Sunset and sunrise times in Jining, China

In Jining, China the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 18:05 and rises at 06:04. Daylight lasts 12h 1m; evening golden hour runs from 17:31 to 18:20.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
05:38
Sunrise
06:04
Sunset
18:05
Last light
18:30

18h 3m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:31 – 18:20
Blue hour
18:20 – 18:30
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:36 / 05:19

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:04 Golden hour 17:30 – 18:19 Day length 11h 58m vs today 2 minutes shorter

Where Jining is

Coordinates
35.4050° N, 116.5814° E
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Elevation
43 m
Population
1,241,012

Sunrise and sunset in Jining, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:19 05:45 12:13 18:41 19:07 12h 55m −2:07 18:07–18:57 🌖 83%
Wed 2 05:20 05:46 12:13 18:40 19:05 12h 53m −2:08 18:06–18:55 🌖 74%
Thu 3 05:21 05:47 12:13 18:38 19:04 12h 51m −2:08 18:04–18:54 🌖 63%
Fri 4 05:21 05:47 12:12 18:37 19:03 12h 49m −2:09 18:03–18:53 🌗 52%
Sat 5 05:22 05:48 12:12 18:35 19:01 12h 47m −2:09 18:02–18:51 🌘 40%
Sun 6 05:23 05:49 12:12 18:34 19:00 12h 45m −2:09 18:00–18:50 🌘 29%
Mon 7 05:24 05:50 12:11 18:33 18:58 12h 42m −2:10 17:59–18:48 🌘 19%
Tue 8 05:25 05:50 12:11 18:31 18:57 12h 40m −2:10 17:57–18:47 🌘 11%
Wed 9 05:25 05:51 12:11 18:30 18:55 12h 38m −2:10 17:56–18:45 🌘 5%
Thu 10 05:26 05:52 12:10 18:28 18:54 12h 36m −2:11 17:55–18:44 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:27 05:53 12:10 18:27 18:52 12h 34m −2:11 17:53–18:42 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:28 05:53 12:10 18:25 18:51 12h 32m −2:11 17:52–18:41 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:28 05:54 12:09 18:24 18:49 12h 29m −2:11 17:50–18:40 🌒 5%
Mon 14 05:29 05:55 12:09 18:22 18:48 12h 27m −2:12 17:49–18:38 🌒 11%
Tue 15 05:30 05:56 12:09 18:21 18:46 12h 25m −2:12 17:47–18:37 🌒 18%
Wed 16 05:31 05:56 12:08 18:20 18:45 12h 23m −2:12 17:46–18:35 🌒 26%
Thu 17 05:32 05:57 12:08 18:18 18:44 12h 21m −2:12 17:45–18:34 🌒 34%
Fri 18 05:32 05:58 12:07 18:17 18:42 12h 18m −2:12 17:43–18:32 🌒 44%
Sat 19 05:33 05:58 12:07 18:15 18:41 12h 16m −2:12 17:42–18:31 🌓 53%
Sun 20 05:34 05:59 12:07 18:14 18:39 12h 14m −2:13 17:40–18:29 🌔 62%
Mon 21 05:35 06:00 12:06 18:12 18:38 12h 12m −2:13 17:39–18:28 🌔 71%
Tue 22 05:35 06:01 12:06 18:11 18:36 12h 10m −2:13 17:37–18:26 🌔 79%
Wed 23 05:36 06:01 12:06 18:09 18:35 12h 7m −2:13 17:36–18:25 🌔 87%
Thu 24 05:37 06:02 12:05 18:08 18:33 12h 5m −2:13 17:34–18:23 🌔 93%
Fri 25 05:38 06:03 12:05 18:06 18:32 12h 3m −2:13 17:33–18:22 🌔 97%
Sat 26 05:38 06:04 12:05 18:05 18:30 12h 1m −2:13 17:31–18:20 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:39 06:05 12:04 18:04 18:29 11h 58m −2:13 17:30–18:19 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:40 06:05 12:04 18:02 18:27 11h 56m −2:13 17:28–18:18 🌖 98%
Tue 29 05:41 06:06 12:04 18:01 18:26 11h 54m −2:13 17:27–18:16 🌖 93%
