Essen, Germany Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Essen, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf). Current time: Sunday, 2026-09-06, 06:59 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Berlin . All times are shown in Essen local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 13:30 (remaining time: +6h 31m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 45.1°. Day Length: 13h 15m 7s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:52:45	13:30:18	20:07:52
Azimuth	78.4°	180°	281.3°
Day Length		13h 15m 7s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 788 617 km
93 695 703 mi
Essen ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 092 878 km
93 263 390 mi

Essen on map:

Essen

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	51.45657°
Longitude:	7.01228°
Country:	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
Population:	593 085

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Essen

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:51:40	4h 51m 40s
Astronomical Twilight	04:51:40	05:36:53	45m 13s
Nautical Twilight	05:36:53	06:18:33	41m 40s
Civil Twilight	06:18:33	06:52:45	34m 12s
Daylight	06:52:45	20:07:52	13h 15m 7s
Civil Twilight	20:07:52	20:42:04	34m 12s
Nautical Twilight	20:42:04	21:23:44	41m 40s
Astronomical Twilight	21:23:44	22:08:57	45m 13s
Night	22:08:57	23:59:59	1h 51m 2s

Essen Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 0.4° ( 06:59)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 79.8° ( 06:59)

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Essen

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-09-04	2026-09-05	2026-09-06	2026-09-07	2026-09-08
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Sunrise:	06:49:35	06:51:10	06:52:45	06:54:20	06:55:55
Solar noon:	13:30:59	13:30:39	13:30:18	13:29:58	13:29:37
Sunset:	20:12:23	20:10:08	20:07:52	20:05:36	20:03:20
Day Length:	13h 22m 48s	13h 18m 58s	13h 15m 7s	13h 11m 16s	13h 7m 25s

Essen sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):