Sunrise and sunset in Qinggang

The sun comes up at 6:21 am and goes down at 4:16 pm in Qinggang today, 9 h 55 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Qinggang, Heilongjiang, China

Wednesday, November 4

Sunrise6:21 am
Sunset4:16 pm

6:00 am the sun is blue hour, 4 degrees below the horizon

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

QINGGANG 46.70 N 126.09 E DAY 9 H 55 MIN UTC+8

Today, hour by hour

First light
4:38 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
5:13 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
5:49 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
6:21 am
Golden hour
6:01 am to 7:05 am morning
Solar noon
11:19 am sun 28 degrees up
Golden hour
3:32 pm to 4:36 pm evening
Sunset
4:16 pm
Dusk
4:48 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
5:24 pm
Last light
5:59 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
9 h 55 min −2 min 55 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today6:21 am4:16 pm9 h 55 min−2 min 55 s
Tomorrow6:22 am4:14 pm9 h 52 min−2 min 53 s
Fri, Nov 66:24 am4:13 pm9 h 49 min−2 min 52 s
Sat, Nov 76:25 am4:12 pm9 h 46 min−2 min 50 s
Sun, Nov 86:27 am4:10 pm9 h 44 min−2 min 48 s
Mon, Nov 96:28 am4:09 pm9 h 41 min−2 min 46 s
Tue, Nov 106:30 am4:08 pm9 h 38 min−2 min 44 s
Wed, Nov 116:31 am4:07 pm9 h 35 min−2 min 42 s
Thu, Nov 126:33 am4:05 pm9 h 33 min−2 min 40 s
Fri, Nov 136:34 am4:04 pm9 h 30 min−2 min 38 s
Sat, Nov 146:35 am4:03 pm9 h 28 min−2 min 36 s
Sun, Nov 156:37 am4:02 pm9 h 25 min−2 min 33 s
Mon, Nov 166:38 am4:01 pm9 h 22 min−2 min 31 s
Tue, Nov 176:40 am4:00 pm9 h 20 min−2 min 28 s
Wed, Nov 186:41 am3:59 pm9 h 18 min−2 min 26 s
Thu, Nov 196:43 am3:58 pm9 h 15 min−2 min 23 s
Fri, Nov 206:44 am3:57 pm9 h 13 min−2 min 20 s
Sat, Nov 216:45 am3:56 pm9 h 11 min−2 min 17 s
Sun, Nov 226:47 am3:55 pm9 h 08 min−2 min 14 s
Mon, Nov 236:48 am3:54 pm9 h 06 min−2 min 11 s
Tue, Nov 246:49 am3:54 pm9 h 04 min−2 min 07 s
Wed, Nov 256:51 am3:53 pm9 h 02 min−2 min 04 s
Thu, Nov 266:52 am3:52 pm9 h 00 min−2 min 01 s
Fri, Nov 276:53 am3:51 pm8 h 58 min−1 min 57 s
Sat, Nov 286:55 am3:51 pm8 h 56 min−1 min 53 s
Sun, Nov 296:56 am3:50 pm8 h 54 min−1 min 50 s
Mon, Nov 306:57 am3:50 pm8 h 53 min−1 min 46 s
Tue, Dec 16:58 am3:49 pm8 h 51 min−1 min 42 s
Wed, Dec 27:00 am3:49 pm8 h 49 min−1 min 38 s
Thu, Dec 37:01 am3:48 pm8 h 48 min−1 min 33 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Qinggang, 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 Qinggang 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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What stays here

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