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The Lake Year · A weekly almanac for Detroit Lake

Sun and moon this week.

Sunday, October 18, 2026 · Day 291 of 365 · Autumn, day 27 of 90

This edition

At the lake this week.

The sun at City Beach · Sun, Oct 18

Sunrise7:45 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Daylight10 h 46 m
  • 3 min 13 s less daylight than the day before
  • 22 min 42 s less daylight than a week earlier; sunrise 10 min later, sunset 13 min earlier
  • The days are getting shorter toward the Winter solstice on Mon, Dec 21, in 64 days.
The next seven days
DaySunriseSunsetDaylight
Sun, Oct 187:45 AM6:31 PM10 h 46 m
Mon, Oct 197:46 AM6:29 PM10 h 42 m
Tue, Oct 207:47 AM6:27 PM10 h 39 m
Wed, Oct 217:49 AM6:25 PM10 h 36 m
Thu, Oct 227:50 AM6:24 PM10 h 33 m
Fri, Oct 237:52 AM6:22 PM10 h 30 m
Sat, Oct 247:53 AM6:20 PM10 h 27 m

The moon

First Quarter50% lit on Oct 18 · 8 days into the cycle
  • Full MoonSun, Oct 25, 11:11 PM
  • Last QuarterSun, Nov 1, 2:28 PM
  • New MoonMon, Nov 9, 1:01 AM
  • First QuarterTue, Nov 17, 5:47 AM

Phase times in Central Time. Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov 1.

How the numbers are made.

Sunrise and sunset are computed for City Beach in Detroit Lakes (46.81° N, 95.85° W) with the NOAA solar position approximation, good to about a minute. Moon phases, solstices and equinoxes follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms and are good to a few minutes. Nothing here comes from a weather service; check the forecast before you head out.

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