Sunrise and sunset times in Sun City, AZ
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Today
October 18, 2026. Current time: 4:37:05 pm
Night ends at 5:13 am5:13:20 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.·Dawn at 6:11 am6:11:10 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:36:20 am MSTWhen 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: 5:51:31 pm MSTWhen 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).
Dusk at 6:17 pm6:16:40 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:14 pm7:14:26 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: 14.01° · Azimuth: 247.8° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 15 minutes
1 hour, 14 minutes left for today's sunset in Sun City
Moonrise: 1:47 pm
Moonset: 11:58 pmMoon phase: 🌓 First Quarter (53%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 amTomorrow
October 19, 2026
Night ends at 5:14 am5:14:04 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.·Dawn at 6:12 am6:11:56 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:37:08 am MSTWhen 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: 5:50:21 pm MSTWhen 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).
Dusk at 6:16 pm6:15:32 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:13 pm7:13:20 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, 13 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Sun City
Moonrise: 2:21 pm Moonset: Oct 20, 12:58 amMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (65%)
- Sun City, Arizona
- Latitude: 33.601353 (North)
- Longitude: -112.272598 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Sun City, AZ
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 3 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 55 minutes.Longest day in Sun City, AZ
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, 23 minutes.
October 2026 - Sun City, Arizona - 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 Sun City.
All times are in Sun City's time: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 59 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Sun City, AZ - from 11 hours, 49 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 50 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.5:58:45 am | 6:23:35 am | +42s | 6:13:14 pm | -1m 21s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:38:02 pm | 11h 49m 39s | -2m 4s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:18:40 pm | 52.98° | 5:29:54 am | 7:06:51 pm | 5:00:53 am | 7:35:48 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 11m 4s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:18:50 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:59:27 am | 6:24:18 am | +43s | 6:11:53 pm | -1m 21s | 6:36:42 pm | 11h 47m 35s | -2m 4s | 12:18:21 pm | 52.59° | 5:30:36 am | 7:05:30 pm | 5:01:38 am | 7:34:25 pm | 12h 13m 8s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:18:31 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:00:09 am | 6:25:01 am | +43s | 6:10:32 pm | -1m 21s | 6:35:22 pm | 11h 45m 31s | -2m 3s | 12:18:02 pm | 52.20° | 5:31:19 am | 7:04:10 pm | 5:02:22 am | 7:33:04 pm | 12h 15m 12s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:18:12 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:00:52 am | 6:25:44 am | +43s | 6:09:12 pm | -1m 20s | 6:34:03 pm | 11h 43m 28s | -2m 3s | 12:17:43 pm | 51.82° | 5:32:02 am | 7:02:50 pm | 5:03:06 am | 7:31:43 pm | 12h 17m 15s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:52 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:01:34 am | 6:26:27 am | +43s | 6:07:53 pm | -1m 19s | 6:32:44 pm | 11h 41m 26s | -2m 3s | 12:17:25 pm | 51.43° | 5:32:44 am | 7:01:31 pm | 5:03:50 am | 7:30:23 pm | 12h 19m 18s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:34 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:02:17 am | 6:27:11 am | +44s | 6:06:33 pm | -1m 20s | 6:31:25 pm | 11h 39m 22s | -2m 3s | 12:17:07 pm | 51.05° | 5:33:27 am | 7:00:13 pm | 5:04:33 am | 7:29:04 pm | 12h 21m 22s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:16 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:03:00 