Sunrise and sunset in Mikkeli

The sun comes up at 8:05 am and goes down at 3:42 pm in Mikkeli today, 7 h 37 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland

Tuesday, November 10

Sunrise8:05 am
Sunset3:42 pm

9:22 am the sun is low in the southeast, golden hour

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MIKKELI 61.69 N 27.27 E DAY 7 H 37 MIN UTC+2

Today, hour by hour

First light
5:29 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
6:20 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
7:14 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
8:05 am
Golden hour
7:33 am to 9:28 am morning
Solar noon
11:54 am sun 11 degrees up
Golden hour
2:19 pm to 4:14 pm evening
Sunset
3:42 pm
Dusk
4:33 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
5:27 pm
Last light
6:18 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
7 h 37 min −5 min 25 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today8:05 am3:42 pm7 h 37 min−5 min 25 s
Tomorrow8:08 am3:40 pm7 h 32 min−5 min 22 s
Thu, Nov 128:11 am3:37 pm7 h 27 min−5 min 20 s
Fri, Nov 138:14 am3:35 pm7 h 21 min−5 min 17 s
Sat, Nov 148:16 am3:32 pm7 h 16 min−5 min 15 s
Sun, Nov 158:19 am3:30 pm7 h 11 min−5 min 12 s
Mon, Nov 168:22 am3:28 pm7 h 06 min−5 min 08 s
Tue, Nov 178:25 am3:25 pm7 h 01 min−5 min 05 s
Wed, Nov 188:27 am3:23 pm6 h 56 min−5 min 01 s
Thu, Nov 198:30 am3:21 pm6 h 51 min−4 min 57 s
Fri, Nov 208:33 am3:18 pm6 h 46 min−4 min 53 s
Sat, Nov 218:35 am3:16 pm6 h 41 min−4 min 49 s
Sun, Nov 228:38 am3:14 pm6 h 36 min−4 min 44 s
Mon, Nov 238:41 am3:12 pm6 h 32 min−4 min 39 s
Tue, Nov 248:43 am3:10 pm6 h 27 min−4 min 34 s
Wed, Nov 258:46 am3:08 pm6 h 22 min−4 min 29 s
Thu, Nov 268:48 am3:06 pm6 h 18 min−4 min 23 s
Fri, Nov 278:51 am3:05 pm6 h 14 min−4 min 17 s
Sat, Nov 288:53 am3:03 pm6 h 10 min−4 min 10 s
Sun, Nov 298:56 am3:01 pm6 h 06 min−4 min 04 s
Mon, Nov 308:58 am3:00 pm6 h 02 min−3 min 56 s
Tue, Dec 19:00 am2:58 pm5 h 58 min−3 min 49 s
Wed, Dec 29:03 am2:57 pm5 h 54 min−3 min 41 s
Thu, Dec 39:05 am2:55 pm5 h 51 min−3 min 33 s
Fri, Dec 49:07 am2:54 pm5 h 47 min−3 min 24 s
Sat, Dec 59:09 am2:53 pm5 h 44 min−3 min 15 s
Sun, Dec 69:11 am2:52 pm5 h 41 min−3 min 06 s
Mon, Dec 79:13 am2:51 pm5 h 38 min−2 min 57 s
Tue, Dec 89:15 am2:50 pm5 h 35 min−2 min 47 s
Wed, Dec 99:16 am2:49 pm5 h 32 min−2 min 36 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Mikkeli, 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 Mikkeli 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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