Sunrise and sunset times in Seattle, WA
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Seattle, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 15, 2026. Current time: 9:26:30 am
Night ends at 5:46 am5:45:55 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 6:57 am6:57:20 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: 7:28:26 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: 6:20:50 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 6:52 pm6:51:53 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:03 pm8:03:08 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.
Seattle Tides
High 9:36 am 10.9 ftLow 3:12 pm 7.6 ftSeattle (Madison St.), Elliott Bay
| Low tide | 2:03 am | -0.7 ft | -0.21 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| High tide | 9:36 am | 10.9 ft | 3.32 m |
| Low tide | 3:12 pm | 7.6 ft | 2.33 m |
| High tide | 7:36 pm | 9.2 ft | 2.80 m |
| Low tide | 2:45 am | -0.2 ft | -0.06 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| High tide | 10:32 am | 10.6 ft | 3.24 m |
| Low tide | 4:28 pm | 7.9 ft | 2.40 m |
| High tide | 8:19 pm | 8.6 ft | 2.61 m |
Tide predictions: NOAA, station 9447130, Seattle (Madison St.), Elliott Bay (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: 17.30° · Azimuth: 125.2° (SE)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 10 hours, 52 minutes
8 hours, 54 minutes left for today's sunset in Seattle
Moon will rise on Oct 15 at 1:17 pm
Moon will set on Oct 15 at 8:48 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (23%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 8 at 11:02 pmTomorrow
October 16, 2026
Night ends at 5:47 am5:47:19 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.·First light at 6:59 am6:58:44 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: 7:29:53 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: 6:18:58 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 6:50 pm6:50:03 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 pm8:01:19 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.
Day length: 10 hours, 49 minutes
Tomorrow will be 3 minutes shorter than today in Seattle
Moon will rise on Oct 16 at 2:06 pm Moon will set on Oct 16 at 9:44 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (37%)
- Seattle, Washington
- Latitude: 47.606209 (North)
- Longitude: -122.332069 (West)
- Time zone: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Seattle, WA
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 6 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 25 minutes.Longest day in Seattle, WA
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, 59 minutes.
October 2026 - Seattle, Washington - 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 Seattle.
All times are in Seattle's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 38 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Seattle, WA - from 11 hours, 39 minutes on the first day to 10 hours 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.6:37:58 am | 7:08:40 am | 6:48:17 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:18:56 pm | 11h 39m 37s | -3m 24s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:58:54 pm | 38.96° | 6:02:11 am | 7:54:37 pm | 5:25:45 am | 8:30:54 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 21m 46s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:59:04 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:39:20 am | 7:10:03 am | 6:46:16 pm | 7:16:55 pm | 11h 36m 13s | -3m 24s | 12:58:34 pm | 38.57° | 6:03:35 am | 7:52:34 pm | 5:27:14 am | 8:28:48 pm | 12h 25m 10s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:44 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:40:43 am | 7:11:26 am | 6:44:16 pm | 7:14:55 pm | 11h 32m 50s | -3m 24s | 12:58:15 pm | 38.19° | 6:04:59 am | 7:50:33 pm | 5:28:42 am | 8:26:42 pm | 12h 28m 34s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:58:24 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:42:05 am | 7:12:50 am | 6:42:15 pm | 7:12:56 pm | 11h 29m 25s | -3m 24s | 12:57:57 pm | 37.80° | 6:06:23 am | 7:48:33 pm | 5:30:10 am | 8:24:37 pm | 12h 31m 58s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:58:06 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:43:28 am | 7:14:13 am | 6:40:16 pm | 7:10:57 pm | 11h 26m 3s | -3m 24s | 12:57:39 pm | 37.42° | 6:07:47 am | 7:46:33 pm | 5:31:38 am | 8:22:34 pm | 12h 35m 21s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:48 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:44:51 am | 7:15:37 am | 6:38:16 pm | 7:08:59 pm | 11h 22m 39s | -3m 23s | 12:57:21 pm | 37.03° | 6:09:10 am | 7:44:34 pm | 5:33:05 am | 8:20:32 pm | 12h 38m 45s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:30 am | 5.