Many photographers, in particular those who like to capture landscapes, may wish to know the times of sunrise and sunset for any given location. The times given here are for Bognor Regis in West Sussex and Land's End in Cornwall, to show how the times vary even over a relatively short distance, in this case about 360 km (220 miles).
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Dawn and dusk are the theoretical times when it starts to get light in the morning or ceases to be light in the evening. The actual sunrise and sunset times are the theoretical times when the sun's orb starts to appear or disappear over the horizon. Obviously the times vary from the theoretical depending upon altitude and weather conditions, among other factors, but they should give some indication of what time you need to set your alarm clock to go and capture that award-winning sunrise photograph.
While everyone knows that the shortest day falls on the 21st December (in the northern hemisphere anyway) not everyone realises that it doesn't mean that on that day the sun rises at its latest time and sets at its earliest. Oh no, nothing is ever that simple. For Bognor Regis this year, the earliest that the sun sets will be on December 12th, at 15:57. After that the evenings start to get lighter so that by the time we get to January 1st, the sun sets at 16:08, that's a whole 11 minutes later! At the same time, the mornings continue to get darker even after December 21st. This year the sun doesn't rise at its latest time until December 30th, at 8:04. After that the mornings start to get lighter also. All times are GMT and will vary depending on what part of the UK or mainland Europe you are in of course.
Date: 10-3-2010Bognor Regis:
Today - Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:59 Dawn 05:53 Dusk 18:32
Tomorrow - Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:01 Dawn 05:51 Dusk 18:33
Land's End:
Today - Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:19 Dawn 06:13 Dusk 18:52
Tomorrow - Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:21 Dawn 06:11 Dusk 18:53