.23° | 5:52:46 am | 7:21:16 pm | 5:24:07 am | 7:49:51 pm | 12h 18m 35s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:26 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:22:01 am | 6:46:41 am | +42s | 6:26:49 pm | -1m 17s | 6:51:27 pm | 11h 40m 8s | -1m 59s | 12:37:00 pm | 51.84° | 5:53:27 am | 7:20:00 pm | 5:24:49 am | 7:48:34 pm | 12h 20m 34s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:09 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:22:43 am | 6:47:23 am | +42s | 6:25:32 pm | -1m 17s | 6:50:11 pm | 11h 38m 9s | -1m 59s | 12:36:42 pm | 51.46° | 5:54:08 am | 7:18:44 pm | 5:25:31 am | 7:47:18 pm | 12h 22m 34s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:51 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:23:24 am | 6:48:06 am | +43s | 6:24:16 pm | -1m 16s | 6:48:56 pm | 11h 36m 10s | -1m 59s | 12:36:25 pm | 51.08° | 5:54:49 am | 7:17:29 pm | 5:26:13 am | 7:46:02 pm | 12h 24m 33s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:33 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:24:06 am | 6:48:49 am | +43s | 6:23:00 pm | -1m 16s | 6:47:42 pm | 11h 34m 11s | -1m 59s | 12:36:09 pm | 50.70° | 5:55:30 am | 7:16:15 pm | 5:26:55 am | 7:44:48 pm | 12h 26m 32s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:18 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:24:48 am | 6:49:32 am | +43s | 6:21:45 pm | -1m 15s | 6:46:28 pm | 11h 32m 13s | -1m 58s | 12:35:52 pm | 50.32° | 5:56:12 am | 7:15:01 pm | 5:27:37 am | 7:43:34 pm | 12h 28m 30s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:36:00 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:25:30 am | 6:50:15 am | +43s | 6:20:30 pm | -1m 15s | 6:45:14 pm | 11h 30m 15s | -1m 58s | 12:35:37 pm | 49.94° | 5:56:53 am | 7:13:49 pm | 5:28:19 am | 7:42:21 pm | 12h 30m 29s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:45 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:26:12 am | 6:50:59 am | +44s | 6:19:16 pm | -1m 14s | 6:44:02 pm | 11h 28m 17s | -1m 58s | 12:35:22 pm | 49.57° | 5:57:35 am | 7:12:37 pm | 5:29:01 am | 7:41:09 pm | 12h 32m 27s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:30 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:26:55 am | 6:51:43 am | +44s | 6:18:03 pm | -1m 13s | 6:42:50 pm | 11h 26m 20s | -1m 57s | 12:35:07 pm | 49.20° | 5:58:17 am | 7:11:26 pm | 5:29:43 am | 7:39:58 pm | 12h 34m 24s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:14 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:27:38 am | 6:52:27 am | +44s | 6:16:51 pm | -1m 12s | 6:41:39 pm | 11h 24m 24s | -1m 57s | 12:34:53 pm | 48.82° | 5:58:59 am | 7:10:16 pm | 5:30:25 am | 7:38:48 pm | 12h 36m 21s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:00 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:28:21 am | 6:53:12 am | +45s | 6:15:39 pm | -1m 12s | 6:40:29 pm | 11h 22m 27s | -1m 57s | 12:34:39 pm | 48.45° | 5:59:41 am | 7:09:07 pm | 5:31:07 am | 7:37:39 pm | 12h 38m 18s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:46 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:29:04 am | 6:53:57 am | +45s | 6:14:28 pm | -1m 11s | 6:39:20 pm | 11h 20m 31s | -1m 56s | 12:34:26 pm | 48.09° | 6:00:24 am | 7:07:59 pm | 5:31:49 am | 7:36:32 pm | 12h 40m 15s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:32 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:29:48 am | 6:54:43 am | +46s | 6:13:18 pm | -1m 10s | 6:38:11 pm | 11h 18m 35s | -1m 56s | 12:34:14 pm | 47.72° | 6:01:06 am | 7:06:52 pm | 5:32:31 am | 7:35:25 pm | 12h 42m 11s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:20 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:30:32 am | 6:55:29 am | +46s | 6:12:08 pm | -1m 10s | 6:37:04 pm | 11h 16m 39s | -1m 55s | 12:34:02 pm | 47.36° | 6:01:49 am | 7:05:46 pm | 5:33:13 am | 7:34:19 pm | 12h 44m 7s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:34:08 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:31:17 am | 6:56:15 am | +46s | 6:11:00 pm | -1m 8s | 6:35:57 pm | 11h 14m 45s | -1m 55s | 12:33:51 pm | 47.00° | 6:02:32 am | 7:04:41 pm | 5:33:56 am | 7:33:15 pm | 12h 46m 2s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:57 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:32:01 am | 6:57:02 am | +47s | 6:09:52 pm | -1m 8s | 6:34:52 pm | 11h 12m 50s | -1m 54s | 12:33:40 pm | 46.64° | 6:03:15 am | 7:03:37 pm | 5:34:39 am | 7:32:11 pm | 12h 47m 