Alta
Sunrise and sunset in Alta
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Alta, in local time. At 70° N, the Sun doesn’t set for weeks around the summer solstice and doesn’t rise for weeks around the winter one.
Today · worked out at
Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 08:09, sunset at 16:11.
Day length 8 h 02 min, 9 min 12 s shorter than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:11, with the Sun 9° above the horizon.
Times are Alta time (GMT+2).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 04:40 | 19:39 |
| Nautical twilight | 05:52 | 18:28 |
| Civil twilight | 07:03 | 17:17 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 08:09 | 16:11 |
| Golden hour | 08:09–10:03 | 14:17–16:11 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Alta
- Midnight sun: the Sun doesn’t set from May 17 to July 27, 72 days.
- Polar night: the Sun doesn’t rise from November 26 to January 16, 52 days.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 10:22 | 12:55 | 2 h 33 min |
| February 21 | 07:31 | 15:50 | 8 h 19 min |
| March 21 | 05:21 | 17:48 | 12 h 27 min |
| April 21 | 03:53 | 21:01 | 17 h 08 min |
| May 21 | midnight sun | midnight sun | 24 h 00 min |
| June 21 | midnight sun | midnight sun | 24 h 00 min |
| July 21 | midnight sun | midnight sun | 24 h 00 min |
| August 21 | 03:52 | 21:03 | 17 h 11 min |
| September 21 | 06:02 | 18:35 | 12 h 33 min |
| October 21 | 08:05 | 16:16 | 8 h 11 min |
| November 21 | 10:00 | 12:24 | 2 h 24 min |
| December 21 | polar night | polar night | 0 h 00 min |
Good to know
- Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun meets a level horizon, allowing for the usual bending of light by the air. Hills, buildings and height shift what you see by a few minutes.
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
- Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 70° N, 23.3° E, and accurate to about a minute.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets
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