Essen, Germany Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Essen, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-08, 23:29 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Berlin . All times are shown in Essen local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:37 (elapsed time: -9h 52m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 54.7°. Day Length: 15h 1m 33s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:06:50	13:37:37	21:08:23
Azimuth	62.3°	180°	297.5°
Day Length		15h 1m 33s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 671 377 km
94 244 224 mi
Essen ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 977 532 km
93 813 089 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	03:32:23	3h 32m 23s
Astronomical Twilight	03:32:23	04:37:13	1h 4m 50s
Nautical Twilight	04:37:13	05:28:03	50m 50s
Civil Twilight	05:28:03	06:06:50	38m 47s
Daylight	06:06:50	21:08:23	15h 1m 33s
Civil Twilight	21:08:23	21:47:11	38m 48s
Nautical Twilight	21:47:11	22:38:01	50m 50s
Astronomical Twilight	22:38:01	23:42:50	1h 4m 49s
Night	23:42:50	23:59:59	17m 9s

Essen Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -16.9° ( 23:29)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 327.8° ( 23:29)

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Essen

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-06	2026-08-07	2026-08-08	2026-08-09	2026-08-10
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Sunrise:	06:03:44	06:05:17	06:06:50	06:08:24	06:09:57
Solar noon:	13:37:52	13:37:45	13:37:37	13:37:29	13:37:20
Sunset:	21:11:59	21:10:12	21:08:23	21:06:33	21:04:42
Day Length:	15h 8m 15s	15h 4m 55s	15h 1m 33s	14h 58m 9s	14h 54m 45s

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