Walking With the Sun (Kingwood, TX)
Src: NOAA solar algorithms via astral; cross-checked with USNO. Times for Kingwood, TX (town-level).
Today's light, the best walk windows for the week ahead, and the whole of 2026 at a glance. Figures are computed, not invented.
Today
- Sunrise7:19arises at 96.9°, E
- Sunset6:56psets at 262.9°, W
- Day length11h 37m1m 47s shorter than yesterday
- Solar noon1:08psun 53.5° up, due south
- Blue hour (civil twilight)
- Golden hour (sun 0-6° up)
- Daylight
- Sun altitude
| Light | Time | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hourcivil dawn to sunrise | 6:55a - 7:19a | 24 min |
| Morning golden hoursunrise until the sun is 6° up | 7:19a - 7:50a | 31 min |
| Solar noon53.5° up, due south | 1:08p | |
| Evening golden hoursun 6° up until sunset | 6:25p - 6:56p | 31 min |
| Evening blue hoursunset to civil dusk | 6:56p - 7:21p | 24 min |
Walk windows
Each window runs from first light to the end of the golden hour in the morning, and from the start of the golden hour to last light in the evening, about 56 min each. Over the week, first light slips 4 minutes later and last light 7 minutes earlier.
| Day | Morning walk | Evening walk |
|---|---|---|
| Fritoday | 6:55a-7:50asunrise 7:19a | 6:25p-7:21psunset 6:56p |
| SatOct 10 | 6:55a-7:51asunrise 7:20a | 6:24p-7:20psunset 6:55p |
| SunOct 11 | 6:56a-7:52asunrise 7:20a | 6:23p-7:18psunset 6:54p |
| MonOct 12 | 6:57a-7:52asunrise 7:21a | 6:22p-7:17psunset 6:53p |
| TueOct 13 | 6:57a-7:53asunrise 7:22a | 6:20p-7:16psunset 6:52p |
| WedOct 14 | 6:58a-7:54asunrise 7:22a | 6:19p-7:15psunset 6:51p |
| ThuOct 15 | 6:58a-7:54asunrise 7:23a | 6:18p-7:14psunset 6:50p |
2026 in daylight
Sunrise and sunset for every day of the year, on the clock you actually live by, so the two daylight saving jumps show up as steps. Hover or tap any day for its times.
- Daylight
- Civil twilight
- Night
- Sunrise / sunset
- DST change
- Today
Which way to face
The sun's track across today's sky, seen from above with north at the top. The center is straight overhead; the outer ring is the horizon. Faint dashed tracks show the longest and shortest days for comparison.
- Sunrise bearing
- 96.9° E6.9° south of due east
- Sunset bearing
- 262.9° W7.1° south of due west
- Noon height
- 53.5°due south at 1:08p
- Yearly swing
- 62° to 117°sunrise, June to December (sunset 298° to 243°)
Things the numbers say
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01
Latest sunrise is not on the solstice
By the clock, the year's latest sunrise is 7:39a on Mar 8, the morning DST starts. Setting the clock aside, the sun itself rises latest around Jan 9 (7:18a CST), 19 days after the December solstice.
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02
Earliest sunset comes early too
The earliest sunset of 2026 is 5:20p on Dec 1, 20 days before the shortest day (Dec 21, 10h 12m of daylight). Both lags come from the equation of time: solar noon drifts through the year.
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03
Losing daylight near top speed
Today is 1m 47s shorter than yesterday, and the next 7 days lose 12 min in all. The fastest drop of the year was 1m 48s a day around Sep 20, by the equinox, so the slide is only just easing.
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04
Nov 1 does all the work for 6 PM
Sunset on Oct 31 is 6:34p CDT. When clocks fall back on Nov 1 it jumps to 5:33p CST, the first sunset before 6 PM since Feb 3, and it stays before 6 PM for the rest of 2026.
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05
Darker morning walks first
From Oct 18 to Oct 31, first light (civil dawn) comes after 7:00a (latest 7:09a on Oct 31). On Nov 1 it snaps back to 6:10a.
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06
Most daylight of the year
Jun 21: 14h 4m 35s from 6:20a to 8:25p, 3h 52m more than Dec 21. Today's 11h 37m last happened on Mar 3.
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07
The sunrise point swings 55°
Sunrise moves along the horizon from 62° (ENE) in June to 117° (ESE) in December. Midday height ranges from 83° (nearly overhead) at the June solstice to 36° at the December solstice.
How this was made
Computed with the astral 3.2 Python library (NOAA solar position algorithms) for Kingwood, TX (town-level) at sea level, standard refraction (sunrise and sunset at −0.833°), civil twilight at −6°. Golden hour here means the sun between the horizon and 6° up; blue hour means civil twilight. Equinox and solstice instants from PyEphem. Cross-check for today: sunrise computes to 7:19:10a and sunset to 6:56:16p, shown rounded to the nearest minute. The US Naval Observatory lists 7:18a and 6:58p; timeanddate.com lists 7:18a and 6:57p. All agree to within a minute.