Sunrise and sunset in Lappeenranta

The sun comes up at 7:41 am and goes down at 3:58 pm in Lappeenranta today, 8 h 17 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland

Wednesday, November 4

Sunrise7:41 am
Sunset3:58 pm

6:32 pm the sun is night, 19 degrees below the horizon

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LAPPEENRANTA 61.06 N 28.19 E DAY 8 H 17 MIN UTC+2

Today, hour by hour

First light
5:12 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
6:02 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
6:54 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
7:41 am
Golden hour
7:12 am to 8:55 am morning
Solar noon
11:50 am sun 14 degrees up
Golden hour
2:45 pm to 4:28 pm evening
Sunset
3:58 pm
Dusk
4:46 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
5:37 pm
Last light
6:27 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
8 h 17 min −5 min 24 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today7:41 am3:58 pm8 h 17 min−5 min 24 s
Tomorrow7:44 am3:56 pm8 h 11 min−5 min 22 s
Fri, Nov 67:47 am3:53 pm8 h 06 min−5 min 21 s
Sat, Nov 77:50 am3:50 pm8 h 01 min−5 min 19 s
Sun, Nov 87:52 am3:48 pm7 h 55 min−5 min 17 s
Mon, Nov 97:55 am3:45 pm7 h 50 min−5 min 15 s
Tue, Nov 107:58 am3:43 pm7 h 45 min−5 min 13 s
Wed, Nov 118:00 am3:40 pm7 h 40 min−5 min 11 s
Thu, Nov 128:03 am3:38 pm7 h 35 min−5 min 08 s
Fri, Nov 138:06 am3:35 pm7 h 30 min−5 min 05 s
Sat, Nov 148:08 am3:33 pm7 h 25 min−5 min 03 s
Sun, Nov 158:11 am3:31 pm7 h 20 min−4 min 59 s
Mon, Nov 168:14 am3:28 pm7 h 15 min−4 min 56 s
Tue, Nov 178:16 am3:26 pm7 h 10 min−4 min 53 s
Wed, Nov 188:19 am3:24 pm7 h 05 min−4 min 49 s
Thu, Nov 198:22 am3:22 pm7 h 00 min−4 min 45 s
Fri, Nov 208:24 am3:20 pm6 h 55 min−4 min 41 s
Sat, Nov 218:27 am3:18 pm6 h 51 min−4 min 37 s
Sun, Nov 228:29 am3:16 pm6 h 46 min−4 min 32 s
Mon, Nov 238:32 am3:14 pm6 h 42 min−4 min 27 s
Tue, Nov 248:34 am3:12 pm6 h 37 min−4 min 22 s
Wed, Nov 258:37 am3:10 pm6 h 33 min−4 min 16 s
Thu, Nov 268:39 am3:08 pm6 h 29 min−4 min 11 s
Fri, Nov 278:42 am3:07 pm6 h 25 min−4 min 05 s
Sat, Nov 288:44 am3:05 pm6 h 21 min−3 min 58 s
Sun, Nov 298:46 am3:03 pm6 h 17 min−3 min 52 s
Mon, Nov 308:48 am3:02 pm6 h 13 min−3 min 45 s
Tue, Dec 18:51 am3:00 pm6 h 10 min−3 min 37 s
Wed, Dec 28:53 am2:59 pm6 h 06 min−3 min 30 s
Thu, Dec 38:55 am2:58 pm6 h 03 min−3 min 22 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Lappeenranta, 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 Lappeenranta 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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