Wed 30 05:41 06:07 12:03 17:59 18:25 11h 52m −2:13 17:26–18:15 🌖 86%
More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Tue 1 04:16 04:48 05:45 18:41 19:38 20:09 11h 4m 62.9° 281° W
Wed 2 04:17 04:49 05:46 18:40 19:36 20:08 11h 7m 62.5° 280° W
Thu 3 04:18 04:50 05:47 18:38 19:35 20:06 11h 9m 62.1° 280° W
Fri 4 04:19 04:51 05:47 18:37 19:33 20:05 11h 11m 61.8° 279° W
Sat 5 04:20 04:52 05:48 18:35 19:32 20:03 11h 13m 61.4° 279° W
Sun 6 04:21 04:53 05:49 18:34 19:30 20:01 11h 15m 61.0° 278° W
Mon 7 04:22 04:53 05:50 18:33 19:29 20:00 11h 17m 60.7° 278° W
Tue 8 04:23 04:54 05:50 18:31 19:27 19:58 11h 19m 60.3° 277° W
Wed 9 04:24 04:55 05:51 18:30 19:26 19:56 11h 22m 59.9° 277° W
Thu 10 04:25 04:56 05:52 18:28 19:24 19:55 11h 24m 59.5° 277° W
Fri 11 04:26 04:57 05:53 18:27 19:22 19:53 11h 26m 59.2° 276° W
Sat 12 04:27 04:58 05:53 18:25 19:21 19:52 11h 28m 58.8° 276° W
Sun 13 04:28 04:58 05:54 18:24 19:19 19:50 11h 30m 58.4° 275° W
Mon 14 04:29 04:59 05:55 18:22 19:18 19:48 11h 33m 58.0° 275° W
Tue 15 04:29 05:00 05:56 18:21 19:16 19:47 11h 35m 57.6° 274° W
Wed 16 04:30 05:01 05:56 18:20 19:15 19:45 11h 37m 57.2° 274° W
Thu 17 04:31 05:02 05:57 18:18 19:13 19:44 11h 39m 56.9° 273° W
Fri 18 04:32 05:02 05:58 18:17 19:12 19:42 11h 41m 56.5° 273° W
Sat 19 04:33 05:03 05:58 18:15 19:10 19:40 11h 44m 56.1° 272° W
Sun 20 04:34 05:04 05:59 18:14 19:09 19:39 11h 46m 55.7° 272° W
Mon 21 04:35 05:05 06:00 18:12 19:07 19:37 11h 48m 55.3° 271° W
Tue 22 04:36 05:06 06:01 18:11 19:06 19:36 11h 50m 54.9° 271° W
Wed 23 04:36 05:06 06:01 18:09 19:04 19:34 11h 52m 54.5° 270° W
Thu 24 04:37 05:07 06:02 18:08 19:03 19:33 11h 55m 54.1° 270° W
Fri 25 04:38 05:08 06:03 18:06 19:01 19:31 11h 57m 53.8° 269° W
Sat 26 04:39 05:09 06:04 18:05 19:00 19:30 11h 59m 53.4° 269° W
Sun 27 04:40 05:10 06:05 18:04 18:58 19:28 12h 1m 53.0° 268° W
Mon 28 04:41 05:10 06:05 18:02 18:57 19:27 12h 4m 52.6° 268° W
Tue 29 04:41 05:11 06:06 18:01 18:55 19:25 12h 6m 52.2° 268° W
Wed 30 04:42 05:12 06:07 17:59 18:54 19:24 12h 8m 51.8° 267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Thu 1 05:42 06:08 12:03 17:58 18:23 11h 50m −2:13 17:24–18:13 🌖 77%
Fri 2 05:43 06:08 12:03 17:56 18:22 11h 47m −2:12 17:23–18:12 🌖 67%
Sat 3 05:44 06:09 12:02 17:55 18:20 11h 45m −2:12 17:21–18:10 🌗 55%
Sun 4 05:45 06:10 12:02 17:53 18:19 11h 43m −2:12 17:20–18:09 🌘 44%
Mon 5 05:45 06:11 12:02 17:52 18:17 11h 41m −2:12 17:18–18:08 🌘 32%
Tue 6 05:46 06:12 12:01 17:51 18:16 11h 39m −2:12 17:17–18:06 🌘 22%
Wed 7 05:47 06:12 12:01 17:49 18:15 11h 36m −2:12 17:15–18:05 🌘 13%
Thu 8 05:48 06:13 12:01 17:48 18:13 11h 34m −2:11 17:14–18:04 🌘 7%
Fri 9 05:49 06:14 12:01 17:47 18:12 11h 32m −2:11 17:13–18:02 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:49 06:15 12:00 17:45 18:11 11h 30m −2:11 17:11–18:01 🌘 0%
Sun 11 05:50 06:16 12:00 17:44 18:09 11h 28m −2:11 17:10–17:59 🌑 1%
Mon 12 05:51 06:16 12:00 17:42 18:08 11h 26m −2:10 17:08–17:58 🌒 3%
Tue 13 05:52 06:17 11:59 17:41 18:07 11h 23m −2:10 17:07–17:57 🌒 7%
Wed 14 05:53 06:18 11:59 17:40 18:05 11h 21m −2:10 17:06–17:56 🌒 13%
