Sunrise and sunset times in Sandy Ridge, NC
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Today
October 21, 2026. Current time: 4:04:09 pm
Night ends at 6:07 am6:06:59 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 7:07 am7:06:59 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: 7:33:11 am EDTWhen 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: 6:36:15 pm EDTWhen 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 7:02 pm7:02:26 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:02 pm8:02:22 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: 26.59° · Azimuth: 230.7° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 3 minutes
2 hours, 32 minutes left for today's sunset in Sandy Ridge
Moon set on Oct 21 at 2:39 am
Moon will rise on Oct 21 at 4:11 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (79%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 12:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 22, 2026
Night ends at 6:08 am6:07:50 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 7:08 am7:07:53 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: 7:34:07 am EDTWhen 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: 6:35:01 pm EDTWhen 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 7:01 pm7:01:14 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:01 pm8:01:13 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
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Sandy Ridge
Moon will set on Oct 22 at 3:42 am Moon will rise on Oct 22 at 4:36 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (89%)
- Sandy Ridge, North Carolina
- Latitude: 36.499027 (North)
- Longitude: -80.104218 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Sandy Ridge, NC
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 0 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 40 minutes.Longest day in Sandy Ridge, NC
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, 39 minutes.
October 2026 - Sandy Ridge, North 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 October in Sandy Ridge.
All times are in Sandy Ridge's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 7 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Sandy Ridge, NC - from 11 hours, 48 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 41 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.6:49:58 am | 7:15:42 am | +49s | 7:03:46 pm | -1m 29s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:29:28 pm | 11h 48m 4s | -2m 18s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:10:01 pm | 50.11° | 6:20:03 am | 7:59:20 pm | 5:49:56 am | 8:29:23 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 12m 46s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:11 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:50:47 am | 7:16:32 am | +50s | 7:02:18 pm | -1m 28s | 7:28:01 pm | 11h 45m 46s | -2m 18s | 1:09:42 pm | 49.73° | 6:20:53 am | 7:57:52 pm | 5:50:48 am | 8:27:53 pm | 12h 15m 4s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:52 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:51:36 am | 7:17:22 am | +50s | 7:00:51 pm | -1m 27s | 7:26:34 pm | 11h 43m 29s | -2m 18s | 1:09:23 pm | 49.34° | 6:21:43 am | 7:56:24 pm | 5:51:39 am | 8:26:24 pm | 12h 17m 21s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:09:33 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:52:26 am | 7:18:12 am | +50s | 6:59:24 pm | -1m 27s | 7:25:07 pm | 11h 41m 12s | -2m 17s | 1:09:04 pm | 48.95° | 6:22:33 am | 7:54:58 pm | 5:52:31 am | 8:24:56 pm | 12h 19m 38s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:13 am | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:53:15 am | 7:19:02 am | +50s | 6:57:57 pm | -1m 27s | 7:23:41 pm | 11h 38m 55s | -2m 17s | 1:08:46 pm | 48.57° | 6:23:23 am | 7:53:31 pm | 5:53:22 am | 8:23:28 pm | 12h 21m 56s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:55 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:54:05 am | 7:19:53 am | +51s | 6:56:30 pm | -1m 27s | 7:22:16 pm | 11h 36m 37s | -2m 17s | 1:08:28 pm | 48.19° | 6:24:12 am | 7:52:06 pm | 5:54:14 am | 8:22:01 pm | 12h 24m 14s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:37 