Palm Desert
Sunrise and sunset in Palm Desert
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Palm Desert, in local time. At 33.7° N, the day lasts from 9 h 55 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 24 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Wednesday, October 21: sunrise at 06:55, sunset at 18:04.
Day length 11 h 09 min, 1 min 58 s shorter than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:30, with the Sun 45° above the horizon.
Times are Palm Desert time (PDT).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 05:31 | 19:27 |
| Nautical twilight | 06:00 | 18:58 |
| Civil twilight | 06:30 | 18:29 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 06:55 | 18:04 |
| Golden hour | 06:55–07:29 | 17:30–18:04 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Palm Desert
- Longest day: June 21, 14 h 24 min, from sunrise at 05:35 to sunset at 19:59.
- Shortest day: December 21, 9 h 55 min, from sunrise at 06:46 to sunset at 16:41.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 06:48 | 17:05 | 10 h 18 min |
| February 21 | 06:23 | 17:35 | 11 h 12 min |
| March 21 | 06:47 | 18:58 | 12 h 10 min |
| April 21 | 06:07 | 19:21 | 13 h 14 min |
| May 21 | 05:40 | 19:43 | 14 h 03 min |
| June 21 | 05:35 | 19:59 | 14 h 24 min |
| July 21 | 05:50 | 19:53 | 14 h 03 min |
| August 21 | 06:11 | 19:24 | 13 h 13 min |
| September 21 | 06:33 | 18:43 | 12 h 10 min |
| October 21 | 06:55 | 18:04 | 11 h 09 min |
| November 21 | 06:23 | 16:39 | 10 h 16 min |
| December 21 | 06:46 | 16:41 | 9 h 55 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 33.7° N, 116.4° W, 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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