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:46:14 am | 7:17:01 am | 6:36:17 pm | 7:07:02 pm | 11h 19m 16s | -3m 23s | 12:57:03 pm | 36.65° | 6:10:34 am | 7:42:36 pm | 5:34:32 am | 8:18:31 pm | 12h 42m 9s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:57:12 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:47:37 am | 7:18:26 am | 6:34:19 pm | 7:05:05 pm | 11h 15m 53s | -3m 23s | 12:56:46 pm | 36.27° | 6:11:57 am | 7:40:39 pm | 5:35:59 am | 8:16:31 pm | 12h 45m 32s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:54 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:49:00 am | 7:19:51 am | 6:32:22 pm | 7:03:09 pm | 11h 12m 31s | -3m 22s | 12:56:30 pm | 35.89° | 6:13:20 am | 7:38:44 pm | 5:37:25 am | 8:14:33 pm | 12h 48m 54s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:38 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:50:23 am | 7:21:16 am | 6:30:25 pm | 7:01:14 pm | 11h 9m 9s | -3m 22s | 12:56:14 pm | 35.51° | 6:14:44 am | 7:36:49 pm | 5:38:51 am | 8:12:35 pm | 12h 52m 16s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:56:22 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:51:46 am | 7:22:41 am | 6:28:28 pm | 6:59:20 pm | 11h 5m 47s | -3m 22s | 12:55:58 pm | 35.14° | 6:16:07 am | 7:34:55 pm | 5:40:16 am | 8:10:39 pm | 12h 55m 39s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:56:06 am | 7.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:53:09 am | 7:24:07 am | 6:26:33 pm | 6:57:27 pm | 11h 2m 26s | -3m 21s | 12:55:43 pm | 34.76° | 6:17:30 am | 7:33:02 pm | 5:41:41 am | 8:08:44 pm | 12h 59m 0s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:51 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:54:33 am | 7:25:33 am | 6:24:38 pm | 6:55:35 pm | 10h 59m 5s | -3m 21s | 12:55:28 pm | 34.39° | 6:18:53 am | 7:31:10 pm | 5:43:06 am | 8:06:51 pm | 13h 2m 21s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:35 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:55:56 am | 7:26:59 am | 6:22:44 pm | 6:53:43 pm | 10h 55m 45s | -3m 20s | 12:55:14 pm | 34.02° | 6:20:15 am | 7:29:20 pm | 5:44:31 am | 8:04:59 pm | 13h 5m 42s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:21 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:57:20 am | 7:28:26 am | 6:20:50 pm | 6:51:53 pm | 10h 52m 24s | -3m 20s | 12:55:01 pm | 33.65° | 6:21:38 am | 7:27:31 pm | 5:45:55 am | 8:03:08 pm | 13h 9m 3s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:55:08 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:58:44 am | 7:29:53 am | 6:18:58 pm | 6:50:03 pm | 10h 49m 5s | -3m 19s | 12:54:48 pm | 33.28° | 6:23:01 am | 7:25:42 pm | 5:47:19 am | 8:01:19 pm | 13h 12m 22s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:55 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:00:08 am | 7:31:20 am | 6:17:06 pm | 6:48:15 pm | 10h 45m 46s | -3m 19s | 12:54:35 pm | 32.91° | 6:24:24 am | 7:23:55 pm | 5:48:43 am | 7:59:31 pm | 13h 15m 41s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:41 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:01:32 am | 7:32:47 am | 6:15:15 pm | 6:46:28 pm | 10h 42m 28s | -3m 18s | 12:54:23 pm | 32.55° | 6:25:46 am | 7:22:10 pm | 5:50:06 am | 7:57:45 pm | 13h 19m 0s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:54:29 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:02:57 am | 7:34:15 am | 6:13:26 pm | 6:44:41 pm | 10h 39m 11s | -3m 18s | 12:54:12 pm | 32.19° | 6:27:09 am | 7:20:25 pm | 5:51:29 am | 7:56:00 pm | 13h 22m 17s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:17 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:04:21 am | 7:35:43 am | 6:11:37 pm | 6:42:56 pm | 10h 35m 54s | -3m 17s | 12:54:02 pm | 