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Sunrise and sunset times in South Lake Tahoe, CA

Today

November 7, 2026. Current time: 6:58:34 pm

Sunrise time: 6:33:58 am PSTWhen 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).

5:03Night ends5:02:50 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.6:06First light6:05:56 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:06–6:17Blue hour6:05:56 am – 6:16:42 am
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.6:17–7:12Golden hour6:16:42 am – 7:12:22 am
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.

Sunset time: 4:52:42 pm PSTWhen 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).

4:14–5:10Golden hour4:14:19 pm – 5:09:57 pm
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.5:10–5:21Blue hour5:09:57 pm – 5:20:43 pm
Blue hour: the Sun is between 6° and 4° below the horizon. The sky turns deep blue and lit buildings stand out against it.5:21Dark5:20:43 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:24Night6:23:47 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: -24.73° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 268.23° (W)

Daylight   Golden Hour   Blue Hour   Twilight   Night

Day length: 10 hours, 18 minutes

Sunset in South Lake Tahoe was 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

Moonrise: 5:05 am Moonset: 3:45 pmMoon phase: 🌘 Waning Crescent (2%)🌑 New moon: Nov 8 at 11:02 pm · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 6:53 am

Tomorrow

November 8, 2026

Night ends at 5:04 am5:03:48 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 6:07 am6:06:59 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: 6:35:04 am PSTWhen 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: 4:51:44 pm PSTWhen 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 5:20 pm5:19:49 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 6:23 pm6:22:58 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, 16 minutes

Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in South Lake Tahoe

Moonrise: 6:09 am Moonset: 4:14 pmMoon phase: 🌑 New Moon (0.2%)

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• Latitude: 38.939926 (North)
• Longitude: -119.977188 (West)
• Time zone: Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8)

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November 2026 - South Lake Tahoe, 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 November in South Lake Tahoe.

All times are in South Lake Tahoe's time: Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7) until November 1, 2026, and Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8) from then on.

The day length shortens by 52 minutes over the course of November 2026 in South Lake Tahoe, CA - from 10 hours, 31 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 39 minutes on the last day.

Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in South Lake Tahoe, CA - 2026

The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in South Lake Tahoe, 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 South Lake Tahoe, CA.

South Lake Tahoe, CA Analemma

Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in South Lake Tahoe. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:

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South Lake Tahoe, CA analemma interactive visualizer.
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in South Lake Tahoe.

Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 27.6° above the horizon (around Dec 21) and 74.5° (around Jun 21) in South Lake Tahoe. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma.

Detailed Analemma Chart

See a technical version of this analemma, with exact dates and Sun altitudes, and download it in high resolution.

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.

Download South Lake Tahoe, CA Analemma Chart (SVG)

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.