Sunrise and sunset times in Tempe, AZ
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Tempe, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 11, 2026. Current time: 3:47:33 pm
First light at 6:04:31 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:29:27 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: 5:58:53 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).
Dark at 6:23:48 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:21:19 pmEnd 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: 25.1° · Azimuth: 241° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 29 minutes
2 hours, 11 minutes left for today's sunset in Tempe
Moon rose on Oct 11 at 7:33 AM
Moon will set on Oct 11 at 6:21 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (2%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 9:11 PM · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 12:02 AMTomorrow
October 12, 2026
First light at 6:05:15 amStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:30:12 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: 5:57:38 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).
Dark at 6:22:34 pmEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:20:05 pmEnd 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, 27 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Tempe
Moon will rise on Oct 12 at 8:35 AM Moon will set on Oct 12 at 6:55 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (7%)
- Tempe, Arizona
- Latitude: 33.42551 (North)
- Longitude: -111.940002 (West)
- Time zone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7)
Shortest day in Tempe, AZ
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 10 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 56 minutes.Longest day in Tempe, 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, 22 minutes.
October 2026 - Tempe, 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 Tempe.
All times are in Tempe's time: Mountain Standard Time (MST, UTC−7).
The day length shortens by 58 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Tempe, 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). | 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.5:57:25 am | 6:22:12 am | 6:11:57 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:36:43 pm | 11h 49m 45s | -2m 3s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:17:20 pm | 53.2° | 5:28:37 am | 7:05:28 pm | 4:59:41 am | 7:34:21 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 10m 57s | 🌖 (64%)Waning Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:30 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:58:07 am | 6:22:54 am | 6:10:37 pm | 6:35:23 pm | 11h 47m 43s | -2m 3s | 12:17:01 pm | 52.8° | 5:29:19 am | 7:04:07 pm | 5:00:25 am | 7:32:59 pm | 12h 13m 0s | 🌖 (53%)Waning Gibbous: 53% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:17:11 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:58:49 am | 6:23:37 am | 6:09:17 pm | 6:34:03 pm | 11h 45m 40s | -2m 3s | 12:16:42 pm | 52.4° | 5:30:02 am | 7:02:48 pm | 5:01:08 am | 7:31:38 pm | 12h 15m 3s | 🌗 (42%) Last quarter at 6:25 amLast quarter at 6:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 42% illuminated |
12:16:52 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:59:31 am | 6:24:20 am | 6:07:57 pm | 6:32:44 pm | 11h 43m 37s | -2m 2s | 12:16:23 pm | 52° | 5:30:44 am | 7:01:28 pm | 5:01:52 am | 7:30:18 pm | 12h 17m 6s | 🌘 (31%)Waning Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:32 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:00:13 am | 6:25:03 am | 6:06:38 pm | 6:31:26 pm | 11h 41m 35s | -2m 2s | 12:16:05 pm | 51.6° | 5:31:26 am | 7:00:10 pm | 5:02:35 am | 7:28:58 pm | 12h 19m 8s | 🌘 (21%)Waning Crescent: 21% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:16:14 am | 5.0° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:00:55 am | 6:25:46 am | 6:05:19 pm | 6:30:08 pm | 11h 39m 33s | -2m 2s | 12:15:47 pm | 51.2° | 5:32:09 am | 6:58:52 pm | 5:03:19 am | 7:27:39 pm | 12h 21m 10s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:56 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:01:38 am | 6:26:29 am | 