Sunrise is the instant at which the upper edge of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east.

Sunrise may also refer to:

Organizations

  • Sunrise Movement, a U.S. youth-led climate activism organization
  • Sunrise Community, Inc., a nonprofit offering services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Sunrise Senior Living, an operator of senior living communities

Places

Canada

  • Camp Sunrise, a Salvation Army camp near Gibsons in British Columbia
  • Northern Sunrise County, Alberta
  • Sunrise Lake (Vancouver Island), British Columbia

United States

Populated places

  • Sunrise, Alaska, a census-designated place
  • Sunrise, Florida, a city
  • Sunrise, Long Beach, California, a neighborhood
  • Sunrise Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, a township
  • Sunrise, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Sunrise Township
  • Sunrise, Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Sunrise, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Other

  • Sunrise (Charleston, West Virginia), a 1905 historic home
  • Sunrise (Gore, Virginia), an 1818 historic home
  • Sunrise (Mount Rainier), a visitor center and lodge in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
  • Sunrise, Wyoming, a historic company mining town
  • Sunrise Colony, a communal living experiment in Michigan from 1933 to 1936
  • Sunrise Glacier (Alaska), a glacier of the Alaska Range
  • Sunrise Glacier (Montana), a mountain glacier
  • Sunrise Historic District, a community in Washington state
  • Sunrise Lake (New Hampshire)
  • Sunrise Mountain (Nevada), a peak
  • Sunrise Mountain (New Jersey), a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains
  • Sunrise River, Minnesota
  • Sunrise Theatre, Fort Pierce, Florida
  • Sunrise Peak, a mountain in Washington state

People

  • Sunrise Adams (born 1982), American pornographic actress

Literature

  • Sunrise (play)
  • Sunrise (magazine), a journal of the Theosophical Society Pasadena
  • Sunrise (novel), a 2009 novel in the Warriors: Power of Three series by Erin Hunter
  • Sunrise, a 1937 book by Grace Livingston Hill
  • Sunrise, a 1984 novel by Rosie Thomas

Film

  • Sunrise (1926 film), an Australian silent film co-directed by Raymond Longford and F. Stuart-Whyte
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, a 1927 American silent film starring Janet Gaynor, directed by F. W. Murnau; often referred to simply as "Sunrise"
  • Sunrise (2014 film), a Marathi drama by Partho Sen-Gupta
  • Sunrise (2024 film), directed by Andrew Baird

Radio

  • Sunrise Radio Group, a UK radio broadcaster
  • Sunrise Radio, an AM station in London
  • Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire), an FM station in Bradford
  • Sunrise Radio (Ireland), an FM station in Dublin

Television

  • Sunrise (Australian TV program), an Australian morning show that premiered on Seven Network in 1991
  • Sunrise (New Zealand TV programme), a 2007–2010 New Zealand breakfast news show that aired on TV3
  • Sunrise (UK TV programme), a 1989–2019 UK morning show that aired on Sky News
  • "Sunrise" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2014 episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother
  • "Sunrise" (The Twilight Zone), a 2003 episode of the TV series The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
  • Sunrise, the original name for the UK Breakfast Television station GMTV

Music

Classical

  • Sunrise (opera), 2015 opera by Jin Xiang after the 1936 play by Cao Yu
  • "Sunrise", a nickname for String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 4 by Joseph Haydn
  • "Sunrise", the introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss

Bands

  • Sunrise (Finnish band), a Finnish rock band later known as Sunrise Avenue
  • Sunrise (German band), a German pop band in the late 1970s
  • Sunrise (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian power metal band

Albums

  • Sunrise (Day6 album), 2017
  • Sunrise (Elvis Presley album), 1999
  • Sunrise (Fish Leong album), 2002
  • Sunrise (Idoling!!! album), 2010
  • Sunrise (Jimmy Ruffin album), 1980
  • Sunrise (Paulinho da Costa album), 1984
  • Sunrise (Robben Ford album), 1999
  • Sunrise (Shelby Lynne album), 1989
  • Sunrise, by Circle, 2002
  • Sunrise, by Eire Apparent, 1969
  • Sunrise, by Mick Softley, 1970
  • Sunrise, by Sam Feldt, 2017
  • Sunrise, half of the Coldplay album Everyday Life, 2019
  • The Sunrise EP, by Cause and Effect, 2003