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:54:55 am | 7:20:44 am | +51s | 6:55:05 pm | -1m 25s | 7:20:51 pm | 11h 34m 21s | -2m 17s | 1:08:11 pm | 47.80° | 6:25:02 am | 7:50:41 pm | 5:55:05 am | 8:20:36 pm | 12h 26m 30s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:20 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:55:46 am | 7:21:35 am | +51s | 6:53:39 pm | -1m 26s | 7:19:27 pm | 11h 32m 4s | -2m 16s | 1:07:54 pm | 47.42° | 6:25:53 am | 7:49:18 pm | 5:55:56 am | 8:19:11 pm | 12h 28m 48s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:03 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:56:36 am | 7:22:27 am | +52s | 6:52:15 pm | -1m 24s | 7:18:04 pm | 11h 29m 48s | -2m 16s | 1:07:37 pm | 47.04° | 6:26:43 am | 7:47:54 pm | 5:56:47 am | 8:17:47 pm | 12h 31m 4s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:45 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:57:27 am | 7:23:19 am | +52s | 6:50:51 pm | -1m 24s | 7:16:41 pm | 11h 27m 32s | -2m 16s | 1:07:21 pm | 46.66° | 6:27:33 am | 7:46:32 pm | 5:57:38 am | 8:16:24 pm | 12h 33m 20s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
1:07:29 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:58:17 am | 7:24:11 am | +52s | 6:49:27 pm | -1m 24s | 7:15:19 pm | 11h 25m 16s | -2m 16s | 1:07:05 pm | 46.29° | 6:28:23 am | 7:45:11 pm | 5:58:29 am | 8:15:02 pm | 12h 35m 36s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:13 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:59:08 am | 7:25:03 am | +52s | 6:48:05 pm | -1m 22s | 7:13:58 pm | 11h 23m 2s | -2m 15s | 1:06:50 pm | 45.91° | 6:29:14 am | 7:43:50 pm | 5:59:20 am | 8:13:41 pm | 12h 37m 51s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:58 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:00:00 am | 7:25:56 am | +53s | 6:46:43 pm | -1m 22s | 7:12:37 pm | 11h 20m 47s | -2m 15s | 1:06:35 pm | 45.54° | 6:30:04 am | 7:42:31 pm | 6:00:11 am | 8:12:21 pm | 12h 40m 6s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:42 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:00:51 am | 7:26:49 am | +53s | 6:45:21 pm | -1m 22s | 7:11:18 pm | 11h 18m 32s | -2m 15s | 1:06:21 pm | 45.17° | 6:30:55 am | 7:41:12 pm | 6:01:02 am | 8:11:02 pm | 12h 42m 22s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:28 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:01:43 am | 7:27:43 am | +54s | 6:44:01 pm | -1m 20s | 7:09:59 pm | 11h 16m 18s | -2m 14s | 1:06:07 pm | 44.80° | 6:31:46 am | 7:39:54 pm | 6:01:53 am | 8:09:44 pm | 12h 44m 36s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:14 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:02:35 am | 7:28:37 am | +54s | 6:42:41 pm | -1m 20s | 7:08:41 pm | 11h 14m 4s | -2m 14s | 1:05:54 pm | 44.43° | 6:32:36 am | 7:38:38 pm | 6:02:44 am | 8:08:28 pm | 12h 46m 50s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:00 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:03:27 am | 7:29:31 am | +54s | 6:41:22 pm | -1m 19s | 7:07:24 pm | 11h 11m 51s | -2m 13s | 1:05:42 pm | 44.06° | 6:33:28 am | 7:37:22 pm | 6:03:35 am | 8:07:12 pm | 12h 49m 3s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:48 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:04:20 am | 7:30:25 am | +54s | 6:40:04 pm | -1m 18s | 7:06:08 pm | 11h 9m 39s | -2m 13s | 1:05:30 pm | 43.70° | 6:34:19 am | 7:36:07 pm | 6:04:26 am | 8:05:58 pm | 12h 51m 16s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
1:05:36 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:05:13 am | 7:31:20 am | +55s | 6:38:47 pm | -1m 17s | 7:04:53 pm | 11h 7m 27s | -2m 12s | 1:05:19 pm | 43.34° | 6:35:10 am | 7:34:54 pm | 6:05:17 am | 8:04:45 pm | 12h 53m 29s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:25 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:06:06 am | 7:32:16 am | +56s | 6:37:30 pm | -1m 17s | 7:03:39 pm | 11h 5m 14s | -2m 12s | 1:05:08 pm | 42.98° | 6:36:02 am | 7:33:41 pm | 6:06:08 am | 8:03:33 pm | 12h 55m 41s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:13 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:06:59 am | 7:33:11 am | +55s | 6:36:15 pm | -1m 15s | 7:02:26 pm | 11h 3m 4s | -2m 11s | 1:04:58 pm | 42.63° | 6:36:53 am | 7:32:30 pm | 6:06:59 am | 