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Today, Sunday, 25 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at GMT in Roscrea, County Tipperary, giving 9 hours, 59 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 56 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, Europe/Dublin (UTC+0)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today 25 Oct | 9h 59m | −3m 56s | ||
| Mon 26 Oct | 9h 55m | −3m 55s | ||
| Tue 27 Oct | 9h 51m | −3m 54s | ||
| Wed 28 Oct | 9h 47m | −3m 53s | ||
| Thu 29 Oct | 9h 43m | −3m 52s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 9h 39m | −3m 50s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 9h 35m | −3m 50s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | 20 March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | 21 June 2026 | |
| September equinox | 23 September 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | 21 December 2026 | |
| Clocks go forward | 29 March 2026 | IST |
| Clocks go back | 25 October 2026 | GMT |
99% illuminated · 14.0 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, 26 October 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Roscrea.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Roscrea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birr Uíbh Fhailí | 17 km NNW | 46 seconds later | ||
| Nenagh Bridge | 28 km WSW | 1 minute 25 seconds later | ||
| Nenagh | 28 km WSW | 1 minute 23 seconds later | ||
| Thurles | 30 km S | 37 seconds earlier | ||
| Portlaoise Laois | 35 km ENE | 1 minute 49 seconds earlier | ||
| Tullamore Uíbh Fhailí | 42 km NNE | 30 seconds earlier | ||
| Portarlington Laois | 47 km ENE | 1 minute 57 seconds earlier | ||
| Kilkenny Kilkenny | 50 km SE | 2 minutes 53 seconds earlier | ||
| Ballinasloe Galway | 50 km NNW | 2 minutes 33 seconds later | ||
| Athlone Westmeath | 53 km N | 1 minute 39 seconds later |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Roscrea, County Tipperary today, Sunday, 25 October 2026, is at 07:16 GMT, and sunset is at 17:14.
Roscrea gets 9 hours, 59 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 56 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Roscrea runs from 16:24 to 17:36 GMT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Roscrea is 21 June 2026, with 16 hours, 55 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 December 2026, with 7 hours, 34 minutes.
Roscrea uses the Europe/Dublin time zone, currently GMT (UTC+0).
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