Sunrise and sunset times in Spruce Pine, NC
EditSunrise in Spruce Pine today is at 6:59 am and sunset is at 5:24 pm. Today has 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight, 1 minute, 48 seconds less than yesterday. Read moreShow less
When it gets light and dark in Spruce Pine
Dawn (first light) is at 6:33 am, 26 minutes before sunrise, when civil twilight begins. The first faint glow in the sky (astronomical twilight) starts at 5:32 am.
It gets dark in Spruce Pine at 5:51 pm (dusk), 27 minutes after sunset, when civil twilight ends. Astronomical night starts at 6:52 pm.
Golden hour and blue hour in Spruce Pine
Golden hour is 6:43–7:36 am and 4:47–5:41 pm.
Blue hour is 6:33–6:43 am, before sunrise, and 5:41–5:51 pm, after sunset.
Solar noon is at 12:12 pm, when the Sun is highest, 37° above the horizon.
Sunrise and sunset in Spruce Pine tomorrow
Tomorrow in Spruce Pine, sunrise is at 7:00 am and sunset is at 5:23 pm.
Clock change in Spruce Pine
Daylight saving time starts on March 14, 2027: clocks go forward one hour, and sunrise and sunset come about an hour later by the clock.
Today
November 10, 2026. Current time: 10:05:25 am
Sunrise time: 6:59:37 am ESTWhen 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).
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.6:33First light6:32:37 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:33–6:43Blue hour6:32:37 am – 6:43:00 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.6:43–7:36Golden hour6:43:00 am – 7:36:28 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: 5:24:18 pm ESTWhen 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).
Golden hour: the Sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon. The light is warm and soft and the shadows are long.5:41–5:51Blue hour5:40:55 pm – 5:51:17 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.5:51Dark5:51:17 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:52Night6:52:07 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: 28.95° · Azimuth: 145.01° (SE)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 10 hours, 24 minutes
7 hours, 18 minutes left for today's sunset in Spruce Pine
Tomorrow
November 11, 2026
Night ends at 5:33 am5:32:38 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 am6:33:34 am
Dawn, 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: 7:00:37 am ESTWhen 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: 5:23:32 pm ESTWhen 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 5:51 pm5:50:34 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 6:51 pm6:51:29 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, 22 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Spruce Pine
- Spruce Pine, North Carolina
- Latitude: 35.915401 (North)
- Longitude: -82.06456 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5)
Shortest day in Spruce Pine, NC
The shortest day of the year will be in 1 month and 11 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 43 minutes.Longest day in Spruce Pine, 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, 36 minutes.Earliest sunset in Spruce Pine, NC
The earliest sunset of the year will be in 25 days, on December 5, 2026, at 5:14 pm.Latest sunset in Spruce Pine, NC
The latest sunset of the year was around 4 months ago, on June 28, 2026, at 8:48 pm.Earliest sunrise in Spruce Pine, NC
The earliest sunrise of the year was around 4 months ago, on June 12, 2026, at 6:11 am.Latest sunrise in Spruce Pine, NC
The latest sunrise of the year was 10 days ago, on October 31, 2026, at 7:49 am.November 2026 - Spruce Pine, 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 November in Spruce Pine.
All times are in Spruce Pine's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4) until November 1, 2026, and Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5) from then on.