8:02:22 pm | 12h 57m 52s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:03 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:07:53 am | 7:34:07 am | +56s | 6:35:01 pm | -1m 14s | 7:01:14 pm | 11h 0m 54s | -2m 10s | 1:04:49 pm | 42.27° | 6:37:45 am | 7:31:20 pm | 6:07:50 am | 8:01:13 pm | 13h 0m 3s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:54 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:08:47 am | 7:35:04 am | +57s | 6:33:47 pm | -1m 14s | 7:00:04 pm | 10h 58m 43s | -2m 10s | 1:04:40 pm | 41.92° | 6:38:37 am | 7:30:11 pm | 6:08:42 am | 8:00:05 pm | 13h 2m 14s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:44 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:09:41 am | 7:36:01 am | +57s | 6:32:35 pm | -1m 12s | 6:58:54 pm | 10h 56m 34s | -2m 9s | 1:04:33 pm | 41.57° | 6:39:30 am | 7:29:03 pm | 6:09:33 am | 7:58:58 pm | 13h 4m 23s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:37 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:10:35 am | 7:36:58 am | +57s | 6:31:24 pm | -1m 11s | 6:57:45 pm | 10h 54m 26s | -2m 8s | 1:04:25 pm | 41.23° | 6:40:22 am | 7:27:57 pm | 6:10:24 am | 7:57:53 pm | 13h 6m 31s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:28 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:11:30 am | 7:37:55 am | +57s | 6:30:14 pm | -1m 10s | 6:56:38 pm | 10h 52m 19s | -2m 7s | 1:04:19 pm | 40.89° | 6:41:15 am | 7:26:52 pm | 6:11:16 am | 7:56:49 pm | 13h 8m 39s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
1:04:22 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:12:25 am | 7:38:53 am | +58s | 6:29:05 pm | -1m 9s | 6:55:32 pm | 10h 50m 12s | -2m 7s | 1:04:13 pm | 40.55° | 6:42:08 am | 7:25:48 pm | 6:12:08 am | 7:55:46 pm | 13h 10m 46s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:16 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:13:20 am | 7:39:51 am | +58s | 6:27:57 pm | -1m 8s | 6:54:27 pm | 10h 48m 6s | -2m 6s | 1:04:08 pm | 40.22° | 6:43:01 am | 7:24:46 pm | 6:13:00 am | 7:54:45 pm | 13h 12m 52s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:10 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:14:16 am | 7:40:49 am | +58s | 6:26:51 pm | -1m 6s | 6:53:24 pm | 10h 46m 2s | -2m 5s | 1:04:04 pm | 39.88° | 6:43:54 am | 7:23:44 pm | 6:13:51 am | 7:53:45 pm | 13h 14m 57s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:06 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:15:12 am | 7:41:48 am | +59s | 6:25:46 pm | -1m 5s | 6:52:22 pm | 10h 43m 58s | -2m 4s | 1:04:01 pm | 39.56° | 6:44:47 am | 7:22:45 pm | 6:14:43 am | 7:52:47 pm | 13h 17m 1s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:03 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:16:08 am | 7:42:47 am | +59s | 6:24:42 pm | -1m 4s | 6:51:21 pm | 10h 41m 55s | -2m 3s | 1:03:58 pm | 39.23° | 6:45:41 am | 7:21:46 pm | 6:15:36 am | 7:51:50 pm | 13h 19m 5s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:59 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Sandy Ridge, NC - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Sandy Ridge, NC for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Sandy Ridge, NC.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Sandy Ridge, NC
In Sandy Ridge, NC, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 13 at 6:01 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:42 am. The earliest sunset is on December 5 at 5:04 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 8:42 pm.
Sandy Ridge, NC gets 4h 59m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 39m versus 9h 40m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Sandy Ridge, NC Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Sandy Ridge. 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 Sandy Ridge.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 29.9° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 76.1° (around Jun 18) in Sandy Ridge. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Sandy Ridge the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:03 and 12:34 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
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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