AB169TW (Aberdeen) Sunrise / Sunset Times
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This page outlines the sunrise (dawn) and sunset (dusk) times for AB16 9TW (Aberdeen) postcode area.
Sunrise is the instance at which the upper edge of the sun appears over the eastern horizon in the morning, and sunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon. The following sunrise/sunset times are calculated algorithmically, and may vary by a couple of minutes.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2017 | 06:01 | 18:01 |
| 29 June 2017 | 06:04 | 18:04 |
| 02 July 2017 | 06:07 | 18:07 |
| 05 July 2017 | 06:10 | 18:10 |
| 08 July 2017 | 06:13 | 18:13 |
| 11 July 2017 | 06:16 | 18:16 |
| 14 July 2017 | 06:19 | 18:19 |
| 17 July 2017 | 06:22 | 18:22 |
| 20 July 2017 | 06:25 | 18:25 |
| 23 July 2017 | 06:28 | 18:28 |
Useful resources
- Sunrise - Wikipedia
A Wikipedia page for 'Sunrise', or sun-up, when the sun crosses the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects. - Sunset - Wikipedia
A Wikipedia page for 'Sunset', or sundown, when the sun is at an azimuth greater than 180 degrees. - HM Nautical Almanac Office
Daily rise/set and twilight times for the British Isles from the HM Nautical Almanac Office.
How does this work?
Our sunrise and sunset times are calculated algorithmnically, using PHP, Ajax and JQuery. PHP has a built in function (date_sunrise() and date_sunset()) that returns the time of sunrise and sunset for any given day and location, and is calculated based on the latitude/longitude coordinates.
The sunrise and sunset syntax for the PHP function is as follows:
date_sunrise(timestamp,format,latitude,longitude,zenith,gmtoffset);
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| timestamp | A required field that passes the timestamp of the day required to calculate the sunrise/sunset time. |
| format |
An optional parameter that specified how the date format is returned. |
| latitude | An optional parameter, specifying the latitude of the region. Default is North. |
| longitude | An optional parameter, specifying the longitude of the region. Default is East. |
| zenith | An optional parameter, specifying the default zenith. Default is date.sunrise_zenith. |
| gmtoffset | An optional field that specifies any offset of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). |
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