Thu 15 05:53 06:19 11:59 17:39 18:04 11h 19m −2:09 17:04–17:54 🌒 20%
Fri 16 05:54 06:20 11:59 17:37 18:03 11h 17m −2:09 17:03–17:53 🌒 28%
Sat 17 05:55 06:21 11:59 17:36 18:02 11h 15m −2:08 17:01–17:52 🌒 36%
Sun 18 05:56 06:22 11:58 17:35 18:00 11h 13m −2:08 17:00–17:50 🌓 45%
Mon 19 05:57 06:22 11:58 17:33 17:59 11h 10m −2:07 16:59–17:49 🌔 55%
Tue 20 05:58 06:23 11:58 17:32 17:58 11h 8m −2:07 16:58–17:48 🌔 64%
Wed 21 05:58 06:24 11:58 17:31 17:57 11h 6m −2:06 16:56–17:47 🌔 73%
Thu 22 05:59 06:25 11:58 17:30 17:56 11h 4m −2:06 16:55–17:46 🌔 82%
Fri 23 06:00 06:26 11:58 17:29 17:54 11h 2m −2:05 16:54–17:44 🌔 89%
Sat 24 06:01 06:27 11:57 17:27 17:53 11h 0m −2:04 16:52–17:43 🌔 95%
Sun 25 06:02 06:28 11:57 17:26 17:52 10h 58m −2:04 16:51–17:42 🌔 98%
Mon 26 06:03 06:29 11:57 17:25 17:51 10h 56m −2:03 16:50–17:41 🌕 100%
Tue 27 06:04 06:30 11:57 17:24 17:50 10h 54m −2:02 16:49–17:40 🌖 99%
Wed 28 06:04 06:31 11:57 17:23 17:49 10h 52m −2:01 16:48–17:39 🌖 95%
Thu 29 06:05 06:31 11:57 17:22 17:48 10h 50m −2:01 16:46–17:38 🌖 89%
Fri 30 06:06 06:32 11:57 17:21 17:47 10h 48m −2:00 16:45–17:37 🌖 81%
Sat 31 06:07 06:33 11:57 17:20 17:46 10h 46m −1:59 16:44–17:36 🌖 71%

Longest and shortest day in Jining

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 14h 32m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 3 months, with 9h 45m.

Between them the day length swings by 4h 47m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:00 on 6 December; the latest is 19:32 on 29 June. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 04:58 on 13 June to 07:23 on 7 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 10m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Jining different

Sunset here is followed by about 25 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

Evening golden hour runs 49 minutes today. On the equator the same window lasts about 40 — at 35.4° the sun approaches the horizon at a shallower angle and takes its time.

Over a year the sunset point slides 58° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

By the end of September the sun will be setting 42 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 86 seconds a day.

Planning a sunset photo in Jining

Arrive by 17:16. Golden hour opens at 17:31 and the sun is down by 18:05, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 269° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:20 and runs to 18:30, the end of civil twilight and 25m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Jining — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Jining today?

The sun sets in Jining at 18:05 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Jining?

It takes 25m. Civil twilight ends at 18:30 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Jining?

Evening golden hour runs 17:31 to 18:20 today, lasting 49m. Full golden hour times for Jining covers the morning window and the coming week.

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