Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Sapporo, Japan

In Sapporo, Japan the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 17:25 and rises at 05:25. Daylight lasts 12h 0m; evening golden hour runs from 16:48 to 17:43.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
04:57
Sunrise
05:25
Solar noon
11:26
Sunset
17:25
Last light
17:54
Day length
12h 0m

17h 23m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
16:48 – 17:43
Blue hour
17:43 – 17:54
Max sun altitude
45.7°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:53 / 04:35

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 17:23 Golden hour 16:46 – 17:41 Day length 11h 57m vs today 3 minutes shorter

Where Sapporo is

Coordinates
43.0667° N, 141.3500° E
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Current offset
UTC+09:00
Elevation
26 m
Population
1,973,832

Sunrise and sunset in Sapporo, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 04:29 04:58 11:34 18:10 18:39 13h 12m −2:48 17:32–18:28 🌖 84%
Wed 2 04:30 04:59 11:34 18:08 18:37 13h 9m −2:49 17:30–18:26 🌖 75%
Thu 3 04:31 05:00 11:34 18:06 18:36 13h 6m −2:49 17:29–18:24 🌖 64%
Fri 4 04:32 05:01 11:33 18:05 18:34 13h 3m −2:50 17:27–18:22 🌗 52%
Sat 5 04:33 05:02 11:33 18:03 18:32 13h 0m −2:50 17:25–18:21 🌘 41%
Sun 6 04:34 05:03 11:33 18:01 18:30 12h 57m −2:51 17:24–18:19 🌘 29%
Mon 7 04:35 05:04 11:32 17:59 18:28 12h 55m −2:51 17:22–18:17 🌘 19%
Tue 8 04:37 05:05 11:32 17:58 18:26 12h 52m −2:51 17:20–18:15 🌘 11%
Wed 9 04:38 05:07 11:32 17:56 18:25 12h 49m −2:52 17:18–18:13 🌘 5%
Thu 10 04:39 05:08 11:31 17:54 18:23 12h 46m −2:52 17:17–18:12 🌘 1%
Fri 11 04:40 05:09 11:31 17:52 18:21 12h 43m −2:52 17:15–18:10 🌑 0%
Sat 12 04:41 05:10 11:31 17:51 18:19 12h 40m −2:53 17:13–18:08 🌒 1%
Sun 13 04:42 05:11 11:30 17:49 18:17 12h 37m −2:53 17:11–18:06 🌒 5%
Mon 14 04:43 05:12 11:30 17:47 18:15 12h 34m −2:53 17:10–18:04 🌒 10%
Tue 15 04:44 05:13 11:29 17:45 18:14 12h 32m −2:53 17:08–18:03 🌒 17%
Wed 16 04:46 05:14 11:29 17:43 18:12 12h 29m −2:54 17:06–18:01 🌒 25%
Thu 17 04:47 05:15 11:29 17:42 18:10 12h 26m −2:54 17:04–17:59 🌒 34%
Fri 18 04:48 05:16 11:28 17:40 18:08 12h 23m −2:54 17:02–17:57 🌒 43%
Sat 19 04:49 05:17 11:28 17:38 18:06 12h 20m −2:54 17:01–17:55 🌓 52%
Sun 20 04:50 05:19 11:28 17:36 18:04 12h 17m −2:54 16:59–17:53 🌔 62%
Mon 21 04:51 05:20 11:27 17:34 18:03 12h 14m −2:54 16:57–17:52 🌔 71%
Tue 22 04:52 05:21 11:27 17:32 18:01 12h 11m −2:55 16:55–17:50 🌔 79%
Wed 23 04:53 05:22 11:27 17:31 17:59 12h 8m −2:55 16:53–17:48 🌔 86%
Thu 24 04:55 05:23 11:26 17:29 17:57 12h 5m −2:55 16:51–17:46 🌔 92%
Fri 25 04:56 05:24 11:26 17:27 17:55 12h 3m −2:55 16:50–17:44 🌔 97%
Sat 26 04:57 05:25 11:26 17:25 17:54 12h 0m −2:55 16:48–17:43 🌔 99%
Sun 27 04:58 05:26 11:25 17:23 17:52 11h 57m −2:55 16:46–17:41 🌕 100%
Mon 28 04:59 05:27 11:25 17:22 17:50 11h 54m −2:55 16:44–17:39 🌖 98%
Tue 29 05:00 05:29 11:25 17:20 17:48 11h 51m −2:55 16:42–17:37 🌖 93%
Wed 30 05:01 05:30 11:24 17:18 17:46 11h 48m −2:55 16:40–17:35 🌖 87%
More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Tue 1 03:16 03:53 04:58 18:10 19:14 19:51 10h 49m 55.2° 282° WNW
Wed 2 03:18 03:55 04:59 18:08 19:12 19:49 10h 51m 54.9° 282° WNW
Thu 3 03:19 03:56 05:00 18:06 19:10 19:47 10h 54m 54.5° 281° W
Fri 4 03:21 03:57 05:01 18:05 19:08 19:45 10h 57m 54.1° 281° W
Sat 5 03:22 03:58 05:02 18:03 19:06 19:43 11h 0m 53.8° 280° W
Sun 6 03:24 04:00 05:03 18:01 19:05 19:41 11h 3m 53.4° 280° W
Mon 7 03:25 04:01 05:04 17:59 19:03 19:38 11h 6m 53.0° 279° W
Tue 8 03:26 04:02 05:05 17:58 19:01 19:36 11h 8m 52.7° 279° W
Wed 9 03:28 04:03 05:07 17:56 18:59 19:34 11h 11m 52.3° 278° W