am | 6:27:55 am | +44s | 6:05:15 pm | -1m 18s | 6:30:08 pm | 11h 37m 20s | -2m 3s | 12:16:50 pm | 50.67° | 5:34:10 am | 6:58:55 pm | 5:05:17 am | 7:27:46 pm | 12h 23m 24s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:59 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:03:44 am | 6:28:39 am | +44s | 6:03:57 pm | -1m 18s | 6:28:50 pm | 11h 35m 18s | -2m 2s | 12:16:33 pm | 50.29° | 5:34:53 am | 6:57:39 pm | 5:06:01 am | 7:26:28 pm | 12h 25m 27s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:42 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:04:27 am | 6:29:24 am | +45s | 6:02:39 pm | -1m 18s | 6:27:34 pm | 11h 33m 15s | -2m 2s | 12:16:16 pm | 49.91° | 5:35:36 am | 6:56:23 pm | 5:06:45 am | 7:25:11 pm | 12h 27m 30s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:24 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:05:11 am | 6:30:09 am | +45s | 6:01:22 pm | -1m 17s | 6:26:18 pm | 11h 31m 13s | -2m 2s | 12:16:00 pm | 49.53° | 5:36:20 am | 6:55:07 pm | 5:07:29 am | 7:23:56 pm | 12h 29m 32s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:16:08 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:05:55 am | 6:30:54 am | +45s | 6:00:05 pm | -1m 17s | 6:25:03 pm | 11h 29m 11s | -2m 2s | 12:15:44 pm | 49.15° | 5:37:03 am | 6:53:53 pm | 5:08:12 am | 7:22:41 pm | 12h 31m 34s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:52 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:06:39 am | 6:31:39 am | +45s | 5:58:50 pm | -1m 15s | 6:23:49 pm | 11h 27m 11s | -2m 1s | 12:15:29 pm | 48.78° | 5:37:46 am | 6:52:39 pm | 5:08:56 am | 7:21:27 pm | 12h 33m 35s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:37 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:07:23 am | 6:32:25 am | +46s | 5:57:35 pm | -1m 15s | 6:22:35 pm | 11h 25m 10s | -2m 1s | 12:15:14 pm | 48.40° | 5:38:30 am | 6:51:27 pm | 5:09:40 am | 7:20:14 pm | 12h 35m 37s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:21 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:08:08 am | 6:33:12 am | +47s | 5:56:20 pm | -1m 15s | 6:21:22 pm | 11h 23m 8s | -2m 1s | 12:15:00 pm | 48.03° | 5:39:14 am | 6:50:15 pm | 5:10:24 am | 7:19:03 pm | 12h 37m 38s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:07 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:08:53 am | 6:33:58 am | +46s | 5:55:07 pm | -1m 13s | 6:20:10 pm | 11h 21m 9s | -2m 0s | 12:14:47 pm | 47.66° | 5:39:58 am | 6:49:04 pm | 5:11:08 am | 7:17:52 pm | 12h 39m 38s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:54 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:09:38 am | 6:34:45 am | +47s | 5:53:54 pm | -1m 13s | 6:18:59 pm | 11h 19m 9s | -2m 0s | 12:14:34 pm | 47.29° | 5:40:42 am | 6:47:54 pm | 5:11:52 am | 7:16:42 pm | 12h 41m 38s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:41 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:10:24 am | 6:35:32 am | +47s | 5:52:42 pm | -1m 12s | 6:17:49 pm | 11h 17m 10s | -1m 59s | 12:14:21 pm | 46.93° | 5:41:26 am | 6:46:45 pm | 5:12:36 am | 7:15:34 pm | 12h 43m 38s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:27 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:11:10 am | 6:36:20 am | +48s | 5:51:31 pm | -1m 11s | 6:16:40 pm | 11h 15m 11s | -1m 59s | 12:14:09 pm | 46.57° | 5:42:11 am | 6:45:37 pm | 5:13:20 am | 7:14:26 pm | 12h 45m 37s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:14:15 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:11:56 am | 6:37:08 am | +48s | 5:50:21 pm | -1m 10s | 6:15:32 pm | 11h 13m 13s | -1m 58s | 12:13:58 pm | 46.21° | 5:42:56 am | 6:44:31 pm | 5:14:04 am | 7:13:20 pm | 12h 47m 36s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:03 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:12:42 am | 6:37:57 am | +49s | 5:49:11 pm | -1m 10s | 6:14:24 pm | 11h 11m 14s | -1m 58s | 12:13:48 pm | 45.85° | 5:43:41 am | 6:43:25 pm | 5:14:49 am | 7:12:15 pm | 12h 49m 35s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:53 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:13:29 am | 6:38:46 am | +49s | 5:48:03 pm | -1m 8s | 6:13:18 pm | 11h 9m 17s | -1m 57s | 12:13:38 pm | 45.49° | 