Sun rise, sun set, moon rise and moon set

Easily computed with a set of programs from the US Navy. The locations of a number of places in the Alps can be found a bit further down in this file.

Moon phase at this moment

Moon phases this year, moon phases at any time.

Day light

For full information, have a look at the day and night map or at the sun and moon pages of the SMA.

The graph below shows the hours of day light for Bern, the light blue areas show the twilight periods, i.e. when it is sufficiently light to walk without artificial light.

(Figure in PS format.)

Keep in mind that, depending on the altitude, twilight can be up to 10 mins longer in the mountains. During the summer time period, you've to add 1 hour. For every degree West of Bern (7°26' E), you've to add 4 mins, a small correction as illustrated in the table below.

Here are the numbers used for the graph:

DayTwilightSun riseSun setDark
1 7h35 8h16 16h51 17h28
11 7h33 8h14 17h02 17h41
21 7h28 8h08 17h15 17h53
31 7h19 7h57 17h30 18h09
41 7h08 7h44 17h45 18h20
51 6h53 7h28 18h01 18h34
61 6h38 7h10 18h15 18h46
71 6h22 6h51 18h30 18h58
81 6h06 6h31 18h45 19h10
91 5h42 6h11 18h58 19h26
101 5h24 5h51 19h12 19h38
111 5h05 5h33 19h26 19h51
121 4h48 5h16 19h39 20h06
131 4h34 5h01 19h52 20h19
141 4h22 4h48 20h05 20h31
151 4h10 4h40 20h15 20h45
161 4h06 4h35 20h23 20h52
171 4h05 4h34 20h28 20h57
181 4h09 4h38 20h29 20h57
191 4h16 4h45 20h25 20h54
201 4h26 4h55 20h17 20h46
211 4h41 5h06 20h06 20h31
221 4h53 5h19 19h51 20h18
231 5h05 5h32 19h34 20h02
241 5h20 5h45 19h16 19h40
251 5h31 5h58 18h57 19h23
261 5h45 6h11 18h37 19h03
271 5h58 6h24 18h17 18h41
281 6h09 6h38 17h57 18h25
291 6h22 6h52 17h38 18h08
301 6h38 7h06 17h21 17h50
311 6h49 7h21 17h06 17h39
321 7h01 7h36 16h54 17h30
331 7h15 7h50 16h45 17h23
341 7h24 8h02 16h41 17h22
351 7h30 8h11 16h42 17h24
361 7h35 8h16 16h47 17h28
366 7h35 8h16 16h51 17h28

Locations

Place Location   Offset
Bellegarde 5°49' 46° 7' +6:30
Chambéry 5°55' 45°34' +6:00
Aix les Bains 5°55' 45°42' +6:00
Reculet 5°56' 46°15' +6:00
Belledonne 6°0' 45°10' +5:45
Bourg d'Oisans 6°1' 45° 3' +5:45
St Genis 6°2' 46°14' +5:45
Alpe d'Huez 6°4' 45° 6' +5:30
Gex 6°4' 46°20' +5:30
Annecy 6°8' 45°54' +5:15
Salève 6°11' 46° 8' +5:00
Albertville 6°24' 45°40' +4:15
le Grand Bornand 6°26' 45°57' +4:00
Mt Billiat 6°35' 46°17' +3:30
Cornettes de Bise6°47' 46°20' +2:30
Mt Blanc 6°51' 45°50' +2:15
Buet 6°52' 46° 2' +2:15
Montreux 6°55' 46°26' +2:00
Aig du Tour 7°1' 45°59' +1:45
Martigny 7°5' 46° 6' +1:30
Chateau d'Oex 7°8' 46°28' +1:15
Bourg St Pierre 7°13' 45°57' +1:00
Derborence 7°13' 46°17' +1:00
Grand Combin 7°17'40"45°56'14"+0:30
Sion 7°21' 46°14' +0:15
Lenk 7°27' 46°27' +0:00
Arolla 7°29' 46° 2' -0:15
Sierre 7°32' 46°18' -0:30
Wildstrubel 7°32' 46°25' -0:30
Dent Blanche 7°36'38"46° 2'78"-0:45
Frutigen 7°39' 46°35' -1:00
Matterhorn 7°39'23"45°58'29"-1:00
Kandersteg 7°41' 46°30' -1:00
Weisshorn 7°42'67"46° 5'68"-1:00
Breithorn 7°44'71"45°56' 7"-1:15
Zermatt 7°45' 46° 1' -1:15
Dom 7°51'20"46° 5'22"-1:45
Dufourspitze 7°51'59"45°55'94"-1:45
Interlaken 7°52' 46°41' -1:45
Visp 7°53' 46°18' -1:45
Saas Fee 7°55' 46° 7' -2:00
Jungfrau 7°57'66"46°32'13"-2:15
Brig 8°0' 46°19' -2:15
Simplonpass 8°2' 46°15' -2:30
Finsteraarhorn 8°7'37" 46°32'35"-2:45
Nufenenpass 8°23' 46°29' -3:45
Schesaplana 9°42' 47° 3' -9:00
St Moritz 9°50' 46°30' -9:30
Piz Bernina 9°54'28"46°22'82"-10:00

All locations are East of Greenwhich and North of the equator.


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