Sunrise and sunset times in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Petrified Forest National Park, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 11:45:39 am
Night ends at 5:07 am5:06:31 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 6:05 am6:05:28 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: 6:31:13 am MSTWhen 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: 5:35:24 pm MSTWhen 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 6:01 pm6:01:08 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 7:00 pm7:00:01 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: 43.55° · Azimuth: 173.9° (S)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 4 minutes
5 hours, 49 minutes left for today's sunset in Petrified Forest National Park
Moon set on Oct 22 at 2:47 am
Moon will rise on Oct 22 at 3:37 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (86%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 amTomorrow
October 23, 2026
Night ends at 5:07 am5:07:19 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 6:06 am6:06:18 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: 6:32:05 am MSTWhen 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: 5:34:15 pm MSTWhen 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 6:00 pm6:00:01 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 6:59 pm6:58:56 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, 2 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Petrified Forest National Park
Moon will set on Oct 23 at 3:49 am Moon will rise on Oct 23 at 4:03 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (95%)
- Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
- Latitude: 35.003693 (North)
- Longitude: -109.788925 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 29 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 48 minutes.Longest day in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
The longest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours, 30 minutes.
October 2026 - Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona - 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 Petrified Forest National Park.
All times are in Petrified Forest National Park's time: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 2 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ - from 11 hours, 48 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 46 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.5:48:48 am | 6:14:03 am | +45s | 6:02:52 pm | -1m 25s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:28:06 pm | 11h 48m 49s | -2m 10s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:08:44 pm | 51.58° | 5:19:27 am | 6:57:23 pm | 4:49:56 am | 7:26:51 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 11m 57s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:54 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:49:33 am | 6:14:49 am | +46s | 6:01:28 pm | -1m 24s | 6:26:42 pm | 11h 46m 39s | -2m 10s | 12:08:25 pm | 51.19° | 5:20:13 am | 6:55:59 pm | 4:50:44 am | 7:25:25 pm | 12h 14m 8s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:08:35 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:50:19 am | 6:15:36 am | +47s | 6:00:04 pm | -1m 24s | 6:25:19 pm | 11h 44m 28s | -2m 10s | 12:08:06 pm | 50.80° | 5:20:59 am | 6:54:36 pm | 4:51:31 am | 7:24:00 pm | 12h 16m 18s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:08:16 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:51:05 am | 6:16:22 am | +46s | 5:58:41 pm | -1m 23s | 6:23:56 pm | 11h 42m 19s | -2m 10s | 12:07:47 pm | 50.42° | 5:21:45 am | 6:53:13 pm | 4:52:19 am | 7:22:36 pm | 12h 18m 28s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:56 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:51:51 am | 6:17:09 am | +47s | 5:57:18 pm | -1m 23s | 6:22:34 pm | 11h 40m 9s | -2m 10s | 12:07:29 pm | 50.03° | 5:22:32 am | 6:51:50 pm | 4:53:06 am | 7:21:12 pm | 12h 20m 38s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:38 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:52:37 am | 6:17:56 am | +47s | 5:55:55 pm | -1m 23s | 6:21:12 pm | 11h 37m 