31.83° | 6:28:31 am | 7:18:42 pm | 5:52:52 am | 7:54:17 pm | 13h 25m 34s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:54:07 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:05:46 am | 7:37:11 am | 6:09:49 pm | 6:41:12 pm | 10h 32m 38s | -3m 16s | 12:53:52 pm | 31.48° | 6:29:54 am | 7:17:01 pm | 5:54:15 am | 7:52:35 pm | 13h 28m 51s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:57 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:07:11 am | 7:38:40 am | 6:08:03 pm | 6:39:30 pm | 10h 29m 23s | -3m 15s | 12:53:43 pm | 31.12° | 6:31:16 am | 7:15:20 pm | 5:55:37 am | 7:50:55 pm | 13h 32m 6s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:48 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:08:35 am | 7:40:09 am | 6:06:17 pm | 6:37:48 pm | 10h 26m 8s | -3m 14s | 12:53:34 pm | 30.77° | 6:32:39 am | 7:13:42 pm | 5:57:00 am | 7:49:16 pm | 13h 35m 21s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:38 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:10:00 am | 7:41:38 am | 6:04:33 pm | 6:36:08 pm | 10h 22m 55s | -3m 14s | 12:53:26 pm | 30.43° | 6:34:01 am | 7:12:04 pm | 5:58:22 am | 7:47:40 pm | 13h 38m 35s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:30 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:11:25 am | 7:43:08 am | 6:02:49 pm | 6:34:30 pm | 10h 19m 41s | -3m 13s | 12:53:19 pm | 30.08° | 6:35:24 am | 7:10:28 pm | 5:59:44 am | 7:46:04 pm | 13h 41m 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 |
12:53:22 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:12:51 am | 7:44:37 am | 6:01:08 pm | 6:32:52 pm | 10h 16m 31s | -3m 12s | 12:53:13 pm | 29.74° | 6:36:46 am | 7:08:54 pm | 6:01:05 am | 7:44:31 pm | 13h 44m 59s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:16 am | 12.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:14:16 am | 7:46:07 am | 5:59:27 pm | 6:31:16 pm | 10h 13m 20s | -3m 11s | 12:53:07 pm | 29.40° | 6:38:08 am | 7:07:21 pm | 6:02:27 am | 7:42:59 pm | 13h 48m 10s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:09 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:15:41 am | 7:47:37 am | 5:57:48 pm | 6:29:42 pm | 10h 10m 11s | -3m 9s | 12:53:03 pm | 29.07° | 6:39:30 am | 7:05:50 pm | 6:03:48 am | 7:41:29 pm | 13h 51m 20s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:06 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:17:07 am | 7:49:08 am | 5:56:10 pm | 6:28:09 pm | 10h 7m 2s | -3m 8s | 12:52:58 pm | 28.74° | 6:40:53 am | 7:04:20 pm | 6:05:09 am | 7:40:00 pm | 13h 54m 28s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:53:00 am | 13.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:18:32 am | 7:50:38 am | 5:54:33 pm | 6:26:37 pm | 10h 3m 55s | -3m 7s | 12:52:55 pm | 28.41° | 6:42:15 am | 7:02:52 pm | 6:06:30 am | 7:38:34 pm | 13h 57m 36s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:56 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:19:58 am | 7:52:09 am | 5:52:58 pm | 6:25:07 pm | 10h 0m 49s | -3m 6s | 12:52:53 pm | 28.09° | 6:43:37 am | 7:01:26 pm | 6:07:50 am | 7:37:09 pm | 14h 0m 42s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:52:54 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Seattle, WA - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Seattle, WA for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Seattle, WA.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Seattle, WA
In Seattle, WA, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 15 at 5:10 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 1 at 7:57 am. The earliest sunset is on December 10 at 4:17 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 25 at 9:11 pm.
Seattle, WA gets 7h 33m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 59m versus 8h 25m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 14m.
Seattle, WA Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Seattle. 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 Seattle.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 18.9° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 65.7° (around Jun 21) in Seattle. 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 Seattle, WA
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