Sunrise and sunset times in Ridgecrest, CA
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Today
October 17, 2026. Current time: 7:40:22 pm
Night ends at 5:34 am5:34:02 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 6:33 am6:33:16 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: 6:59:02 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: 6:12:21 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).
Dark at 6:38 pm6:38:06 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:37 pm7:37:15 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.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -18.62° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 271.5° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 13 minutes
Sunset in Ridgecrest was 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Moonrise: 1:37 pm
Moonset: 11:15 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (45%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 8 at 11:02 pmTomorrow
October 18, 2026
Night ends at 5:35 am5:34:51 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 6:34 am6:34:06 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: 6:59:54 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: 6:11:05 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).
Dark at 6:37 pm6:36:52 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:36 pm7:36:03 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, 11 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Ridgecrest
Moonrise: 2:15 pm Moonset: Oct 19, 12:15 amMoon phase: 🌓 First Quarter (56%)
- Ridgecrest, California
- Latitude: 35.622456 (North)
- Longitude: -117.670898 (West)
- Time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Ridgecrest, CA
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 4 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 44 minutes.Longest day in Ridgecrest, 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, 34 minutes.
October 2026 - Ridgecrest, 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 Ridgecrest.
All times are in Ridgecrest's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 4 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Ridgecrest, CA - from 11 hours, 48 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 44 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). | 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). | 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.6:20:20 am | 6:45:47 am | 6:34:10 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:59:35 pm | 11h 48m 23s | -2m 13s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:40:15 pm | 50.95° | 5:50:45 am | 7:29:07 pm | 5:21:00 am | 7:58:48 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 12m 25s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:40:25 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:21:07 am | 6:46:35 am | 6:32:44 pm | 6:58:10 pm | 11h 46m 9s | -2m 13s | 12:39:56 pm | 50.56° | 5:51:33 am | 7:27:41 pm | 5:21:49 am | 7:57:21 pm | 12h 14m 38s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:40:06 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:21:54 am | 6:47:22 am | 6:31:19 pm | 6:56:45 pm | 11h 43m 57s | -2m 13s | 12:39:37 pm | 50.18° | 5:52:21 am | 7:26:16 pm | 5:22:39 am | 7:55:54 pm | 12h 16m 51s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:39:47 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:22:42 am | 6:48:10 am | 6:29:54 pm | 6:55:21 pm | 11h 41m 44s | -2m 13s | 12:39:18 pm | 49.79° | 5:53:08 am | 7:24:51 pm | 5:23:28 am | 7:54:28 pm | 12h 19m 5s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:39:27 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:23:29 am | 6:48:59 am | 6:28:30 pm | 6:53:57 pm | 11h 39m 31s | -2m 13s | 12:39:00 pm | 49.41° | 5:53:56 am | 7:23:27 pm | 5:24:17 am | 7:53:03 pm | 12h 21m 17s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:39:09 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:24:17 am | 6:49:47 am | 6:27:05 pm | 6:52:34 pm | 11h 37m 18s | -2m 13s | 12:38:42 pm | 49.02° | 5:54:44 am | 7:22:04 pm | 5:25:06 am | 7:51:39 pm | 12h 23m 31s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:38:51 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:25:05 am | 6:50:36 am | 6:25:42 pm | 6:51:11 pm | 11h 35m 6s | -2m 12s | 12:38:25 pm | 48.64° | 5:55:32 am | 7:20:42 pm | 5:25:55 am | 7:50:16 pm | 12h 25m 43s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:38:34 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:25:53 am | 6:51:25 am | 6:24:19 pm | 6:49:50 pm | 11h 32m 54s | -2m 12s | 12:38:08 pm | 48.26° | 5:56:20 am | 7:19:20 pm | 5:26:44 am | 7:48:53 pm | 12h 27m 56s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:38:17 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:26:41 am | 6:52:15 am | 6:22:56 pm | 6:48:28 pm | 11h 30m 41s | -2m 12s | 12:37:51 pm | 47.88° | 5:57:08 am | 7:17:59 pm | 5:27:32 am | 7:47:31 pm | 12h 30m 8s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:59 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:27:30 am | 6:53:04 am | 6:21:35 pm | 6:47:08 pm | 11h 28m 31s | -2m 12s | 12:37:35 pm | 47.50° | 5:57:56 am | 7:16:39 pm | 5:28:21 am | 7:46:11 pm | 12h 32m 19s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:37:43 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:28:18 am | 6:53:54 am | 6:20:13 pm | 6:45:48 pm | 11h 26m 19s | -2m 11s | 12:37:20 pm | 47.12° | 5:58:44 am | 7:15:20 pm | 5:29:10 am | 7:44:51 pm | 12h 34m 32s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:28 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:29:07 am | 6:54:45 am | 6:18:53 pm | 6:44:29 pm | 11h 24m 8s | -2m 11s | 12:37:04 pm | 46.75° | 5:59:32 am | 7:14:02 pm | 5:29:59 am | 7:43:33 pm | 12h 36m 42s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:11 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:29:56 am | 6:55:35 am | 6:17:33 pm | 6:43:11 pm | 11h 21m 58s | -2m 11s | 12:36:50 pm | 46.38° | 6:00:20 am | 7:12:44 pm | 5:30:47 am | 