Sunrise and sunset in Ma’anshan

The sun comes up at 5:52 am and goes down at 6:07 pm in Ma’anshan today, 12 h 15 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Ma’anshan, Anhui, China

Saturday, September 19

Sunrise5:52 am
Sunset6:07 pm

11:37 pm the sun is night, 57 degrees below the horizon

Drag the sun. Arrow keys move a minute, Shift for fifteen.

MA’ANSHAN 31.69 N 118.51 E DAY 12 H 15 MIN UTC+8

Today, hour by hour

First light
4:30 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
4:59 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
5:27 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
5:52 am
Golden hour
5:37 am to 6:24 am morning
Solar noon
11:59 am sun 60 degrees up
Golden hour
5:35 pm to 6:22 pm evening
Sunset
6:07 pm
Dusk
6:31 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
6:59 pm
Last light
7:28 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
12 h 15 min −1 min 55 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today5:52 am6:07 pm12 h 15 min−1 min 55 s
Tomorrow5:52 am6:05 pm12 h 13 min−1 min 55 s
Mon, Sep 215:53 am6:04 pm12 h 11 min−1 min 55 s
Tue, Sep 225:53 am6:03 pm12 h 09 min−1 min 55 s
Wed, Sep 235:54 am6:01 pm12 h 07 min−1 min 55 s
Thu, Sep 245:55 am6:00 pm12 h 05 min−1 min 55 s
Fri, Sep 255:55 am5:59 pm12 h 04 min−1 min 55 s
Sat, Sep 265:56 am5:57 pm12 h 02 min−1 min 55 s
Sun, Sep 275:57 am5:56 pm12 h 00 min−1 min 55 s
Mon, Sep 285:57 am5:55 pm11 h 58 min−1 min 55 s
Tue, Sep 295:58 am5:54 pm11 h 56 min−1 min 55 s
Wed, Sep 305:58 am5:52 pm11 h 54 min−1 min 55 s
Thu, Oct 15:59 am5:51 pm11 h 52 min−1 min 55 s
Fri, Oct 26:00 am5:50 pm11 h 50 min−1 min 55 s
Sat, Oct 36:00 am5:48 pm11 h 48 min−1 min 55 s
Sun, Oct 46:01 am5:47 pm11 h 46 min−1 min 55 s
Mon, Oct 56:02 am5:46 pm11 h 44 min−1 min 54 s
Tue, Oct 66:02 am5:45 pm11 h 42 min−1 min 54 s
Wed, Oct 76:03 am5:43 pm11 h 41 min−1 min 54 s
Thu, Oct 86:04 am5:42 pm11 h 39 min−1 min 54 s
Fri, Oct 96:04 am5:41 pm11 h 37 min−1 min 54 s
Sat, Oct 106:05 am5:40 pm11 h 35 min−1 min 53 s
Sun, Oct 116:06 am5:39 pm11 h 33 min−1 min 53 s
Mon, Oct 126:06 am5:37 pm11 h 31 min−1 min 53 s
Tue, Oct 136:07 am5:36 pm11 h 29 min−1 min 52 s
Wed, Oct 146:08 am5:35 pm11 h 27 min−1 min 52 s
Thu, Oct 156:08 am5:34 pm11 h 25 min−1 min 52 s
Fri, Oct 166:09 am5:33 pm11 h 24 min−1 min 51 s
Sat, Oct 176:10 am5:32 pm11 h 22 min−1 min 51 s
Sun, Oct 186:10 am5:30 pm11 h 20 min−1 min 51 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Ma’anshan, 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 Ma’anshan 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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