Sunrise and sunset times in Union, SC
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Today
October 21, 2026. Current time: 5:29:29 am
Night ends at 6:13 am6:12:59 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 7:12 am7:11:41 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: 7:37:17 am EDTWhen 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: 6:44:20 pm EDTWhen 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 7:10 pm7:09:56 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:09 pm8:08:34 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: -26.93° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 84.4° (E)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 7 minutes
2 hours, 7 minutes left until today's sunrise in Union
Moonset: 2:48 am
Moonrise: 4:16 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (75%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 12:11 am · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 22, 2026
Night ends at 6:14 am6:13:46 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 7:13 am7:12:30 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: 7:38:09 am EDTWhen 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: 6:43:10 pm EDTWhen 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 7:09 pm7:08:48 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:07 pm8:07:29 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: 11 hours, 5 minutes
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes shorter than today in Union
Moonset: 3:49 am Moonrise: 4:42 pmMoon phase: 🌔 Waxing Gibbous (89%)
- Union, South Carolina
- Latitude: 34.715412 (North)
- Longitude: -81.623711 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4)
Shortest day in Union, SC
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 0 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 49 minutes.Longest day in Union, SC
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, 29 minutes.
October 2026 - Union, South 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 October in Union.
All times are in Union's time: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4).
The day length shortens by 1 hour, 2 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Union, SC - from 11 hours, 49 minutes on the first day to 10 hours, 47 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.6:56:05 am | 7:21:15 am | +45s | 7:10:25 pm | -1m 24s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:35:33 pm | 11h 49m 10s | -2m 9s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:16:06 pm | 51.90° | 6:26:50 am | 8:04:44 pm | 5:57:26 am | 8:34:05 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 11m 35s | 🌖 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:16 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:56:50 am | 7:22:00 am | +45s | 7:09:01 pm | -1m 24s | 7:34:10 pm | 11h 47m 1s | -2m 9s | 1:15:46 pm | 51.51° | 6:27:36 am | 8:03:21 pm | 5:58:13 am | 8:32:40 pm | 12h 13m 45s | 🌖 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:55 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:57:35 am | 7:22:46 am | +46s | 7:07:38 pm | -1m 23s | 7:32:47 pm | 11h 44m 52s | -2m 9s | 1:15:28 pm | 51.12° | 6:28:21 am | 8:01:58 pm | 5:59:00 am | 8:31:16 pm | 12h 15m 54s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 9:25 amLast quarter at 9:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:15:38 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:58:20 am | 7:23:32 am | +46s | 7:06:15 pm | -1m 23s | 7:31:25 pm | 11h 42m 43s | -2m 9s | 1:15:09 pm | 50.74° | 6:29:06 am | 8:00:35 pm | 5:59:46 am | 8:29:52 pm | 12h 18m 3s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:18 am | 4.