Santa Barbara, California · 34.42°N 119.70°W · 92 mi NW of El Segundo

The Santa Barbara almanac

Thursday, October 8, 2026 — sunrise at 6:59 AM, sunset at 6:33 PM, 11h 34m of daylight, and a waning crescent overhead.

The coast runs east–west here. The sun sets over the ocean to the west-southwest, and the islands sit on the horizon.

Daylight

Length
11h 34m
vs yesterday
−2m 07s
Longest 2026
Jun 21
Shortest 2026
Dec 21

Moon

Phase
🌘waning crescent
Illuminated
4%
Next full
Oct 25
Next new
Oct 10

Tide

We do not name a tide gauge for Santa Barbara — guessing the nearest station would produce confidently wrong water. Find the right one at NOAA's California station map.

The next seven days

DateSunriseSunsetDaylightMoon
ThuOct 86:59 AM6:33 PM11h 34m🌘4%
FriOct 96:59 AM6:32 PM11h 32m🌑1%
SatOct 107:00 AM6:30 PM11h 30m🌑0%
SunOct 117:01 AM6:29 PM11h 28m🌑1%
MonOct 127:02 AM6:28 PM11h 26m🌒5%
TueOct 137:02 AM6:26 PM11h 24m🌒11%
WedOct 147:03 AM6:25 PM11h 22m🌒18%

Sun and moon are computed here from the NOAA solar formulas and the standard synodic model, so this page is as correct months from now as it was the day it built. Tide is never computed — it comes live from NOAA or it is absent. Machine-readable version · All places