57s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:45 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:32:46 am | 6:57:49 am | +47s | 6:08:46 pm | -1m 6s | 6:33:47 pm | 11h 10m 57s | -1m 54s | 12:33:30 pm | 46.28° | 6:03:59 am | 7:02:34 pm | 5:35:21 am | 7:31:09 pm | 12h 49m 50s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:35 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:33:32 am | 6:58:36 am | +47s | 6:07:40 pm | -1m 6s | 6:32:44 pm | 11h 9m 4s | -1m 53s | 12:33:21 pm | 45.93° | 6:04:42 am | 7:01:32 pm | 5:36:04 am | 7:30:08 pm | 12h 51m 44s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:25 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:34:17 am | 6:59:24 am | +48s | 6:06:35 pm | -1m 5s | 6:31:41 pm | 11h 7m 11s | -1m 53s | 12:33:13 pm | 45.58° | 6:05:26 am | 7:00:31 pm | 5:36:47 am | 7:29:09 pm | 12h 53m 37s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:17 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:35:03 am | 7:00:12 am | +48s | 6:05:32 pm | -1m 3s | 6:30:40 pm | 11h 5m 20s | -1m 52s | 12:33:05 pm | 45.23° | 6:06:10 am | 6:59:32 pm | 5:37:30 am | 7:28:10 pm | 12h 55m 29s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:09 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:35:50 am | 7:01:01 am | +49s | 6:04:29 pm | -1m 3s | 6:29:40 pm | 11h 3m 28s | -1m 51s | 12:32:58 pm | 44.89° | 6:06:55 am | 6:58:34 pm | 5:38:14 am | 7:27:13 pm | 12h 57m 21s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:33:01 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:36:36 am | 7:01:50 am | +49s | 6:03:28 pm | -1m 1s | 6:28:41 pm | 11h 1m 38s | -1m 51s | 12:32:52 pm | 44.55° | 6:07:39 am | 6:57:37 pm | 5:38:57 am | 7:26:17 pm | 12h 59m 11s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:55 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:37:23 am | 7:02:39 am | +49s | 6:02:27 pm | -1m 1s | 6:27:43 pm | 10h 59m 48s | -1m 50s | 12:32:46 pm | 44.21° | 6:08:24 am | 6:56:41 pm | 5:39:41 am | 7:25:23 pm | 13h 1m 2s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:49 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:38:10 am | 7:03:29 am | +50s | 6:01:28 pm | -59s | 6:26:46 pm | 10h 57m 59s | -1m 49s | 12:32:41 pm | 43.88° | 6:09:10 am | 6:55:46 pm | 5:40:25 am | 7:24:30 pm | 13h 2m 51s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:43 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:38:58 am | 7:04:19 am | +50s | 6:00:30 pm | -58s | 6:25:51 pm | 10h 56m 11s | -1m 48s | 12:32:37 pm | 43.55° | 6:09:55 am | 6:54:53 pm | 5:41:09 am | 7:23:38 pm | 13h 4m 40s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:39 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:39:46 am | 7:05:10 am | +51s | 5:59:33 pm | -57s | 6:24:57 pm | 10h 54m 23s | -1m 47s | 12:32:34 pm | 43.22° | 6:10:41 am | 6:54:01 pm | 5:41:53 am | 7:22:48 pm | 13h 6m 28s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:36 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:40:34 am | 7:06:01 am | +51s | 5:58:38 pm | -55s | 6:24:04 pm | 10h 52m 37s | -1m 47s | 12:32:31 pm | 42.89° | 6:11:27 am | 6:53:11 pm | 5:42:38 am | 7:21:59 pm | 13h 8m 14s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:32 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Pacific Beach, CA - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Pacific Beach, 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 Pacific Beach, CA.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Pacific Beach, CA
In Pacific Beach, CA, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 11 at 5:40 am, while the latest sunrise is on March 8 at 7:07 am. The earliest sunset is on December 3 at 4:42 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 29 at 8:01 pm.
Pacific Beach, CA gets 4h 19m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 18m versus 9h 59m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Pacific Beach, CA Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Pacific Beach. 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 Pacific Beach.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 33.7° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 80.4° (around Jun 21) in Pacific Beach. 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 Pacific Beach, CA
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Pacific Beach, CA — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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