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Today, Saturday, October 24, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Erwin, Tennessee, giving 10 hours, 57 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 8 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/New_York (UTC−4)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 24 | 10h 57m | −2m 08s | ||
| Sun Oct 25 | 10h 55m | −2m 06s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 53m | −2m 06s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 51m | −2m 05s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 49m | −2m 04s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 47m | −2m 03s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 45m | −2m 03s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | March 20, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | June 21, 2026 | |
| September equinox | September 22, 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | December 21, 2026 | |
| Clocks go forward | March 8, 2026 | EDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | EST |
97% illuminated · 13.1 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, October 26, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Erwin.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Erwin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesborough | 11 mi NNW | same minute | ||
| Johnson City | 12 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Chuckey | 16 mi WNW | 1 minute 10 seconds later | ||
| Elizabethton | 18 mi NE | 34 seconds earlier | ||
| Greeneville | 23 mi W | 1 minute 41 seconds later | ||
| Colonial Heights | 24 mi NNW | 46 seconds later | ||
| Kingsport | 29 mi NNW | 1 minute 5 seconds later | ||
| Bloomingdale | 31 mi N | 50 seconds later | ||
| Mount Carmel | 31 mi NNW | 1 minute 29 seconds later | ||
| Church Hill | 31 mi NNW | 1 minute 40 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 Erwin, Tennessee today, Saturday, October 24, 2026, is at 7:45 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:42 PM.
Erwin gets 10 hours, 57 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 8 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Erwin runs from 6:07 PM to 6:58 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Erwin is June 21, 2026, with 14 hours, 37 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 42 minutes.
Erwin uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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