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Ames, Iowa, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, January 2026

Daylight

7:23 am – 5:33 pm
10 hours, 9 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 3:14:00 am
Sun Direction: 67° East
Sun Altitude: -46.2°
Sun Distance: 91.635 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 9:46 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:23 am 111° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:33 pm 249° West

2026 Sun Graph for Ames

January 2026 — Sun in Ames

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Astronomical Twilight Nautical Twilight Civil Twilight Solar Noon
Jan Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Start End Start End Start End Time Mil. mi
1 7:42 am (121°) 4:53 pm (239°) 9:11:08 +0:44 6:02 am 6:34 pm 6:35 am 6:00 pm 7:11 am 5:25 pm 12:18 pm (25.0°) 91.405
2 7:42 am (121°) 4:54 pm (239°) 9:11:57 +0:48 6:02 am 6:35 pm 6:36 am 6:01 pm 7:11 am 5:26 pm 12:18 pm (25.1°) 91.404
3 7:42 am (121°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:12:49 +0:52 6:02 am 6:36 pm 6:36 am 6:02 pm 7:11 am 5:27 pm 12:19 pm (25.2°) 91.404
4 7:42 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:13:46 +0:56 6:02 am 6:36 pm 6:36 am 6:02 pm 7:11 am 5:27 pm 12:19 pm (25.3°) 91.404
5 7:42 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:14:47 +1:00 6:02 am 6:37 pm 6:36 am 6:03 pm 7:11 am 5:28 pm 12:19 pm (25.5°) 91.405
6 7:42 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:15:51 +1:04 6:02 am 6:38 pm 6:36 am 6:04 pm 7:11 am 5:29 pm 12:20 pm (25.6°) 91.406
7 7:42 am (120°) 4:59 pm (240°) 9:17:00 +1:08 6:02 am 6:39 pm 6:36 am 6:05 pm 7:11 am 5:30 pm 12:20 pm (25.7°) 91.409
8 7:42 am (120°) 5:00 pm (240°) 9:18:12 +1:11 6:02 am 6:40 pm 6:36 am 6:06 pm 7:11 am 5:31 pm 12:21 pm (25.8°) 91.411
9 7:42 am (119°) 5:01 pm (241°) 9:19:27 +1:15 6:02 am 6:41 pm 6:36 am 6:07 pm 7:10 am 5:32 pm 12:21 pm (26.0°) 91.414
10 7:41 am (119°) 5:02 pm (241°) 9:20:46 +1:19 6:02 am 6:42 pm 6:35 am 6:08 pm 7:10 am 5:33 pm 12:22 pm (26.1°) 91.418
11 7:41 am (119°) 5:03 pm (241°) 9:22:09 +1:22 6:02 am 6:43 pm 6:35 am 6:09 pm 7:10 am 5:34 pm 12:22 pm (26.3°) 91.422
12 7:41 am (119°) 5:04 pm (241°) 9:23:35 +1:26 6:01 am 6:44 pm 6:35 am 6:10 pm 7:10 am 5:35 pm 12:22 pm (26.4°) 91.427
13 7:40 am (119°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:25:05 +1:29 6:01 am 6:45 pm 6:35 am 6:11 pm 7:09 am 5:36 pm 12:23 pm (26.6°) 91.432
14 7:40 am (118°) 5:07 pm (242°) 9:26:37 +1:32 6:01 am 6:46 pm 6:35 am 6:12 pm 7:09 am 5:37 pm 12:23 pm (26.8°) 91.437
15 7:40 am (118°) 5:08 pm (242°) 9:28:13 +1:35 6:01 am 6:47 pm 6:34 am 6:13 pm 7:09 am 5:39 pm 12:23 pm (27.0°) 91.443
16 7:39 am (118°) 5:09 pm (242°) 9:29:53 +1:39 6:00 am 6:48 pm 6:34 am 6:14 pm 7:08 am 5:40 pm 12:24 pm (27.2°) 91.449
17 7:39 am (118°) 5:10 pm (243°) 9:31:35 +1:42 6:00 am 6:49 pm 6:33 am 6:15 pm 7:08 am 5:41 pm 12:24 pm (27.4°) 91.456
18 7:38 am (117°) 5:11 pm (243°) 9:33:20 +1:45 6:00 am 6:50 pm 6:33 am 6:16 pm 7:07 am 5:42 pm 12:24 pm (27.6°) 91.462
19 7:37 am (117°) 5:13 pm (243°) 9:35:08 +1:48 5:59 am 6:51 pm 6:33 am 6:17 pm 7:07 am 5:43 pm 12:25 pm (27.8°) 91.470
20 7:37 am (117°) 5:14 pm (243°) 9:36:59 +1:50 5:59 am 6:52 pm 6:32 am 6:18 pm 7:06 am 5:44 pm 12:25 pm (28.0°) 91.477
21 7:36 am (116°) 5:15 pm (244°) 9:38:52 +1:53 5:58 am 6:53 pm 6:32 am 6:19 pm 7:06 am 5:45 pm 12:25 pm (28.2°) 91.485
22 7:35 am (116°) 5:16 pm (244°) 9:40:48 +1:56 5:58 am 6:54 pm 6:31 am 6:21 pm 7:05 am 5:47 pm 12:26 pm (28.4°) 91.493
23 7:35 am (116°) 5:17 pm (244°) 9:42:47 +1:58 5:57 am 6:55 pm 6:30 am 6:22 pm 7:04 am 5:48 pm 12:26 pm (28.7°) 91.502
24 7:34 am (115°) 5:19 pm (245°) 9:44:48 +2:01 5:57 am 6:56 pm 6:30 am 6:23 pm 7:04 am 5:49 pm 12:26 pm (28.9°) 91.511
25 7:33 am (115°) 5:20 pm (245°) 9:46:52 +2:03 5:56 am 6:57 pm 6:29 am 6:24 pm 7:03 am 5:50 pm 12:26 pm (29.2°) 91.520
26 7:32 am (115°) 5:21 pm (246°) 9:48:58 +2:05 5:55 am 6:58 pm 6:28 am 6:25 pm 7:02 am 5:51 pm 12:27 pm (29.4°) 91.530
27 7:31 am (114°) 5:23 pm (246°) 9:51:06 +2:08 5:55 am 6:59 pm 6:28 am 6:26 pm 7:01 am 5:52 pm 12:27 pm (29.7°) 91.540
28 7:31 am (114°) 5:24 pm (246°) 9:53:16 +2:10 5:54 am 7:00 pm 6:27 am 6:27 pm 7:01 am 5:54 pm 12:27 pm (29.9°) 91.551
29 7:30 am (114°) 5:25 pm (247°) 9:55:29 +2:12 5:53 am 7:01 pm 6:26 am 6:29 pm 7:00 am 5:55 pm 12:27 pm (30.2°) 91.562
30 7:29 am (113°) 5:26 pm (247°) 9:57:43 +2:14 5:53 am 7:03 pm 6:25 am 6:30 pm 6:59 am 5:56 pm 12:27 pm (30.5°) 91.574
31 7:28 am (113°) 5:28 pm (247°) 10:00:00 +2:16 5:52 am 7:04 pm 6:25 am 6:31 pm 6:58 am 5:57 pm 12:27 pm (30.8°) 91.586
* All times are local time for Ames. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

Perihelion was on January 3, 2026 at 11:15 am in Ames. The Earth was closest to the Sun at this time.

The latest sunrise is on January 3.

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