馃寘 Sunrise & Sunset in Fargo Today

Saturday, October 10 in Fargo-Moorhead (CDT).

Sunrise
7:38 a.m.
Sunset
6:49 p.m.
11h 11m of daylight - 3 min 17 sec less than yesterday
Since the longest day (Jun 21), Fargo has lost 4h 42m of daylight.
First light
7:08 a.m.
Civil dawn
Last light
7:19 p.m.
Civil dusk
Tomorrow
7:40 a.m. - 6:47 p.m.
11h 08m

馃寵 Tonight's moon: new moon, 0% lit. Next full moon Sun, Oct 25; next new moon Sat, Oct 10. (Want to see the northern lights? A dark, moonless night helps.)

馃晳 Clocks fall back Sunday, November 1 (2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m.). Sunset goes from 6:13 p.m. on Saturday to 5:11 p.m. on Sunday, and sunrise from 8:08 a.m. to 7:10 a.m.[2]

The year ahead in daylight

  • Clocks fall back
    Sunday, November 1, 2026 路 Sunset 6:13 p.m. the day before, 5:11 p.m. that day
    in 22 days
  • Earliest sunset
    Thursday, December 10, 2026 路 4:38 p.m.
    in 61 days
  • Shortest day
    Monday, December 21, 2026 路 8h 31m
    in 72 days
  • Latest sunrise
    Friday, January 1, 2027 路 8:12 a.m.
    in 83 days
  • Sunset is back after 5 p.m.
    Monday, January 11, 2027 路 5:00 p.m.
    in 93 days
  • Clocks spring forward
    Sunday, March 14, 2027 路 Sunset 6:30 p.m. the day before, 7:31 p.m. that day
    in 155 days
  • Longest day
    Monday, June 21, 2027 路 15h 53m
    in 254 days
  • Latest sunset
    Saturday, June 26, 2027 路 9:26 p.m.
    in 259 days

Why isn't the earliest sunset on the shortest day? Around the winter solstice the sun runs slow compared with clock time - each solar day is up to half a minute longer than 24 hours - so sunrise and sunset both drift later by the clock. That pushes the earliest sunset before the solstice and the latest sunrise after it.[4]

Sunrise and sunset all year

Each bar runs from sunrise to sunset. The jumps in March and November are the clock changes.

2026SunriseSunsetDaylight
Jan 1 8:12 a.m. 4:49 p.m. 8h 37m
Feb 1 7:52 a.m. 5:31 p.m. 9h 39m
Mar 1 7:07 a.m. 6:13 p.m. 11h 06m
Apr 1 7:06 a.m. 7:57 p.m. 12h 50m
May 1 6:12 a.m. 8:38 p.m. 14h 26m
Jun 1 5:36 a.m. 9:14 p.m. 15h 38m
Jul 1 5:37 a.m. 9:25 p.m. 15h 48m
Aug 1 6:07 a.m. 8:59 p.m. 14h 52m
Sep 1 6:47 a.m. 8:06 p.m. 13h 19m
Oct 1 7:26 a.m. 7:07 p.m. 11h 40m
Nov 1 7:10 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 10h 01m
Dec 1 7:52 a.m. 4:40 p.m. 8h 49m

How these are figured

Times are calculated for Fargo (46.88掳 N, 96.79掳 W) with NOAA's solar position equations - the same math behind NOAA's Solar Calculator - and checked against the U.S. Naval Observatory's published times to within a minute.[1],[3] Sunrise and sunset are when the top edge of the sun is on a level horizon. "First light" and "last light" are civil twilight - the sun's center 6掳 below the horizon. Before civil dawn and after civil dusk you'd normally need artificial light for ordinary outdoor activities.[5] Moorhead's times are within a few seconds of Fargo's.

References

  1. NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory - Solar Calculator and calculation details
  2. 15 U.S. Code 搂 260a - Advancement of time or changeover dates (2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March through 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November)
  3. U.S. Naval Observatory - Sun and Moon Data for One Day
  4. U.S. Naval Observatory - Sunrise and Sunset Times Near the Solstices
  5. U.S. Naval Observatory - Rise, Set, and Twilight Definitions

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