7:42:15 pm | 12h 38m 54s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:57 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:30:46 am | 6:56:27 am | 6:16:14 pm | 6:41:53 pm | 11h 19m 47s | -2m 10s | 12:36:36 pm | 46.00° | 6:01:09 am | 7:11:28 pm | 5:31:36 am | 7:40:58 pm | 12h 41m 4s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:43 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:31:35 am | 6:57:18 am | 6:14:56 pm | 6:40:37 pm | 11h 17m 38s | -2m 10s | 12:36:22 pm | 45.64° | 6:01:58 am | 7:10:12 pm | 5:32:25 am | 7:39:43 pm | 12h 43m 14s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:29 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:32:25 am | 6:58:10 am | 6:13:38 pm | 6:39:21 pm | 11h 15m 28s | -2m 9s | 12:36:09 pm | 45.27° | 6:02:47 am | 7:08:58 pm | 5:33:14 am | 7:38:28 pm | 12h 45m 24s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:15 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:33:16 am | 6:59:02 am | 6:12:21 pm | 6:38:06 pm | 11h 13m 19s | -2m 9s | 12:35:57 pm | 44.90° | 6:03:36 am | 7:07:44 pm | 5:34:02 am | 7:37:15 pm | 12h 47m 33s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:03 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:34:06 am | 6:59:54 am | 6:11:05 pm | 6:36:52 pm | 11h 11m 11s | -2m 8s | 12:35:45 pm | 44.54° | 6:04:25 am | 7:06:32 pm | 5:34:51 am | 7:36:03 pm | 12h 49m 42s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:35:51 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:34:57 am | 7:00:47 am | 6:09:51 pm | 6:35:40 pm | 11h 9m 4s | -2m 8s | 12:35:34 pm | 44.18° | 6:05:14 am | 7:05:21 pm | 5:35:40 am | 7:34:52 pm | 12h 51m 49s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:40 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:35:48 am | 7:01:40 am | 6:08:36 pm | 6:34:28 pm | 11h 6m 56s | -2m 7s | 12:35:23 pm | 43.82° | 6:06:04 am | 7:04:10 pm | 5:36:29 am | 7:33:43 pm | 12h 53m 58s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:28 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:36:39 am | 7:02:34 am | 6:07:23 pm | 6:33:17 pm | 11h 4m 49s | -2m 7s | 12:35:13 pm | 43.46° | 6:06:53 am | 7:03:01 pm | 5:37:18 am | 7:32:34 pm | 12h 56m 5s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:18 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:37:31 am | 7:03:28 am | 6:06:11 pm | 6:32:07 pm | 11h 2m 43s | -2m 6s | 12:35:04 pm | 43.11° | 6:07:43 am | 7:01:53 pm | 5:38:08 am | 7:31:27 pm | 12h 58m 11s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:08 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:38:23 am | 7:04:22 am | 6:05:00 pm | 6:30:59 pm | 11h 0m 38s | -2m 5s | 12:34:56 pm | 42.76° | 6:08:33 am | 7:00:47 pm | 5:38:57 am | 7:30:21 pm | 13h 0m 17s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:00 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:39:15 am | 7:05:17 am | 6:03:50 pm | 6:29:51 pm | 10h 58m 33s | -2m 5s | 12:34:48 pm | 42.41° | 6:09:24 am | 6:59:41 pm | 5:39:46 am | 7:29:16 pm | 13h 2m 22s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:52 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:40:07 am | 7:06:12 am | 6:02:41 pm | 6:28:45 pm | 10h 56m 29s | -2m 4s | 12:34:41 pm | 42.07° | 6:10:14 am | 6:58:37 pm | 5:40:36 am | 7:28:13 pm | 13h 4m 26s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:34:45 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:41:00 am | 7:07:07 am | 6:01:33 pm | 6:27:40 pm | 10h 54m 26s | -2m 3s | 12:34:34 pm | 41.73° | 6:11:05 am | 6:57:34 pm | 5:41:25 am | 7:27:11 pm | 13h 6m 30s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:37 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:41:53 am | 7:08:03 am | 6:00:27 pm | 6:26:36 pm | 10h 52m 24s | -2m 2s | 12:34:29 pm | 41.39° | 6:11:56 am | 6:56:32 pm | 5:42:15 am | 7:26:11 pm | 13h 8m 32s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:32 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:42:47 am | 7:08:59 am | 5:59:21 pm | 6:25:33 pm | 10h 50m 22s | -2m 2s | 12:34:24 pm | 41.06° | 6:12:47 am | 6:55:32 pm | 5:43:05 am | 7:25:12 pm | 13h 10m 35s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:26 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:43:40 am | 7:09:56 am | 5:58:17 pm | 6:24:32 pm | 10h 48m 21s | -2m 1s | 12:34:20 pm | 40.73° | 6:13:38 am | 6:54:32 pm | 5:43:55 am | 7:24:14 pm | 13h 12m 35s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:22 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:44:34 am | 7:10:52 am | 5:57:14 pm | 6:23:31 pm | 10h 46m 22s | -2m 0s | 12:34:17 pm | 40.40° | 6:14:30 am | 6:53:35 pm | 5:44:45 am | 7:23:18 pm | 13h 14m 36s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:19 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:45:28 am | 7:11:50 am | 5:56:12 pm | 6:22:33 pm | 10h 44m 22s | -1m 59s | 12:34:14 pm | 40.08° | 6:15:21 am | 6:52:39 pm | 5:45:35 am | 7:22:23 pm | 13h 16m 35s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:15 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Ridgecrest, CA - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Ridgecrest, 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 Ridgecrest, CA.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Ridgecrest, CA
In Ridgecrest, CA, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 12 at 5:34 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:11 am. The earliest sunset is on December 5 at 4:37 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 8:10 pm.
Ridgecrest, CA gets 4h 49m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 34m versus 9h 44m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Ridgecrest, CA Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Ridgecrest. 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 Ridgecrest.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 30.9° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 77.7° (around Jun 21) in Ridgecrest. 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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