Sunrise and sunset in Larvik

The sun comes up at 8:02 am and goes down at 4:04 pm in Larvik today, 8 h 02 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Wednesday, November 11

Sunrise8:02 am
Sunset4:04 pm

2:44 pm the sun is 7 degrees up in the southwest

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LARVIK 59.05 N 10.04 E DAY 8 H 02 MIN UTC+1

Today, hour by hour

First light
5:39 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
6:26 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
7:16 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
8:02 am
Golden hour
7:33 am to 9:13 am morning
Solar noon
12:03 pm sun 13 degrees up
Golden hour
2:53 pm to 4:33 pm evening
Sunset
4:04 pm
Dusk
4:50 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
5:40 pm
Last light
6:27 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
8 h 02 min −4 min 38 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today8:02 am4:04 pm8 h 02 min−4 min 38 s
Tomorrow8:04 am4:02 pm7 h 58 min−4 min 35 s
Fri, Nov 138:07 am4:00 pm7 h 53 min−4 min 33 s
Sat, Nov 148:09 am3:58 pm7 h 49 min−4 min 30 s
Sun, Nov 158:11 am3:56 pm7 h 44 min−4 min 26 s
Mon, Nov 168:14 am3:54 pm7 h 40 min−4 min 23 s
Tue, Nov 178:16 am3:52 pm7 h 35 min−4 min 20 s
Wed, Nov 188:19 am3:50 pm7 h 31 min−4 min 16 s
Thu, Nov 198:21 am3:48 pm7 h 27 min−4 min 12 s
Fri, Nov 208:23 am3:46 pm7 h 23 min−4 min 08 s
Sat, Nov 218:25 am3:44 pm7 h 19 min−4 min 04 s
Sun, Nov 228:28 am3:43 pm7 h 15 min−3 min 59 s
Mon, Nov 238:30 am3:41 pm7 h 11 min−3 min 54 s
Tue, Nov 248:32 am3:39 pm7 h 07 min−3 min 49 s
Wed, Nov 258:34 am3:38 pm7 h 03 min−3 min 44 s
Thu, Nov 268:37 am3:36 pm7 h 00 min−3 min 39 s
Fri, Nov 278:39 am3:35 pm6 h 56 min−3 min 33 s
Sat, Nov 288:41 am3:33 pm6 h 53 min−3 min 27 s
Sun, Nov 298:43 am3:32 pm6 h 49 min−3 min 21 s
Mon, Nov 308:45 am3:31 pm6 h 46 min−3 min 14 s
Tue, Dec 18:47 am3:30 pm6 h 43 min−3 min 08 s
Wed, Dec 28:49 am3:29 pm6 h 40 min−3 min 01 s
Thu, Dec 38:50 am3:28 pm6 h 37 min−2 min 54 s
Fri, Dec 48:52 am3:27 pm6 h 34 min−2 min 46 s
Sat, Dec 58:54 am3:26 pm6 h 32 min−2 min 38 s
Sun, Dec 68:56 am3:25 pm6 h 29 min−2 min 31 s
Mon, Dec 78:57 am3:24 pm6 h 27 min−2 min 22 s
Tue, Dec 88:59 am3:23 pm6 h 25 min−2 min 14 s
Wed, Dec 99:00 am3:23 pm6 h 22 min−2 min 05 s
Thu, Dec 109:02 am3:22 pm6 h 21 min−1 min 57 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Larvik, 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 Larvik 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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