The day length shortens by 46 minutes over the course of November 2026 in Spruce Pine, NC - from 10 hours, 41 minutes on the first day to 9 hours, 55 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. | Moonrise | Moonset |
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| Sun, Nov 1 🕐 -1h | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:24:13 am | 6:50:43 am | +58son the clock: -59m 2s | 5:32:25 pm | -1m 1son the clock: -1h 1m 1s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.5:58:54 pm | 10h 41m 42s | -1m 59s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:11:47 pm | 39.49° | 5:53:57 am | 6:29:09 pm | 5:24:03 am | 6:59:01 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.13h 19m 16s | 🌗 (46%) Last quarter at 3:28 pmLast quarter at 3:28 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
1:11:48 am | 14.6° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 2 | 6:25:08 am | 6:51:41 am | +58s | 5:31:25 pm | -1m 0s | 5:57:57 pm | 10h 39m 44s | -1m 58s | 12:11:46 pm | 39.18° | 5:54:50 am | 6:28:15 pm | 5:24:54 am | 6:58:09 pm | 13h 21m 15s | 🌘 (35%)Waning Crescent: 35% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:46 am | 14.9° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 3 | 6:26:03 am | 6:52:40 am | +59s | 5:30:26 pm | -59s | 5:57:02 pm | 10h 37m 46s | -1m 57s | 12:11:46 pm | 38.87° | 5:55:42 am | 6:27:22 pm | 5:25:45 am | 6:57:18 pm | 13h 23m 13s | 🌘 (25%)Waning Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:46 am | 15.2° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 4 | 6:26:59 am | 6:53:39 am | +59s | 5:29:29 pm | -57s | 5:56:08 pm | 10h 35m 50s | -1m 56s | 12:11:47 pm | 38.56° | 5:56:36 am | 6:26:31 pm | 5:26:37 am | 6:56:29 pm | 13h 25m 9s | 🌘 (17%)Waning Crescent: 17% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:47 am | 15.5° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 5 | 6:27:55 am | 6:54:38 am | +59s | 5:28:34 pm | -55s | 5:55:16 pm | 10h 33m 56s | -1m 55s | 12:11:48 pm | 38.25° | 5:57:29 am | 6:25:41 pm | 5:27:28 am | 6:55:41 pm | 13h 27m 3s | 🌘 (10%)Waning Crescent: 10% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:47 am | 15.8° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 6 | 6:28:51 am | 6:55:37 am | +59s | 5:27:39 pm | -55s | 5:54:25 pm | 10h 32m 2s | -1m 54s | 12:11:51 pm | 37.96° | 5:58:22 am | 6:24:53 pm | 5:28:19 am | 6:54:55 pm | 13h 28m 58s | 🌘 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:50 am | 16.1° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 7 | 6:29:47 am | 6:56:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:26:47 pm | -52s | 5:53:36 pm | 10h 30m 10s | -1m 52s | 12:11:54 pm | 37.66° | 5:59:15 am | 6:24:07 pm | 5:29:11 am | 6:54:10 pm | 13h 30m 50s | 🌘 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:52 am | 16.4° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 8 | 6:30:44 am | 6:57:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:25:56 pm | -51s | 5:52:48 pm | 10h 28m 19s | -1m 51s | 12:11:58 pm | 37.37° | 6:00:09 am | 6:23:22 pm | 5:30:03 am | 6:53:27 pm | 13h 32m 41s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:56 am | 16.7° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 9 | 6:31:40 am | 6:58:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:25:06 pm | -50s | 5:52:02 pm | 10h 26m 29s | -1m 50s | 12:12:03 pm | 37.08° | 6:01:03 am | 6:22:39 pm | 5:30:54 am | 6:52:46 pm | 13h 34m 31s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 2:02 amNew moon at 2:02 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:12:00 am | 17.0° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 10 | 6:32:37 am | 6:59:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:24:18 pm | -48s | 5:51:17 pm | 10h 24m 41s | -1m 48s | 12:12:09 pm | 36.80° | 6:01:57 am | 6:21:57 pm | 5:31:46 am | 6:52:07 pm | 13h 36m 19s | 🌒 (4%)Waxing Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:06 am | 