6:04:01 pm | 6:28:50 pm | 11h 37m 32s | -2m 2s | 12:15:30 pm | 50.8° | 5:32:51 am | 6:57:35 pm | 5:04:02 am | 7:26:21 pm | 12h 23m 12s | 🌘 (6%)Waning Crescent: 6% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:39 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:02:21 am | 6:27:13 am | 6:02:43 pm | 6:27:34 pm | 11h 35m 30s | -2m 2s | 12:15:13 pm | 50.5° | 5:33:34 am | 6:56:19 pm | 5:04:45 am | 7:25:04 pm | 12h 25m 15s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:22 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:03:04 am | 6:27:58 am | 6:01:26 pm | 6:26:18 pm | 11h 33m 28s | -2m 1s | 12:14:56 pm | 50.1° | 5:34:17 am | 6:55:03 pm | 5:05:29 am | 7:23:48 pm | 12h 27m 16s | 🌘 (0.2%)Waning Crescent: 0.2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:15:04 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:03:47 am | 6:28:42 am | 6:00:09 pm | 6:25:02 pm | 11h 31m 27s | -2m 1s | 12:14:40 pm | 49.7° | 5:34:59 am | 6:53:48 pm | 5:06:12 am | 7:22:33 pm | 12h 29m 18s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 8:50 amNew moon at 8:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
12:14:48 am | 6.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:04:31 am | 6:29:27 am | 5:58:53 pm | 6:23:48 pm | 11h 29m 26s | -2m 1s | 12:14:24 pm | 49.3° | 5:35:42 am | 6:52:34 pm | 5:06:55 am | 7:21:19 pm | 12h 31m 19s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:32 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:05:15 am | 6:30:12 am | 5:57:38 pm | 6:22:34 pm | 11h 27m 26s | -2m 0s | 12:14:09 pm | 49° | 5:36:26 am | 6:51:21 pm | 5:07:39 am | 7:20:05 pm | 12h 33m 19s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:16 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:05:59 am | 6:30:57 am | 5:56:23 pm | 6:21:20 pm | 11h 25m 26s | -2m 0s | 12:13:55 pm | 48.6° | 5:37:09 am | 6:50:09 pm | 5:08:22 am | 7:18:53 pm | 12h 35m 20s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:14:03 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:06:43 am | 6:31:43 am | 5:55:09 pm | 6:20:08 pm | 11h 23m 26s | -2m 0s | 12:13:40 pm | 48.2° | 5:37:52 am | 6:48:57 pm | 5:09:06 am | 7:17:41 pm | 12h 37m 21s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:47 am | 8.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:07:28 am | 6:32:30 am | 5:53:56 pm | 6:18:57 pm | 11h 21m 26s | -1m 59s | 12:13:27 pm | 47.8° | 5:38:36 am | 6:47:47 pm | 5:09:49 am | 7:16:31 pm | 12h 39m 20s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:34 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:08:13 am | 6:33:16 am | 5:52:44 pm | 6:17:46 pm | 11h 19m 28s | -1m 59s | 12:13:14 pm | 47.5° | 5:39:20 am | 6:46:37 pm | 5:10:33 am | 7:15:22 pm | 12h 41m 19s | 🌒 (37%)Waxing Crescent: 37% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:21 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:08:58 am | 6:34:03 am | 5:51:32 pm | 6:16:36 pm | 11h 17m 29s | -1m 59s | 12:13:01 pm | 47.1° | 5:40:04 am | 6:45:29 pm | 5:11:16 am | 7:14:14 pm | 12h 43m 18s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:13:07 am | 9.5° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:09:43 am | 6:34:50 am | 5:50:21 pm | 6:15:27 pm | 11h 15m 31s | -1m 58s | 12:12:50 pm | 46.7° | 5:40:48 am | 6:44:21 pm | 5:12:00 am | 7:13:07 pm | 12h 45m 17s | 🌓 (56%) First quarter at 9:12 amFirst quarter at 9:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 56% illuminated |
12:12:56 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:10:29 am | 6:35:38 am | 5:49:11 pm | 6:14:19 pm | 11h 13m 33s | -1m 58s | 12:12:38 pm | 46.4° | 5:41:32 am | 6:43:15 pm | 5:12:44 am | 7:12:01 pm | 12h 47m 15s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:43 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:11:15 am | 6:36:26 am | 5:48:02 pm | 6:13:13 pm | 11h 11m 36s | -1m 57s | 12:12:28 pm | 46° | 5:42:17 am | 6:42:09 pm | 5:13:28 am | 7:10:56 pm | 12h 49m 13s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:33 am | 10.6° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:12:01 am | 6:37:15 am | 5:46:54 pm | 6:12:07 pm | 11h 9m 39s | -1m 57s | 12:12:18 pm | 45.7° | 5:43:01 am | 6:41:05 pm | 5:14:12 am | 7:09:53 pm | 12h 51m 9s | 🌔 (83%)Waxing Gibbous: 83% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:23 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:12:48 am | 6:38:03 am | 5:45:47 pm | 6:11:02 pm | 11h 7m 44s | -1m 56s | 12:12:09 pm | 45.3° | 5:43:46 am | 6:40:02 pm | 5:14:56 am | 7:08:50 pm | 12h 53m 6s | 🌔 (90%)Waxing Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:14 am | 11.