Dunhuang
Sunrise and sunset in Dunhuang
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Dunhuang, in local time. At 40.2° N, the day lasts from 9 h 19 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 02 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 07:58, sunset at 18:51.
Day length 10 h 53 min, 2 min 30 s shorter than yesterday.
Solar noon at 13:25, with the Sun 39° above the horizon.
Times are Dunhuang time (GMT+8).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 06:28 | 20:22 |
| Nautical twilight | 06:59 | 19:51 |
| Civil twilight | 07:31 | 19:19 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 07:58 | 18:51 |
| Golden hour | 07:58–08:36 | 18:14–18:51 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Dunhuang
- Longest day: June 21, 15 h 02 min, from sunrise at 06:11 to sunset at 21:14.
- Shortest day: December 22, 9 h 19 min, from sunrise at 09:00 to sunset at 18:19.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 08:58 | 18:46 | 9 h 48 min |
| February 21 | 08:26 | 19:23 | 10 h 57 min |
| March 21 | 07:43 | 19:53 | 12 h 10 min |
| April 21 | 06:55 | 20:25 | 13 h 31 min |
| May 21 | 06:20 | 20:55 | 14 h 35 min |
| June 21 | 06:11 | 21:14 | 15 h 02 min |
| July 21 | 06:29 | 21:05 | 14 h 37 min |
| August 21 | 06:57 | 20:30 | 13 h 32 min |
| September 21 | 07:27 | 19:40 | 12 h 13 min |
| October 21 | 07:57 | 18:53 | 10 h 55 min |
| November 21 | 08:33 | 18:20 | 9 h 47 min |
| December 21 | 08:59 | 18:18 | 9 h 19 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 40.2° N, 94.7° 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