Thu 10 03:29 04:05 05:08 17:54 18:57 19:32 11h 14m 51.9° 277° W
Fri 11 03:30 04:06 05:09 17:52 18:55 19:30 11h 17m 51.5° 277° W
Sat 12 03:32 04:07 05:10 17:51 18:53 19:28 11h 20m 51.1° 276° W
Sun 13 03:33 04:08 05:11 17:49 18:51 19:26 11h 23m 50.8° 276° W
Mon 14 03:35 04:10 05:12 17:47 18:49 19:24 11h 26m 50.4° 275° W
Tue 15 03:36 04:11 05:13 17:45 18:47 19:22 11h 29m 50.0° 275° W
Wed 16 03:37 04:12 05:14 17:43 18:45 19:20 11h 31m 49.6° 274° W
Thu 17 03:38 04:13 05:15 17:42 18:43 19:18 11h 34m 49.2° 274° W
Fri 18 03:40 04:14 05:16 17:40 18:42 19:16 11h 37m 48.8° 273° W
Sat 19 03:41 04:15 05:17 17:38 18:40 19:14 11h 40m 48.4° 273° W
Sun 20 03:42 04:17 05:19 17:36 18:38 19:12 11h 43m 48.1° 272° W
Mon 21 03:44 04:18 05:20 17:34 18:36 19:10 11h 46m 47.7° 272° W
Tue 22 03:45 04:19 05:21 17:32 18:34 19:08 11h 49m 47.3° 271° W
Wed 23 03:46 04:20 05:22 17:31 18:32 19:06 11h 52m 46.9° 271° W
Thu 24 03:47 04:21 05:23 17:29 18:30 19:04 11h 55m 46.5° 270° W
Fri 25 03:49 04:23 05:24 17:27 18:28 19:02 11h 58m 46.1° 270° W
Sat 26 03:50 04:24 05:25 17:25 18:27 19:00 12h 1m 45.7° 269° W
Sun 27 03:51 04:25 05:26 17:23 18:25 18:58 12h 3m 45.3° 268° W
Mon 28 03:52 04:26 05:27 17:22 18:23 18:56 12h 6m 45.0° 268° W
Tue 29 03:54 04:27 05:29 17:20 18:21 18:55 12h 9m 44.6° 267° W
Wed 30 03:55 04:28 05:30 17:18 18:19 18:53 12h 12m 44.2° 267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Thu 1 05:02 05:31 11:24 17:16 17:45 11h 45m −2:54 16:39–17:34 🌖 78%
Fri 2 05:04 05:32 11:24 17:15 17:43 11h 42m −2:54 16:37–17:32 🌖 67%
Sat 3 05:05 05:33 11:23 17:13 17:41 11h 39m −2:54 16:35–17:30 🌖 56%
Sun 4 05:06 05:34 11:23 17:11 17:39 11h 36m −2:54 16:33–17:28 🌗 44%
Mon 5 05:07 05:35 11:23 17:09 17:38 11h 33m −2:54 16:31–17:27 🌘 33%
Tue 6 05:08 05:36 11:22 17:08 17:36 11h 31m −2:54 16:30–17:25 🌘 22%
Wed 7 05:09 05:38 11:22 17:06 17:34 11h 28m −2:53 16:28–17:23 🌘 14%
Thu 8 05:10 05:39 11:22 17:04 17:32 11h 25m −2:53 16:26–17:21 🌘 7%
Fri 9 05:11 05:40 11:21 17:02 17:31 11h 22m −2:53 16:24–17:20 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:13 05:41 11:21 17:01 17:29 11h 19m −2:53 16:22–17:18 🌘 0%
Sun 11 05:14 05:42 11:21 16:59 17:27 11h 16m −2:52 16:21–17:16 🌑 1%
Mon 12 05:15 05:43 11:21 16:57 17:26 11h 13m −2:52 16:19–17:15 🌒 3%
Tue 13 05:16 05:45 11:20 16:56 17:24 11h 10m −2:51 16:17–17:13 🌒 7%
Wed 14 05:17 05:46 11:20 16:54 17:22 11h 8m −2:51 16:15–17:11 🌒 12%
Thu 15 05:18 05:47 11:20 16:52 17:21 11h 5m −2:51 16:14–17:10 🌒 19%
Fri 16 05:20 05:48 11:20 16:51 17:19 11h 2m −2:50 16:12–17:08 🌒 27%
Sat 17 05:21 05:49 11:20 16:49 17:18 10h 59m −2:50 16:10–17:07 🌒 36%
Sun 18 05:22 05:51 11:19 16:47 17:16 10h 56m −2:49 16:09–17:05 🌒 45%
Mon 19 05:23 05:52 11:19 16:46 17:15 10h 53m −2:48 16:07–17:03 🌓 55%
Tue 20 05:24 05:53 11:19 16:44 17:13 10h 51m −2:48 16:05–17:02 🌔 64%
Wed 21 05:25 05:54 11:19 16:43 17:11 10h 48m −2:47 16:03–17:00 🌔 73%
Thu 22 05:27 05:55 11:19 16:41 17:10 10h 45m −2:47 16:02–16:59 🌔 81%
Fri 23 05:28 05:57 11:18 16:40 17:09 10h 42m −2:46 16:00–16:57 🌔 89%
Sat 24 05:29 05:58 11:18 16:38 17:07 10h 40m −2:45 15:59–16:56 🌔 94%
Sun 25 05:30 05:59 11:18 16:37 17:06 10h 37m −2:44 15:57–16:54 🌔 98%
Mon 26 05:31 06:00 11:18 16:35 17:04 10h 34m −2:43 15:55–16:53 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:32 06:02 11:18 16:34 17:03 10h 31m −2:42 15:54–16:52 🌖 99%
Wed 28 05:34 06:03 11:18 16:32 17:01 10h 29m −2:41 15:52–16:50 🌖 95%
Thu 29 05:35 06:04 11:18 16:31 17:00 10h 26m −2:40 15:51–16:49 🌖 89%
Fri 30 05:36 06:05 11:18 16:29 16:59 10h 23m −2:39 15:49–16:47 🌖 81%
Sat 31 05:37 06:07 11:18 16:28 16:57 10h 21m −2:38 15:48–16:46 🌖 71%