59s | -2m 10s | 12:07:11 pm | 49.65° | 5:23:18 am | 6:50:29 pm | 4:53:54 am | 7:19:49 pm | 12h 22m 48s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:20 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:53:23 am | 6:18:43 am | +47s | 5:54:33 pm | -1m 22s | 6:19:51 pm | 11h 35m 50s | -2m 9s | 12:06:54 pm | 49.27° | 5:24:04 am | 6:49:08 pm | 4:54:41 am | 7:18:28 pm | 12h 24m 58s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:07:03 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:54:10 am | 6:19:31 am | +48s | 5:53:11 pm | -1m 22s | 6:18:30 pm | 11h 33m 40s | -2m 9s | 12:06:37 pm | 48.89° | 5:24:50 am | 6:47:48 pm | 4:55:28 am | 7:17:07 pm | 12h 27m 8s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:46 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:54:57 am | 6:20:19 am | +48s | 5:51:50 pm | -1m 21s | 6:17:11 pm | 11h 31m 31s | -2m 9s | 12:06:20 pm | 48.51° | 5:25:37 am | 6:46:28 pm | 4:56:16 am | 7:15:47 pm | 12h 29m 17s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:06:28 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:55:44 am | 6:21:07 am | +48s | 5:50:30 pm | -1m 20s | 6:15:52 pm | 11h 29m 23s | -2m 9s | 12:06:04 pm | 48.13° | 5:26:23 am | 6:45:10 pm | 4:57:03 am | 7:14:28 pm | 12h 31m 25s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:06:12 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 5:56:31 am | 6:21:55 am | +48s | 5:49:10 pm | -1m 20s | 6:14:33 pm | 11h 27m 15s | -2m 8s | 12:05:48 pm | 47.75° | 5:27:10 am | 6:43:52 pm | 4:57:50 am | 7:13:09 pm | 12h 33m 34s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:05:56 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:57:19 am | 6:22:44 am | +49s | 5:47:51 pm | -1m 19s | 6:13:16 pm | 11h 25m 7s | -2m 8s | 12:05:33 pm | 47.38° | 5:27:57 am | 6:42:35 pm | 4:58:37 am | 7:11:52 pm | 12h 35m 43s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:05:41 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:58:06 am | 6:23:34 am | +50s | 5:46:33 pm | -1m 18s | 6:11:59 pm | 11h 22m 59s | -2m 8s | 12:05:18 pm | 47.00° | 5:28:44 am | 6:41:19 pm | 4:59:24 am | 7:10:36 pm | 12h 37m 50s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:05:25 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 5:58:54 am | 6:24:23 am | +49s | 5:45:15 pm | -1m 18s | 6:10:43 pm | 11h 20m 52s | -2m 7s | 12:05:04 pm | 46.63° | 5:29:31 am | 6:40:04 pm | 5:00:12 am | 7:09:21 pm | 12h 39m 58s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:05:11 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 5:59:42 am | 6:25:13 am | +50s | 5:43:59 pm | -1m 16s | 6:09:28 pm | 11h 18m 46s | -2m 7s | 12:04:51 pm | 46.26° | 5:30:18 am | 6:38:50 pm | 5:00:59 am | 7:08:07 pm | 12h 42m 4s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:04:58 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:00:31 am | 6:26:03 am | +50s | 5:42:42 pm | -1m 17s | 6:08:13 pm | 11h 16m 39s | -2m 6s | 12:04:38 pm | 45.89° | 5:31:06 am | 6:37:37 pm | 5:01:46 am | 7:06:54 pm | 12h 44m 12s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:04:45 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:01:20 am | 6:26:54 am | +51s | 5:41:27 pm | -1m 15s | 6:07:00 pm | 11h 14m 33s | -2m 6s | 12:04:25 pm | 45.53° | 5:31:53 am | 6:36:25 pm | 5:02:33 am | 7:05:42 pm | 12h 46m 18s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:04:31 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:02:09 am | 6:27:45 am | +51s | 5:40:13 pm | -1m 14s | 6:05:48 pm | 11h 12m 28s | -2m 5s | 12:04:13 pm | 45.17° | 5:32:41 am | 6:35:14 pm | 5:03:21 am | 7:04:32 pm | 12h 48m 23s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:04:19 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:02:58 am | 6:28:36 am | +51s | 5:38:59 pm | -1m 14s | 6:04:36 pm | 11h 10m 23s | -2m 5s | 12:04:02 pm | 44.81° | 5:33:29 am | 6:34:04 pm | 5:04:08 am | 7:03:22 pm | 12h 50m 29s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:04:07 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:03:48 am | 6:29:28 am | +52s | 5:37:47 pm | -1m 12s | 6:03:26 pm | 11h 8m 19s | -2m 4s | 12:03:52 pm | 44.45° | 5:34:17 am | 6:32:55 pm | 5:04:56 am | 7:02:14 pm | 12h 52m 33s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:57 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:04:38 am | 6:30:20 am | +52s | 5:36:35 pm | -1m 12s | 6:02:16 pm | 11h 6m 15s | -2m 4s | 12:03:42 pm | 44.09° | 5:35:05 am | 6:31:47 pm | 5:05:44 am | 7:01:07 pm | 12h 54m 38s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:47 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:05:28 am | 6:31:13 am | +53s | 5:35:24 pm | -1m 11s | 6:01:08 pm | 11h 4m 11s | -2m 3s | 12:03:33 pm | 43.74° | 5:35:54 am | 6:30:41 pm | 5:06:31 am | 7:00:01 pm | 12h 56m 41s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:38 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:06:18 am | 6:32:05 am | +52s | 5:34:15 pm | -1m 9s | 6:00:01 pm | 11h 2m 10s | -2m 3s | 12:03:24 pm | 43.39° | 5:36:42 am | 6:29:35 pm | 5:07:19 am | 6:58:56 pm | 12h 58m 44s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:28 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:07:09 am | 6:32:59 am | +54s | 5:33:06 pm | -1m 9s | 5:58:55 pm | 11h 0m 7s | -2m 2s | 12:03:16 pm | 43.04° | 5:37:31 am | 6:28:31 pm | 5:08:07 am | 6:57:53 pm | 13h 0m 46s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:20 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:08:00 am | 6:33:52 am | +53s | 5:31:58 pm | -1m 8s | 5:57:50 pm | 10h 58m 6s | -2m 1s | 12:03:09 pm | 42.70° | 5:38:20 am | 6:27:28 pm | 5:08:55 am | 6:56:51 pm | 13h 2m 48s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:03:12 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:08:51 am | 6:34:46 am | +54s | 5:30:52 pm | -1m 6s | 5:56:46 pm | 10h 56m 6s | -2m 0s | 12:03:03 pm | 42.36° | 5:39:10 am | 6:26:26 pm | 5:09:44 am | 6:55:51 pm | 13h 4m 48s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:06 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:09:43 am | 6:35:40 am | +54s | 5:29:47 pm | -1m 5s | 5:55:43 pm | 10h 54m 7s | -2m 0s | 12:02:57 pm | 42.02° | 5:39:59 am | 6:25:26 pm | 5:10:32 am | 6:54:52 pm | 13h 6m 48s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:03:00 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:10:35 am | 6:36:35 am | +55s | 5:28:43 pm | -1m 4s | 5:54:42 pm | 10h 52m 8s | -1m 59s | 12:02:52 pm | 41.68° | 5:40:49 am | 6:24:27 pm | 5:11:21 am | 6:53:54 pm | 13h 8m 47s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:02:54 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:11:27 am | 6:37:30 am | +55s | 5:27:40 pm | -1m 3s | 5:53:42 pm | 10h 50m 10s | -1m 58s | 12:02:48 pm | 41.35° | 5:41:39 am | 6:23:29 pm | 5:12:09 am | 6:52:57 pm | 13h 10m 46s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:02:50 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:12:20 am | 6:38:26 am | +56s | 5:26:38 pm | -1m 2s | 5:52:43 pm | 10h 48m 12s | -1m 57s | 12:02:45 pm | 41.03° | 5:42:29 am | 6:22:33 pm | 5:12:58 am | 6:52:03 pm | 13h 12m 43s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:02:47 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:13:13 am | 6:39:21 am | +55s | 5:25:38 pm | -1m 0s | 5:51:46 pm | 10h 46m 17s | -1m 56s | 12:02:42 pm | 40.70° | 5:43:20 am | 6:21:38 pm | 5:13:47 am | 6:51:09 pm | 13h 14m 39s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:02:43 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
In Petrified Forest National Park, AZ, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 12 at 5:04 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 6 at 7:27 am. The earliest sunset is on December 5 at 5:07 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 7:37 pm.
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ gets 4h 42m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 30m versus 9h 48m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Petrified Forest National Park. 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 Petrified Forest National Park.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 31.4° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 77.6° (around Jun 18) in Petrified Forest National Park. 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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