Songs

  • "Sunrise" (Eric Carmen song), 1975
  • "Sunrise" (Alexandra Joner song), featuring Madcon, 2012
  • "Sunrise" (Caroline song), 2006
  • "Sunrise" (The Divine Comedy song), 1998
  • "Sunrise" (GFriend song), 2019
  • "Sunrise" (Infernal song), 2000
  • "Sunrise" (Irene Nelson song), 2010
  • "Sunrise" (Joe Bermudez song), 2016
  • "Sunrise" (Norah Jones song), 2004
  • "Sunrise" (Simply Red song), 2003
  • "Sunrise" (Uriah Heep song), 1972, from The Magician's Birthday
  • "Sunrise" (Morgan Wallen song), 2023, from One Thing at a Time
  • "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise", a 2004 song by Duran Duran
  • "Sunrise"/"Sunset (Love Is All)", double A-side single by Ayumi Hamasaki
  • "Sunrise/The Trees", double A-side single by Pulp
  • "Sunrise (Forrest Frank song)", 2025
  • "Sunrise", by Coldplay from Everyday Life
  • "Sunrise", by Childish Gambino from Camp
  • "Sunrise", by The Afters from Live On Forever
  • "Sunrise", by Angel City from Love Me Right
  • "Sunrise", by Ateez from Treasure EP.Fin: All to Action
  • "Sunrise", by Barry Manilow from Even Now (Barry Manilow album)
  • "Sunrise", by The Cataracs
  • "Sunrise", by Dannii Minogue from Club Disco
  • "Sunrise", by Dave Holland from Jumpin' In
  • "Sunrise", by Grateful Dead from Terrapin Station
  • "Sunrise", by Ice House from Man of Colours
  • "Sunrise", by Jagged Edge from Baby Makin' Project
  • "Sunrise", by New Order from Low-Life
  • "Sunrise", by Puffy AmiYumi from 59
  • "Sunrise", by Rascal Flatts from Changed
  • "Sunrise", by Scooter from Push the Beat for This Jam (The Second Chapter)
  • "Sunrise", by Snoop Dogg from Bible of Love
  • "Sunrise", by Spirit from Spirit of '76
  • "Sunrise", by Susumu Hirasawa from Detonator Orgun 2
  • "Sunrise", by The Who from The Who Sell Out
  • "Sunrise", by Yeasayer from All Hour Cymbals
  • "Sunrise (Al Amanecer)", from the musical In the Heights

Other uses

  • Sunrise Records, RCA subsidiary in the 1930s, sister label to Bluebird Records

Science

  • Sunrise (telescope), a balloon-borne solar telescope
  • SunRISE, Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment, a NASA heliophysics mission
  • Sunrise period, period of time after the launch of a new top-level or second-level Internet domain

Transport and aircraft

  • Sunrise station, a Sacramento Regional Transit District light-rail station in Rancho Cordova, California, United States
  • AstroFlight Sunrise, an American solar-powered experimental aircraft
  • Bautek Sunrise, a German hang glider
  • Empire Lad, a British Government Empire ship later renamed Sunrise
  • Sunrise Airways, a Haitian airline
  • Sunrise (Belgium), a Belgian defunct airline

Companies

  • Sunrise (studio), a Japanese animation studio
  • Sunrise Records, Canadian music retailer
  • Sunrise LLC, a Swiss telecommunications company
  • Sunrise Senior Living, an American retirement-home company
  • Sunrise Calendar, a calendar application for mobile and desktop

See also

  • Sunrise service, a Christian worship service on Easter
  • Tequila Sunrise (cocktail), an alcoholic drink
  • Operation Sunrise (disambiguation)
  • Sunrise Beach (disambiguation)
  • Sunrise FM (disambiguation)
  • Sunrise Lake (disambiguation)
  • Sunrise Movement, a youth environmentalism group
  • The Sun Rising (disambiguation)
  • Sunset and Sunrise (disambiguation)
  • Sunset (disambiguation)