5:44:26 am | 6:42:20 pm | 5:15:33 am | 7:11:11 pm | 12h 51m 32s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:43 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:14:16 am | 6:39:35 am | +49s | 5:46:55 pm | -1m 8s | 6:12:13 pm | 11h 7m 20s | -1m 57s | 12:13:29 pm | 45.14° | 5:45:11 am | 6:41:17 pm | 5:16:18 am | 7:10:08 pm | 12h 53m 30s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:34 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:15:04 am | 6:40:25 am | +50s | 5:45:49 pm | -1m 6s | 6:11:09 pm | 11h 5m 24s | -1m 56s | 12:13:20 pm | 44.79° | 5:45:57 am | 6:40:14 pm | 5:17:03 am | 7:09:07 pm | 12h 55m 26s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:24 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:15:51 am | 6:41:15 am | +50s | 5:44:43 pm | -1m 6s | 6:10:06 pm | 11h 3m 28s | -1m 55s | 12:13:12 pm | 44.44° | 5:46:43 am | 6:39:13 pm | 5:17:47 am | 7:08:07 pm | 12h 57m 22s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:16 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:16:39 am | 6:42:05 am | +50s | 5:43:39 pm | -1m 4s | 6:09:04 pm | 11h 1m 34s | -1m 55s | 12:13:05 pm | 44.10° | 5:47:29 am | 6:38:13 pm | 5:18:32 am | 7:07:08 pm | 12h 59m 17s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:13:08 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:17:28 am | 6:42:56 am | +51s | 5:42:36 pm | -1m 3s | 6:08:03 pm | 10h 59m 40s | -1m 54s | 12:12:59 pm | 43.76° | 5:48:15 am | 6:37:14 pm | 5:19:18 am | 7:06:11 pm | 13h 1m 11s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:02 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:18:16 am | 6:43:47 am | +51s | 5:41:34 pm | -1m 2s | 6:07:04 pm | 10h 57m 47s | -1m 53s | 12:12:53 pm | 43.42° | 5:49:02 am | 6:36:17 pm | 5:20:03 am | 7:05:14 pm | 13h 3m 5s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:56 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:19:05 am | 6:44:39 am | +52s | 5:40:33 pm | -1m 1s | 6:06:05 pm | 10h 55m 54s | -1m 53s | 12:12:48 pm | 43.08° | 5:49:49 am | 6:35:21 pm | 5:20:49 am | 7:04:20 pm | 13h 4m 57s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:50 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:19:55 am | 6:45:30 am | +51s | 5:39:33 pm | -1m 0s | 6:05:08 pm | 10h 54m 3s | -1m 52s | 12:12:44 pm | 42.75° | 5:50:36 am | 6:34:26 pm | 5:21:34 am | 7:03:26 pm | 13h 6m 50s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:46 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:20:44 am | 6:46:23 am | +53s | 5:38:34 pm | -59s | 6:04:12 pm | 10h 52m 11s | -1m 51s | 12:12:41 pm | 42.43° | 5:51:23 am | 6:33:32 pm | 5:22:20 am | 7:02:34 pm | 13h 8m 41s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:42 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:21:34 am | 6:47:15 am | +52s | 5:37:37 pm | -57s | 6:03:18 pm | 10h 50m 22s | -1m 50s | 12:12:39 pm | 42.10° | 5:52:10 am | 6:32:40 pm | 5:23:06 am | 7:01:44 pm | 13h 10m 31s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:40 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Sun City, AZ - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Sun City, AZ for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Sun City, AZ
In Sun City, AZ, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 11 at 5:18 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 7 at 7:34 am. The earliest sunset is on December 4 at 5:20 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 7:43 pm.
Sun City, AZ gets 4h 27m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 23m versus 9h 55m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Sun City, AZ Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Sun City. 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 Sun City.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 32.6° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 77.8° (around Jun 15) in Sun City. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Sun City the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:12 and 12:43 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.
Places near Sun City, AZ
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