17.3° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 11 | 6:33:34 am | 7:00:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:23:32 pm | -46s | 5:50:34 pm | 10h 22m 55s | -1m 47s | 12:12:16 pm | 36.53° | 6:02:50 am | 6:21:17 pm | 5:32:38 am | 6:51:29 pm | 13h 38m 5s | 🌒 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:13 am | 17.6° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 12 | 6:34:31 am | 7:01:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:22:47 pm | -45s | 5:49:53 pm | 10h 21m 10s | -1m 45s | 12:12:23 pm | 36.26° | 6:03:44 am | 6:20:39 pm | 5:33:30 am | 6:50:53 pm | 13h 39m 50s | 🌒 (14%)Waxing Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:19 am | 17.8° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 13 | 6:35:28 am | 7:02:37 am | +1m 0s | 5:22:04 pm | -43s | 5:49:13 pm | 10h 19m 27s | -1m 43s | 12:12:32 pm | 35.99° | 6:04:38 am | 6:20:02 pm | 5:34:21 am | 6:50:18 pm | 13h 41m 34s | 🌒 (21%)Waxing Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:28 am | 18.1° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 14 | 6:36:25 am | 7:03:38 am | +1m 1s | 5:21:22 pm | -42s | 5:48:35 pm | 10h 17m 44s | -1m 42s | 12:12:41 pm | 35.73° | 6:05:32 am | 6:19:27 pm | 5:35:13 am | 6:49:45 pm | 13h 43m 16s | 🌒 (29%)Waxing Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:36 am | 18.4° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 15 | 6:37:22 am | 7:04:38 am | +1m 0s | 5:20:43 pm | -39s | 5:47:59 pm | 10h 16m 5s | -1m 40s | 12:12:51 pm | 35.48° | 6:06:26 am | 6:18:54 pm | 5:36:05 am | 6:49:14 pm | 13h 44m 55s | 🌒 (38%)Waxing Crescent: 38% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:46 am | 18.6° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 16 | 6:38:19 am | 7:05:38 am | +1m 0s | 5:20:05 pm | -38s | 5:47:24 pm | 10h 14m 27s | -1m 38s | 12:13:02 pm | 35.23° | 6:07:20 am | 6:18:22 pm | 5:36:57 am | 6:48:45 pm | 13h 46m 34s | 🌒 (47%)Waxing Crescent: 47% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:56 am | 18.9° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 17 | 6:39:15 am | 7:06:39 am | +1m 1s | 5:19:29 pm | -36s | 5:46:52 pm | 10h 12m 50s | -1m 36s | 12:13:14 pm | 34.98° | 6:08:14 am | 6:17:53 pm | 5:37:48 am | 6:48:18 pm | 13h 48m 10s | 🌓 (57%) First quarter at 6:47 amFirst quarter at 6:47 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 57% illuminated |
12:13:08 am | 19.1° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 18 | 6:40:12 am | 7:07:39 am | +1m 0s | 5:18:54 pm | -35s | 5:46:21 pm | 10h 11m 15s | -1m 34s | 12:13:26 pm | 34.74° | 6:09:08 am | 6:17:25 pm | 5:38:40 am | 6:47:52 pm | 13h 49m 45s | 🌔 (67%)Waxing Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:19 am | 19.3° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 19 | 6:41:09 am | 7:08:39 am | +1m 0s | 5:18:22 pm | -32s | 5:45:51 pm | 10h 9m 43s | -1m 33s | 12:13:40 pm | 34.51° | 6:10:01 am | 6:16:59 pm | 5:39:31 am | 6:47:28 pm | 13h 51m 16s | 🌔 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:33 am | 19.6° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 20 | 6:42:05 am | 7:09:38 am | +59s | 5:17:51 pm | -31s | 5:45:24 pm | 10h 8m 13s | -1m 30s | 12:13:54 pm | 34.28° | 6:10:55 am | 6:16:34 pm | 5:40:23 am | 6:47:06 pm | 13h 52m 47s | 🌔 (85%)Waxing Gibbous: 85% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:47 am | 19.8° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 21 | 6:43:02 am | 7:10:38 am | +1m 0s | 5:17:22 pm | -29s | 5:44:59 pm | 10h 6m 44s | -1m 28s | 12:14:09 pm | 34.06° | 6:11:48 am | 6:16:12 pm | 5:41:14 am | 6:46:46 pm | 13h 54m 15s | 🌔 (92%)Waxing Gibbous: 92% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:01 am | 20.0° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 22 | 6:43:58 am | 7:11:37 am | +59s | 5:16:55 pm | -27s | 5:44:35 pm | 10h 5m 18s | -1m 26s | 12:14:25 pm | 33.85° | 6:12:41 am | 6:15:51 pm | 5:42:05 am | 6:46:27 pm | 13h 55m 41s | 🌔 (97%)Waxing Gibbous: 97% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:17 am | 20.2° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 23 | 6:44:53 am | 7:12:36 am | +59s | 5:16:30 pm | -25s | 5:44:13 pm | 10h 3m 54s | -1m 24s | 12:14:42 pm | 33.64° | 6:13:34 am | 6:15:32 pm | 5:42:56 am | 6:46:10 pm | 13h 57m 5s | 🌔 (99.5%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:34 am | 20.4° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 24 | 6:45:49 am | 7:13:35 am | +59s | 5:16:07 pm | -23s | 5:43:53 pm | 10h 2m 32s | -1m 22s | 12:14:59 pm | 33.44° | 6:14:27 am | 6:15:15 pm | 5:43:46 am | 6:45:55 pm | 13h 58m 26s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 9:53 amFull moon at 9:53 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
12:14:50 am | 20.6° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 25 | 6:46:44 am | 7:14:33 am | +58s | 5:15:46 pm | -21s | 5:43:35 pm | 10h 1m 13s | -1m 19s | 12:15:18 pm | 33.24° | 6:15:19 am | 6:15:00 pm | 5:44:36 am | 6:45:42 pm | 13h 59m 45s | 🌖 (96%)Waning Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:09 am | 20.8° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 26 | 6:47:39 am | 7:15:31 am | +58s | 5:15:27 pm | -19s | 5:43:19 pm | 9h 59m 56s | -1m 17s | 12:15:37 pm | 33.05° | 6:16:11 am | 6:14:46 pm | 5:45:26 am | 6:45:31 pm | 14h 1m 1s | 🌖 (90%)Waning Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:28 am | 21.0° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 27 | 6:48:33 am | 7:16:28 am | +57s | 5:15:09 pm | -18s | 5:43:04 pm | 9h 58m 41s | -1m 15s | 12:15:56 pm | 32.87° | 6:17:03 am | 6:14:34 pm | 5:46:16 am | 6:45:21 pm | 14h 2m 16s | 🌖 (82%)Waning Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:46 am | 21.2° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 28 | 6:49:27 am | 7:17:25 am | +57s | 5:14:54 pm | -15s | 5:42:52 pm | 9h 57m 29s | -1m 12s | 12:16:17 pm | 32.70° | 6:17:54 am | 6:14:25 pm | 5:47:05 am | 6:45:13 pm | 14h 3m 27s | 🌖 (72%)Waning Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:07 am | 21.4° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 29 | 6:50:20 am | 7:18:21 am | +56s | 5:14:40 pm | -14s | 5:42:41 pm | 9h 56m 19s | -1m 10s | 12:16:38 pm | 32.53° | 6:18:45 am | 6:14:17 pm | 5:47:54 am | 6:45:07 pm | 14h 4m 37s | 🌖 (62%)Waning Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:27 am | 21.6° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 30 | 6:51:13 am | 7:19:17 am | +56s | 5:14:29 pm | -11s | 5:42:33 pm | 9h 55m 12s | -1m 7s | 12:17:00 pm | 32.36° | 6:19:35 am | 6:14:10 pm | 5:48:43 am | 6:45:03 pm | 14h 5m 43s | 🌖 (51%)Waning Gibbous: 51% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:49 am | 21.7° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Spruce Pine, NC - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Spruce Pine, 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 Spruce Pine, NC.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Spruce Pine, NC
In Spruce Pine, NC, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 12 at 6:11 am, while the latest sunrise is on October 31 at 7:49 am. The earliest sunset is on December 5 at 5:14 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 8:48 pm.
Spruce Pine, NC gets 4h 52m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 36m versus 9h 43m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 11m.
Spruce Pine, NC Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Spruce Pine. 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 Spruce Pine.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 30.3° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 76° (around Jun 18) in Spruce Pine. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Spruce Pine the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:11 and 12:42 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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