When Does It Get Dark Today? Rancho Cordova & Any Location

Today in Rancho Cordova: dark at 17:28, fully dark at 18:30, sunset 17:00. For any place – with a 14-day table and the whole year.

Tonight in Rancho Cordova

  • Sunset is not darkness: after it come three twilights. Here is when it really gets dark – today and all year.
  • Sunset: 17:00
  • It gets dark (−6°): 17:28 – Street lights come on; reading outside without light is hardly possible.
  • Horizon disappears (−12°): 17:59 – Only bright stars and the outline of the landscape are left.
  • Fully dark (−18°): 18:30 – The faintest stars and the Milky Way appear.
  • And in the morning: First light (−18°) 05:06 · Horizon appears (−12°) 05:38 · It gets light (−6°) 06:09 · Sunrise 06:37

Clock change on March 14, 2027

  • The change makes it get dark an hour later in Rancho Cordova overnight: at 18:36 on the day before, at 19:37 on the day of the change.

The next 14 days

  • Thu, Nov 5: Sunset 17:00 · Dark 17:28 · Fully dark 18:30
  • Fri, Nov 6: Sunset 16:59 · Dark 17:27 · Fully dark 18:30
  • Sat, Nov 7: Sunset 16:58 · Dark 17:26 · Fully dark 18:29
  • Sun, Nov 8: Sunset 16:57 · Dark 17:25 · Fully dark 18:28
  • Mon, Nov 9: Sunset 16:56 · Dark 17:24 · Fully dark 18:27
  • Tue, Nov 10: Sunset 16:55 · Dark 17:23 · Fully dark 18:26
  • Wed, Nov 11: Sunset 16:55 · Dark 17:23 · Fully dark 18:26
  • Thu, Nov 12: Sunset 16:54 · Dark 17:22 · Fully dark 18:25
  • Fri, Nov 13: Sunset 16:53 · Dark 17:21 · Fully dark 18:24
  • Sat, Nov 14: Sunset 16:52 · Dark 17:20 · Fully dark 18:24
  • Sun, Nov 15: Sunset 16:51 · Dark 17:20 · Fully dark 18:23
  • Mon, Nov 16: Sunset 16:51 · Dark 17:19 · Fully dark 18:23
  • Tue, Nov 17: Sunset 16:50 · Dark 17:18 · Fully dark 18:22
  • Wed, Nov 18: Sunset 16:49 · Dark 17:18 · Fully dark 18:22

Dusk through the year in Rancho Cordova

  • Earliest dark: December 1, 17:13
  • Latest dark: June 22, 21:05
  • When does it get dark in Rancho Cordova today? The sun sets at 17:00. It is dark – too dark to read outside without light – from 17:28, and fully dark from 18:30.
  • What is the difference between sunset and darkness? After sunset come three stages of twilight: civil down to 6° below the horizon, nautical to 12°, astronomical to 18°. In Rancho Cordova it takes 28 minutes today from sunset until it is dark.
  • When does it get dark earliest in Rancho Cordova? It gets dark earliest around December 1, at 17:13, and latest around June 22, at 21:05.
  • Why does it get fully dark later in the north? The closer to the polar circle, the flatter the sun sinks below the horizon, so twilight lasts longer. Around the summer solstice the sun no longer gets 18° below the horizon north of about 48.5° – then it does not get fully dark at all.