Longest and shortest day in Sapporo

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 15h 22m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 3 months, with 8h 59m.

Between them the day length swings by 6h 22m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 15:59 on 9 December; the latest is 19:18 on 27 June. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 03:54 on 15 June to 07:06 on 3 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 12m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Sapporo different

Sitting on the eastern side of its time zone puts solar noon at 11:26, a full 34 minutes before twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

Light lingers for 28 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 4 minutes longer than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 43.1°N buys you.

The shallow approach angle at 43.1° stretches this evening's golden hour to 55 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

Summer and winter days differ by 6h 22m here, more seasonal variation than almost anywhere else in Japan we track.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 66° round to NW. Tonight, W.

Sunset drifts 107 seconds earlier each day this month — 52 minutes from the first of September to the last.

Planning a sunset photo in Sapporo

Arrive by 16:33. Golden hour opens at 16:48 and the sun is down by 17:25, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 269° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 17:43 and runs to 17:54, the end of civil twilight and 28m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Sapporo — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Sapporo today?

The sun sets in Sapporo at 17:25 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Sapporo?

It takes 28m. Civil twilight ends at 17:54 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Sapporo?

Evening golden hour runs 16:48 to 17:43 today, lasting 54m. Full golden hour times for Sapporo covers the morning window and the coming week.

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