Sunrise and sunset in Doreen

The sun comes up at 6:08 am and goes down at 7:57 pm in Doreen today, 13 h 49 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Doreen, Victoria, Australia

Thursday, November 5

Sunrise6:08 am
Sunset7:57 pm

1:37 am the sun is night, 36 degrees below the horizon

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DOREEN 37.60 S 145.15 E DAY 13 H 49 MIN UTC+11

Today, hour by hour

First light
4:30 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
5:06 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
5:40 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
6:08 am
Golden hour
5:51 am to 6:45 am morning
Solar noon
1:02 pm sun 68 degrees up
Golden hour
7:21 pm to 8:14 pm evening
Sunset
7:57 pm
Dusk
8:25 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
9:00 pm
Last light
9:36 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
13 h 49 min +2 min 07 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today6:08 am7:57 pm13 h 49 min+2 min 07 s
Tomorrow6:07 am7:58 pm13 h 51 min+2 min 05 s
Sat, Nov 76:06 am7:59 pm13 h 53 min+2 min 04 s
Sun, Nov 86:05 am8:00 pm13 h 55 min+2 min 03 s
Mon, Nov 96:05 am8:01 pm13 h 57 min+2 min 01 s
Tue, Nov 106:04 am8:02 pm13 h 59 min+2 min 00 s
Wed, Nov 116:03 am8:04 pm14 h 01 min+1 min 58 s
Thu, Nov 126:02 am8:05 pm14 h 03 min+1 min 57 s
Fri, Nov 136:01 am8:06 pm14 h 05 min+1 min 55 s
Sat, Nov 146:00 am8:07 pm14 h 07 min+1 min 53 s
Sun, Nov 155:59 am8:08 pm14 h 08 min+1 min 52 s
Mon, Nov 165:59 am8:09 pm14 h 10 min+1 min 50 s
Tue, Nov 175:58 am8:10 pm14 h 12 min+1 min 48 s
Wed, Nov 185:57 am8:11 pm14 h 14 min+1 min 46 s
Thu, Nov 195:57 am8:12 pm14 h 16 min+1 min 44 s
Fri, Nov 205:56 am8:13 pm14 h 17 min+1 min 42 s
Sat, Nov 215:55 am8:14 pm14 h 19 min+1 min 39 s
Sun, Nov 225:55 am8:15 pm14 h 20 min+1 min 37 s
Mon, Nov 235:54 am8:16 pm14 h 22 min+1 min 35 s
Tue, Nov 245:54 am8:17 pm14 h 24 min+1 min 32 s
Wed, Nov 255:53 am8:19 pm14 h 25 min+1 min 30 s
Thu, Nov 265:53 am8:20 pm14 h 27 min+1 min 27 s
Fri, Nov 275:53 am8:21 pm14 h 28 min+1 min 25 s
Sat, Nov 285:52 am8:22 pm14 h 29 min+1 min 22 s
Sun, Nov 295:52 am8:23 pm14 h 31 min+1 min 19 s
Mon, Nov 305:52 am8:24 pm14 h 32 min+1 min 16 s
Tue, Dec 15:51 am8:25 pm14 h 33 min+1 min 13 s
Wed, Dec 25:51 am8:25 pm14 h 34 min+1 min 10 s
Thu, Dec 35:51 am8:26 pm14 h 35 min+1 min 07 s
Fri, Dec 45:51 am8:27 pm14 h 37 min+1 min 04 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Doreen, 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 Doreen 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.

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