Sunrise and sunset in Bodø

The sun comes up at 8:31 am and goes down at 2:59 pm in Bodø today, 6 h 29 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Bodø, Nordland, Norway

Saturday, November 7

Sunrise8:31 am
Sunset2:59 pm

12:12 pm the sun is 6 degrees up in the south

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BODØ 67.28 N 14.38 E DAY 6 H 29 MIN UTC+1

Today, hour by hour

First light
5:14 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
6:17 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
7:24 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
8:31 am
Golden hour
7:48 am to 11:02 am morning
Solar noon
11:46 am sun 6 degrees up
Golden hour
12:28 pm to 3:42 pm evening
Sunset
2:59 pm
Dusk
4:06 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
5:13 pm
Last light
6:16 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
6 h 29 min −8 min 05 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today8:31 am2:59 pm6 h 29 min−8 min 05 s
Tomorrow8:35 am2:56 pm6 h 21 min−8 min 06 s
Mon, Nov 98:39 am2:52 pm6 h 13 min−8 min 08 s
Tue, Nov 108:43 am2:48 pm6 h 04 min−8 min 09 s
Wed, Nov 118:47 am2:44 pm5 h 56 min−8 min 11 s
Thu, Nov 128:52 am2:40 pm5 h 48 min−8 min 12 s
Fri, Nov 138:56 am2:36 pm5 h 40 min−8 min 13 s
Sat, Nov 149:00 am2:32 pm5 h 32 min−8 min 15 s
Sun, Nov 159:04 am2:28 pm5 h 23 min−8 min 16 s
Mon, Nov 169:09 am2:24 pm5 h 15 min−8 min 18 s
Tue, Nov 179:13 am2:20 pm5 h 07 min−8 min 19 s
Wed, Nov 189:18 am2:16 pm4 h 58 min−8 min 20 s
Thu, Nov 199:22 am2:12 pm4 h 50 min−8 min 21 s
Fri, Nov 209:26 am2:08 pm4 h 42 min−8 min 22 s
Sat, Nov 219:31 am2:04 pm4 h 33 min−8 min 24 s
Sun, Nov 229:35 am2:00 pm4 h 25 min−8 min 25 s
Mon, Nov 239:40 am1:56 pm4 h 16 min−8 min 26 s
Tue, Nov 249:44 am1:52 pm4 h 08 min−8 min 27 s
Wed, Nov 259:49 am1:48 pm4 h 00 min−8 min 27 s
Thu, Nov 269:53 am1:44 pm3 h 51 min−8 min 28 s
Fri, Nov 279:58 am1:41 pm3 h 43 min−8 min 29 s
Sat, Nov 2810:03 am1:37 pm3 h 34 min−8 min 29 s
Sun, Nov 2910:07 am1:33 pm3 h 26 min−8 min 29 s
Mon, Nov 3010:12 am1:29 pm3 h 17 min−8 min 29 s
Tue, Dec 110:16 am1:25 pm3 h 09 min−8 min 29 s
Wed, Dec 210:21 am1:21 pm3 h 00 min−8 min 29 s
Thu, Dec 310:26 am1:17 pm2 h 52 min−8 min 28 s
Fri, Dec 410:30 am1:14 pm2 h 43 min−8 min 27 s
Sat, Dec 510:35 am1:10 pm2 h 35 min−8 min 26 s
Sun, Dec 610:40 am1:06 pm2 h 26 min−8 min 24 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Bodø, midnight to midnight, in its own local time. The curve is the sun's height: above the line it is up, below it is not. The dark bands are the three twilights and night; the lighter stripe either side of sunrise and sunset is the golden hour, and the thin cool stripe after it is the blue hour. Drag the sun to any minute and the readout says how high it is and which way to look.

Dawn, sunrise, dusk and the three twilights

Sunrise and sunset are when the top edge of the sun meets a flat horizon, with refraction bending the light so it shows up a little early and lingers a little late (the sun's centre is 0.833 degrees below the horizon at that moment). Civil twilight is the sun within 6 degrees below: bright enough to work outside without lights. Nautical twilight runs to 12 degrees, when sailors could still see the horizon to shoot a star. Astronomical twilight runs to 18 degrees; after that the sky is as dark as it gets.

Why the times drift

Day length in Bodø changes fastest around the equinoxes in March and September and stalls at the solstices in June and December. The change column in the table is today against yesterday, so you can watch the evenings draw in or stretch out. Hills, buildings and haze at your actual horizon shift the real moment by a minute or several; these are the times for a flat, clear horizon at sea level.

Near Bodø

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