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:59:05 am | 7:24:18 am | +46s | 7:04:53 pm | -1m 22s | 7:30:03 pm | 11h 40m 35s | -2m 8s | 1:14:51 pm | 50.35° | 6:29:52 am | 7:59:14 pm | 6:00:33 am | 8:28:29 pm | 12h 20m 11s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:00 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:59:51 am | 7:25:04 am | +46s | 7:03:31 pm | -1m 22s | 7:28:42 pm | 11h 38m 27s | -2m 8s | 1:14:33 pm | 49.97° | 6:30:37 am | 7:57:53 pm | 6:01:20 am | 8:27:07 pm | 12h 22m 20s | 🌘 (14%)Waning Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:42 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:00:36 am | 7:25:51 am | +47s | 7:02:09 pm | -1m 22s | 7:27:22 pm | 11h 36m 18s | -2m 8s | 1:14:15 pm | 49.59° | 6:31:23 am | 7:56:33 pm | 6:02:06 am | 8:25:46 pm | 12h 24m 28s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:24 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:01:22 am | 7:26:37 am | +46s | 7:00:48 pm | -1m 21s | 7:26:02 pm | 11h 34m 11s | -2m 8s | 1:13:58 pm | 49.20° | 6:32:09 am | 7:55:13 pm | 6:02:53 am | 8:24:26 pm | 12h 26m 37s | 🌘 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:06 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:02:08 am | 7:27:25 am | +48s | 6:59:28 pm | -1m 20s | 7:24:43 pm | 11h 32m 3s | -2m 7s | 1:13:42 pm | 48.82° | 6:32:54 am | 7:53:54 pm | 6:03:39 am | 8:23:06 pm | 12h 28m 44s | 🌘 (0.4%)Waning Crescent: 0.4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:51 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:02:55 am | 7:28:12 am | +47s | 6:58:08 pm | -1m 20s | 7:23:24 pm | 11h 29m 56s | -2m 7s | 1:13:25 pm | 48.45° | 6:33:40 am | 7:52:36 pm | 6:04:26 am | 8:21:48 pm | 12h 30m 52s | 🌑 (0.4%) New moon at 11:50 amNew moon at 11:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.4% illuminated |
1:13:33 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7:03:41 am | 7:29:00 am | +48s | 6:56:49 pm | -1m 19s | 7:22:07 pm | 11h 27m 49s | -2m 7s | 1:13:10 pm | 48.07° | 6:34:26 am | 7:51:19 pm | 6:05:12 am | 8:20:31 pm | 12h 32m 59s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:18 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 7:04:28 am | 7:29:48 am | +48s | 6:55:31 pm | -1m 18s | 7:20:50 pm | 11h 25m 43s | -2m 7s | 1:12:55 pm | 47.69° | 6:35:12 am | 7:50:03 pm | 6:05:59 am | 8:19:14 pm | 12h 35m 6s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:03 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 7:05:15 am | 7:30:37 am | +49s | 6:54:13 pm | -1m 18s | 7:19:34 pm | 11h 23m 36s | -2m 6s | 1:12:40 pm | 47.32° | 6:35:59 am | 7:48:48 pm | 6:06:45 am | 8:17:58 pm | 12h 37m 12s | 🌒 (12%)Waxing Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:47 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 7:06:02 am | 7:31:25 am | +48s | 6:52:56 pm | -1m 17s | 7:18:18 pm | 11h 21m 31s | -2m 6s | 1:12:26 pm | 46.95° | 6:36:45 am | 7:47:33 pm | 6:07:32 am | 8:16:44 pm | 12h 39m 19s | 🌒 (19%)Waxing Crescent: 19% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:33 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 7:06:50 am | 7:32:15 am | +50s | 6:51:40 pm | -1m 16s | 7:17:04 pm | 11h 19m 25s | -2m 5s | 1:12:12 pm | 46.58° | 6:37:32 am | 7:46:20 pm | 6:08:18 am | 8:15:31 pm | 12h 41m 24s | 🌒 (27%)Waxing Crescent: 27% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:19 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 7:07:37 am | 7:33:04 am | +49s | 6:50:24 pm | -1m 16s | 7:15:50 pm | 11h 17m 20s | -2m 5s | 1:11:59 pm | 46.21° | 6:38:18 am | 7:45:07 pm | 6:09:05 am | 8:14:18 pm | 12h 43m 30s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:05 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:08:25 am | 7:33:54 am | +50s | 6:49:10 pm | -1m 14s | 7:14:37 pm | 11h 15m 16s | -2m 5s | 1:11:47 pm | 45.85° | 6:39:05 am | 7:43:56 pm | 6:09:52 am | 8:13:07 pm | 12h 45m 34s | 🌒 (45%)Waxing Crescent: 45% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:53 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 7:09:14 am | 7:34:44 am | +50s | 6:47:56 pm | -1m 14s | 7:13:25 pm | 11h 13m 12s | -2m 4s | 1:11:35 pm | 45.48° | 6:39:52 am | 7:42:45 pm | 6:10:38 am | 8:11:57 pm | 12h 47m 39s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 12:12 pmFirst quarter at 12:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
1:11:41 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 7:10:02 am | 7:35:35 am | +51s | 6:46:43 pm | -1m 13s | 7:12:15 pm | 11h 11m 8s | -2m 4s | 1:11:23 pm | 45.12° | 6:40:39 am | 7:41:36 pm | 6:11:25 am | 8:10:48 pm | 12h 49m 43s | 🌔 (64%)Waxing Gibbous: 64% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:28 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 7:10:51 am | 7:36:26 am | +51s | 6:45:31 pm | -1m 12s | 7:11:05 pm | 11h 9m 5s | -2m 3s | 1:11:13 pm | 44.76° | 6:41:27 am | 7:40:28 pm | 6:12:12 am | 8:09:40 pm | 12h 51m 46s | 🌔 (73%)Waxing Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:18 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 