Sunrise and sunset in Whitehorse

The sun comes up at 9:34 am and goes down at 5:52 pm in Whitehorse today, 8 h 18 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Wednesday, November 4

Sunrise9:34 am
Sunset5:52 pm

2:45 pm the sun is 13 degrees up in the south-southwest

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WHITEHORSE 60.72 N 135.05 W DAY 8 H 18 MIN UTC-7

Today, hour by hour

First light
7:06 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
7:55 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
8:47 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
9:34 am
Golden hour
9:04 am to 10:47 am morning
Solar noon
1:43 pm sun 14 degrees up
Golden hour
4:39 pm to 6:21 pm evening
Sunset
5:52 pm
Dusk
6:39 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
7:30 pm
Last light
8:19 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
8 h 18 min −5 min 17 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today9:34 am5:52 pm8 h 18 min−5 min 17 s
Tomorrow9:37 am5:49 pm8 h 13 min−5 min 16 s
Fri, Nov 69:39 am5:47 pm8 h 07 min−5 min 14 s
Sat, Nov 79:42 am5:44 pm8 h 02 min−5 min 12 s
Sun, Nov 89:45 am5:41 pm7 h 57 min−5 min 10 s
Mon, Nov 99:47 am5:39 pm7 h 52 min−5 min 08 s
Tue, Nov 109:50 am5:37 pm7 h 47 min−5 min 06 s
Wed, Nov 119:53 am5:34 pm7 h 42 min−5 min 03 s
Thu, Nov 129:55 am5:32 pm7 h 37 min−5 min 01 s
Fri, Nov 139:58 am5:29 pm7 h 32 min−4 min 58 s
Sat, Nov 1410:00 am5:27 pm7 h 27 min−4 min 55 s
Sun, Nov 1510:03 am5:25 pm7 h 22 min−4 min 52 s
Mon, Nov 1610:06 am5:23 pm7 h 17 min−4 min 49 s
Tue, Nov 1710:08 am5:21 pm7 h 12 min−4 min 45 s
Wed, Nov 1810:11 am5:18 pm7 h 08 min−4 min 41 s
Thu, Nov 1910:13 am5:16 pm7 h 03 min−4 min 37 s
Fri, Nov 2010:16 am5:14 pm6 h 58 min−4 min 33 s
Sat, Nov 2110:18 am5:12 pm6 h 54 min−4 min 28 s
Sun, Nov 2210:21 am5:10 pm6 h 50 min−4 min 24 s
Mon, Nov 2310:23 am5:09 pm6 h 45 min−4 min 19 s
Tue, Nov 2410:26 am5:07 pm6 h 41 min−4 min 13 s
Wed, Nov 2510:28 am5:05 pm6 h 37 min−4 min 08 s
Thu, Nov 2610:30 am5:03 pm6 h 33 min−4 min 02 s
Fri, Nov 2710:33 am5:02 pm6 h 29 min−3 min 56 s
Sat, Nov 2810:35 am5:00 pm6 h 25 min−3 min 49 s
Sun, Nov 2910:37 am4:59 pm6 h 21 min−3 min 43 s
Mon, Nov 3010:39 am4:57 pm6 h 18 min−3 min 36 s
Tue, Dec 110:41 am4:56 pm6 h 14 min−3 min 28 s
Wed, Dec 210:44 am4:55 pm6 h 11 min−3 min 21 s
Thu, Dec 310:46 am4:53 pm6 h 08 min−3 min 13 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Whitehorse, 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 Whitehorse 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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