Longyearbyen
Sunrise and sunset in Longyearbyen
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Longyearbyen, in local time. At 78.2° 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
Wednesday, October 21: sunrise at 10:29, sunset at 14:51.
Day length 4 h 22 min, 25 min 2 s shorter than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:42, with the Sun 1° above the horizon.
Times are Longyearbyen time (GMT+2).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 04:03 | 21:14 |
| Nautical twilight | 06:11 | 19:08 |
| Civil twilight | 08:12 | 17:08 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 10:29 | 14:51 |
| Golden hour | all day | all day |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Longyearbyen
- Midnight sun: the Sun doesn’t set from April 19 to August 24, 128 days.
- Polar night: the Sun doesn’t rise from October 27 to February 14, 111 days.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | polar night | polar night | 0 h 00 min |
| February 21 | 09:49 | 14:34 | 4 h 45 min |
| March 21 | 05:43 | 18:29 | 12 h 46 min |
| April 21 | midnight sun | midnight sun | 24 h 00 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 | midnight sun | midnight sun | 24 h 00 min |
| September 21 | 06:20 | 19:16 | 12 h 56 min |
| October 21 | 10:29 | 14:51 | 4 h 22 min |
| November 21 | polar night | polar night | 0 h 00 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 78.2° N, 15.6° 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