7:11:41 am | 7:37:17 am | +51s | 6:44:20 pm | -1m 11s | 7:09:56 pm | 11h 7m 3s | -2m 2s | 1:11:03 pm | 44.41° | 6:42:14 am | 7:39:20 pm | 6:12:59 am | 8:08:34 pm | 12h 53m 49s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:08 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 7:12:30 am | 7:38:09 am | +52s | 6:43:10 pm | -1m 10s | 7:08:48 pm | 11h 5m 1s | -2m 2s | 1:10:54 pm | 44.05° | 6:43:02 am | 7:38:14 pm | 6:13:46 am | 8:07:29 pm | 12h 55m 51s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:59 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 7:13:20 am | 7:39:01 am | +52s | 6:42:01 pm | -1m 9s | 7:07:41 pm | 11h 3m 0s | -2m 1s | 1:10:45 pm | 43.70° | 6:43:50 am | 7:37:09 pm | 6:14:33 am | 8:06:25 pm | 12h 57m 53s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:49 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 7:14:10 am | 7:39:54 am | +53s | 6:40:53 pm | -1m 8s | 7:06:36 pm | 11h 0m 59s | -2m 1s | 1:10:37 pm | 43.36° | 6:44:39 am | 7:36:06 pm | 6:15:21 am | 8:05:22 pm | 12h 59m 54s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:41 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 7:15:00 am | 7:40:47 am | +53s | 6:39:46 pm | -1m 7s | 7:05:31 pm | 10h 58m 59s | -2m 0s | 1:10:30 pm | 43.01° | 6:45:27 am | 7:35:03 pm | 6:16:08 am | 8:04:21 pm | 13h 1m 54s | 🌔 (99.8%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:33 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 7:15:51 am | 7:41:40 am | +53s | 6:38:40 pm | -1m 6s | 7:04:28 pm | 10h 57m 0s | -1m 59s | 1:10:24 pm | 42.67° | 6:46:16 am | 7:34:02 pm | 6:16:56 am | 8:03:21 pm | 13h 3m 54s | 🌕 (98%) Full moon at 12:11 amFull moon at 12:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 98% illuminated |
1:10:27 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 7:16:42 am | 7:42:34 am | +54s | 6:37:35 pm | -1m 5s | 7:03:26 pm | 10h 55m 1s | -1m 58s | 1:10:18 pm | 42.33° | 6:47:05 am | 7:33:02 pm | 6:17:44 am | 8:02:22 pm | 13h 5m 53s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:21 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 7:17:34 am | 7:43:28 am | +54s | 6:36:32 pm | -1m 3s | 7:02:25 pm | 10h 53m 4s | -1m 58s | 1:10:13 pm | 42.00° | 6:47:54 am | 7:32:04 pm | 6:18:32 am | 8:01:25 pm | 13h 7m 50s | 🌖 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:15 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 7:18:25 am | 7:44:22 am | +54s | 6:35:29 pm | -1m 3s | 7:01:26 pm | 10h 51m 7s | -1m 57s | 1:10:09 pm | 41.67° | 6:48:43 am | 7:31:06 pm | 6:19:20 am | 8:00:29 pm | 13h 9m 48s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:11 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 7:19:17 am | 7:45:17 am | +55s | 6:34:28 pm | -1m 1s | 7:00:27 pm | 10h 49m 11s | -1m 56s | 1:10:06 pm | 41.34° | 6:49:33 am | 7:30:10 pm | 6:20:08 am | 7:59:34 pm | 13h 11m 44s | 🌖 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:08 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 7:20:09 am | 7:46:12 am | +55s | 6:33:28 pm | -1m 0s | 6:59:30 pm | 10h 47m 16s | -1m 55s | 1:10:03 pm | 41.02° | 6:50:23 am | 7:29:16 pm | 6:20:56 am | 7:58:41 pm | 13h 13m 39s | 🌖 (58%)Waning Gibbous: 58% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:04 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Union, SC - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Union, SC for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Union, SC.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Union, SC
In Union, SC, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 12 at 6:12 am, while the latest sunrise is on March 8 at 7:46 am. The earliest sunset is on December 4 at 5:15 pm, and the latest sunset is on June 28 at 8:43 pm.
Union, SC gets 4h 39m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 29m versus 9h 49m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Union, SC Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Union. 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 Union.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 31.5° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 77.2° (around Jun 18) in Union. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Union the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:10 and 12:40 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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