Sunrise and sunset in Orvault

The sun comes up at 7:54 am and goes down at 8:02 pm in Orvault today, 12 h 08 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Orvault, Pays de la Loire, France

Wednesday, September 23

Sunrise7:54 am
Sunset8:02 pm

11:16 am the sun is 31 degrees up in the southeast

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ORVAULT 47.27 N 1.62 W DAY 12 H 08 MIN UTC+2

Today, hour by hour

First light
6:10 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
6:47 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
7:23 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
7:54 am
Golden hour
7:35 am to 8:34 am morning
Solar noon
1:58 pm sun 43 degrees up
Golden hour
7:22 pm to 8:21 pm evening
Sunset
8:02 pm
Dusk
8:32 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
9:08 pm
Last light
9:45 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
12 h 08 min −3 min 22 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today7:54 am8:02 pm12 h 08 min−3 min 22 s
Tomorrow7:55 am8:00 pm12 h 05 min−3 min 22 s
Fri, Sep 257:57 am7:58 pm12 h 01 min−3 min 22 s
Sat, Sep 267:58 am7:56 pm11 h 58 min−3 min 22 s
Sun, Sep 277:59 am7:54 pm11 h 55 min−3 min 22 s
Mon, Sep 288:01 am7:52 pm11 h 51 min−3 min 22 s
Tue, Sep 298:02 am7:50 pm11 h 48 min−3 min 22 s
Wed, Sep 308:03 am7:48 pm11 h 44 min−3 min 22 s
Thu, Oct 18:05 am7:46 pm11 h 41 min−3 min 22 s
Fri, Oct 28:06 am7:44 pm11 h 38 min−3 min 22 s
Sat, Oct 38:07 am7:42 pm11 h 34 min−3 min 22 s
Sun, Oct 48:09 am7:40 pm11 h 31 min−3 min 21 s
Mon, Oct 58:10 am7:38 pm11 h 28 min−3 min 21 s
Tue, Oct 68:12 am7:36 pm11 h 24 min−3 min 21 s
Wed, Oct 78:13 am7:34 pm11 h 21 min−3 min 21 s
Thu, Oct 88:14 am7:32 pm11 h 18 min−3 min 20 s
Fri, Oct 98:16 am7:30 pm11 h 14 min−3 min 20 s
Sat, Oct 108:17 am7:28 pm11 h 11 min−3 min 20 s
Sun, Oct 118:19 am7:26 pm11 h 08 min−3 min 19 s
Mon, Oct 128:20 am7:24 pm11 h 04 min−3 min 19 s
Tue, Oct 138:21 am7:22 pm11 h 01 min−3 min 19 s
Wed, Oct 148:23 am7:20 pm10 h 58 min−3 min 18 s
Thu, Oct 158:24 am7:19 pm10 h 54 min−3 min 18 s
Fri, Oct 168:26 am7:17 pm10 h 51 min−3 min 17 s
Sat, Oct 178:27 am7:15 pm10 h 48 min−3 min 17 s
Sun, Oct 188:28 am7:13 pm10 h 45 min−3 min 16 s
Mon, Oct 198:30 am7:11 pm10 h 41 min−3 min 15 s
Tue, Oct 208:31 am7:09 pm10 h 38 min−3 min 15 s
Wed, Oct 218:33 am7:08 pm10 h 35 min−3 min 14 s
Thu, Oct 228:34 am7:06 pm10 h 32 min−3 min 13 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Orvault, 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 Orvault 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.

Near Orvault

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