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Sunrise & Sunset

GET /geo/sun

Get sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and civil/nautical/astronomical twilight times for any location and date. Returns all times in UTC. Useful for photography apps (golden hour planning), outdoor activity schedulers, smart home lighting automation, religious observance apps, and solar energy production estimates. Especially relevant in Nordic regions with extreme daylight variations.

Parameters

lat required

Latitude

lon required

Longitude

date optional

Date

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/geo/sun?lat=59.9&lon=10.7"
Sunrise and sunset in Oslo today
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/geo/sun?lat=59.9&lon=10.7"
Sunrise in Tromso on midsummer
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/geo/sun?lat=69.65&lon=18.96&date=2026-06-21"
Sunset in Cape Town on a specific date
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/geo/sun?lat=-33.93&lon=18.42&date=2026-12-25"

Live Response 

{
  "data": {
    "astronomical_twilight_begin": "2026-04-05T01:44:54+00:00",
    "astronomical_twilight_end": "2026-04-05T20:54:53+00:00",
    "civil_twilight_begin": "2026-04-05T03:46:30+00:00",
    "civil_twilight_end": "2026-04-05T18:53:17+00:00",
    "day_length": 49446,
    "nautical_twilight_begin": "2026-04-05T02:51:22+00:00",
    "nautical_twilight_end": "2026-04-05T19:48:25+00:00",
    "solar_noon": "2026-04-05T11:19:53+00:00",
    "sunrise": "2026-04-05T04:27:50+00:00",
    "sunset": "2026-04-05T18:11:56+00:00"
  },
  "success": true
}
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