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:13:35 am | 6:38:53 am | 5:44:41 pm | 6:09:58 pm | 11h 5m 48s | -1m 55s | 12:12:00 pm | 45° | 5:44:32 am | 6:39:00 pm | 5:15:41 am | 7:07:49 pm | 12h 55m 1s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:12:04 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:14:22 am | 6:39:42 am | 5:43:36 pm | 6:08:55 pm | 11h 3m 54s | -1m 55s | 12:11:52 pm | 44.6° | 5:45:17 am | 6:37:59 pm | 5:16:25 am | 7:06:50 pm | 12h 56m 56s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:56 am | 12.0° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:15:10 am | 6:40:32 am | 5:42:32 pm | 6:07:54 pm | 11h 2m 0s | -1m 54s | 12:11:45 pm | 44.3° | 5:46:03 am | 6:37:00 pm | 5:17:10 am | 7:05:51 pm | 12h 58m 51s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 9:11 pmFull moon at 9:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:11:48 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:15:58 am | 6:41:23 am | 5:41:29 pm | 6:06:53 pm | 11h 0m 6s | -1m 53s | 12:11:39 pm | 43.9° | 5:46:49 am | 6:36:01 pm | 5:17:55 am | 7:04:54 pm | 13h 0m 45s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:42 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:16:46 am | 6:42:14 am | 5:40:28 pm | 6:05:54 pm | 10h 58m 14s | -1m 53s | 12:11:33 pm | 43.6° | 5:47:35 am | 6:35:04 pm | 5:18:40 am | 7:03:58 pm | 13h 2m 37s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:35 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:17:35 am | 6:43:05 am | 5:39:27 pm | 6:04:56 pm | 10h 56m 22s | -1m 52s | 12:11:29 pm | 43.3° | 5:48:22 am | 6:34:08 pm | 5:19:25 am | 7:03:04 pm | 13h 4m 29s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:32 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:18:24 am | 6:43:56 am | 5:38:28 pm | 6:04:00 pm | 10h 54m 32s | -1m 51s | 12:11:24 pm | 42.9° | 5:49:08 am | 6:33:14 pm | 5:20:10 am | 7:02:11 pm | 13h 6m 20s | 🌖 (78%)Waning Gibbous: 78% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:26 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:19:13 am | 6:44:48 am | 5:37:29 pm | 6:03:04 pm | 10h 52m 41s | -1m 50s | 12:11:21 pm | 42.6° | 5:49:55 am | 6:32:21 pm | 5:20:56 am | 7:01:19 pm | 13h 8m 11s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:22 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:20:02 am | 6:45:40 am | 5:36:32 pm | 6:02:10 pm | 10h 50m 52s | -1m 49s | 12:11:19 pm | 42.3° | 5:50:42 am | 6:31:29 pm | 5:21:42 am | 7:00:29 pm | 13h 10m 1s | 🌖 (56%)Waning Gibbous: 56% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:11:20 am | 14.3° S |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Tempe, AZ
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Tempe, AZ - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Tempe, AZ for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Tempe, AZ
In Tempe, AZ, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 11 at 5:17 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 7 at 7:32 am. The earliest sunset is on December 3 at 5:19 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 29 at 7:41 pm.
Tempe, AZ gets 4h 26m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 22m versus 9h 56m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Tempe, AZ Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Tempe. 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 Tempe.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 32.8° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 78.1° (around Jun 15) in Tempe. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Tempe the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:11 and 12:41 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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