sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Gelsenkirchen, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Regierungsbezirk Münster).
Current time: Thursday, 2026-11-12, 23:40 (GMT+01:00) Europe/Berlin
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All times are shown in Gelsenkirchen local time.
Solar noon
Today was at: 12:15 (elapsed time: -11h 25m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 20.9°.
Day Length: 9h 2m 27s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 07:44:31 | 12:15:44 | 16:46:58 |
| Azimuth | 118° | 180° | 241.8° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
9h 2m 27s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 044 162 km
91 990 377 mi
Gelsenkirchen ↔ Sun, nearest point: 147 353 716 km
91 561 354 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT+01:00 |
| Latitude: | 51.50508° |
| Longitude: | 7.09654° |
| Country: | Germany North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Population: | 270 028 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 05:48:32 | 5h 48m 32s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 05:48:32 | 06:27:41 | 39m 9s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 06:27:41 | 07:08:06 | 40m 25s | |
| Civil Twilight | 07:08:06 | 07:44:31 | 36m 25s | |
| Daylight | 07:44:31 | 16:46:58 | 9h 2m 27s | |
| Civil Twilight | 16:46:58 | 17:23:23 | 36m 25s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 17:23:23 | 18:03:48 | 40m 25s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 18:03:48 | 18:42:57 | 39m 9s | |
| Night | 18:42:57 | 23:59:59 | 5h 17m 2s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: -55.5° (
23:40)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 345.1° (
23:40)
Solar noon
| Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow | |||
| date: | 2026-11-10 | 2026-11-11 | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-13 | 2026-11-14 |
| Day: | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| Sunrise: | 07:41:02 | 07:42:47 | 07:44:31 | 07:46:15 | 07:47:58 |
| Solar noon: | 12:15:31 | 12:15:37 | 12:15:44 | 12:15:53 | 12:16:02 |
| Sunset: | 16:49:59 | 16:48:28 | 16:46:58 | 16:45:31 | 16:44:05 |
| Day Length: | 9h 8m 57s | 9h 5m 41s | 9h 2m 27s | 8h 59m 16s | 8h 56m 7s |
Gelsenkirchen sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):