Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Moscow, Russia

In Moscow, Russia the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 18:18 and rises at 06:22. Daylight lasts 11h 56m; evening golden hour runs from 17:29 to 18:41.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
05:45
Sunrise
06:22
Solar noon
12:20
Sunset
18:18
Last light
18:55
Day length
11h 56m

18h 16m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:29 – 18:41
Blue hour
18:41 – 18:55
Max sun altitude
32.9°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:47 / 05:51

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:15 Golden hour 17:26 – 18:38 Day length 11h 51m vs today 5 minutes shorter

Where Moscow is

Coordinates
55.7520° N, 37.6178° E
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Elevation
155 m
Population
10,381,222

Sunrise and sunset in Moscow, 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 04:54 05:33 12:29 19:23 20:02 13h 50m −4:29 18:34–19:47 🌖 82%
Wed 2 04:56 05:35 12:29 19:21 20:00 13h 45m −4:30 18:32–19:44 🌖 72%
Thu 3 04:58 05:37 12:28 19:18 19:57 13h 41m −4:30 18:29–19:42 🌖 61%
Fri 4 05:00 05:39 12:28 19:16 19:54 13h 36m −4:31 18:27–19:39 🌗 49%
Sat 5 05:03 05:41 12:28 19:13 19:52 13h 32m −4:31 18:24–19:37 🌘 38%
Sun 6 05:05 05:43 12:27 19:11 19:49 13h 27m −4:31 18:22–19:34 🌘 27%
Mon 7 05:07 05:45 12:27 19:08 19:46 13h 23m −4:32 18:19–19:31 🌘 17%
Tue 8 05:09 05:47 12:27 19:05 19:43 13h 18m −4:32 18:17–19:28 🌘 9%
Wed 9 05:11 05:49 12:26 19:03 19:41 13h 13m −4:32 18:14–19:26 🌘 4%
Thu 10 05:13 05:51 12:26 19:00 19:38 13h 9m −4:32 18:11–19:23 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:15 05:53 12:26 18:58 19:35 13h 4m −4:33 18:09–19:20 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:17 05:55 12:25 18:55 19:32 13h 0m −4:33 18:06–19:18 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:19 05:57 12:25 18:52 19:30 12h 55m −4:33 18:04–19:15 🌒 6%
Mon 14 05:21 05:58 12:25 18:50 19:27 12h 51m −4:33 18:01–19:12 🌒 12%
Tue 15 05:23 06:00 12:24 18:47 19:24 12h 46m −4:34 17:58–19:10 🌒 19%
Wed 16 05:25 06:02 12:24 18:44 19:22 12h 42m −4:34 17:56–19:07 🌒 27%
Thu 17 05:27 06:04 12:24 18:42 19:19 12h 37m −4:34 17:53–19:04 🌒 36%
Fri 18 05:29 06:06 12:23 18:39 19:16 12h 32m −4:34 17:51–19:02 🌓 45%
Sat 19 05:31 06:08 12:23 18:36 19:13 12h 28m −4:34 17:48–18:59 🌔 55%
Sun 20 05:33 06:10 12:23 18:34 19:11 12h 23m −4:34 17:45–18:56 🌔 64%
Mon 21 05:35 06:12 12:22 18:31 19:08 12h 19m −4:34 17:43–18:54 🌔 73%
Tue 22 05:37 06:14 12:22 18:29 19:05 12h 14m −4:34 17:40–18:51 🌔 81%
Wed 23 05:39 06:16 12:21 18:26 19:03 12h 10m −4:34 17:37–18:48 🌔 88%
Thu 24 05:41 06:18 12:21 18:23 19:00 12h 5m −4:34 17:35–18:46 🌔 94%
Fri 25 05:43 06:20 12:21 18:21 18:57 12h 0m −4:34 17:32–18:43 🌔 98%
Sat 26 05:45 06:22 12:20 18:18 18:55 11h 56m −4:34 17:29–18:41 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:47 06:24 12:20 18:15 18:52 11h 51m −4:34 17:26–18:38 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:49 06:26 12:20 18:13 18:49 11h 47m −4:34 17:24–18:35 🌖 97%
Tue 29 05:51 06:28 12:19 18:10 18:47 11h 42m −4:34 17:21–18:33 🌖 92%
Wed 30 05:53 06:29 12:19 18:08 18:44 11h 38m −4:34 17:18–18:30 🌖 85%
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 03:08 04:05 05:33 19:23 20:51 21:48 10h 11m 42.5° 286° WNW
Wed 2 03:11 04:07 05:35 19:21 20:48 21:44 10h 16m 42.1° 285° WNW
Thu 3 03:14 04:10 05:37 19:18 20:45 21:40 10h 20m 41.7° 284° WNW
Fri 4 03:17 04:12 05:39 19:16 20:42 21:37 10h 25m 41.4° 284° WNW
Sat 5 03:20 04:15 05:41 19:13 20:39 21:33 10h 29m 41.0° 283° WNW
Sun 6 03:23 04:17 05:43 19:11 20:36 21:29 10h 34m 40.6° 282° WNW
Mon 7 03:26 04:19 05:45 19:08 20:33 21:26 10h 38m 40.2° 282° WNW
Tue 8 03:29 04:22 05:47 19:05 20:30 21:22 10h 43m 39.9° 281° W
Wed 9 03:32 04:24 05:49 19:03 20:27 21:19 10h 47m 39.5° 280° W
Thu 10 03:35 04:26 05:51 19:00 20:24 21:15 10h 52m 39.1° 280° W
Fri 11 03:38 04:29 05:53 18:58 20:21 21:12 10h 57m 38.7° 279° W
Sat 12 03:40 04:31 05:55 18:55 20:18 21:08 11h 1m 38.3° 278° W
Sun 13 03:43 04:33 05:57 18:52 20:15 21:05 11h 6m 38.0° 278° W
Mon 14 03:46 04:35 05:58 18:50 20:12 21:01 11h 10m 37.6° 277° W
Tue 15 03:48 04:38 06:00 18:47 20:09 20:58 11h 15m 37.2° 276° W
Wed 16 03:51 04:40 06:02 18:44 20:06 20:55 11h 19m 36.8° 276° W
Thu 17 03:54 04:42 06:04 18:42 20:04 20:52 11h 24m 36.4° 275° W
Fri 18 03:56 04:44 06:06 18:39 20:01 20:48 11h 28m 36.0° 274° W
Sat 19 03:59 04:46 06:08 18:36 19:58 20:45 11h 33m 35.7° 274° W
Sun 20 04:01 04:49 06:10 18:34 19:55 20:42 11h 38m 35.3° 273° W
Mon 21 04:04 04:51 06:12 18:31 19:52 20:39 11h 42m 34.9° 272° W
Tue 22 04:06 04:53 06:14 18:29 19:49 20:36 11h 47m 34.5° 271° W
Wed 23 04:08 04:55 06:16 18:26 19:46 20:33 11h 51m 34.1° 271° W
Thu 24 04:11 04:57 06:18 18:23 19:44 20:30 11h 56m 33.7° 270° W
Fri 25 04:13 04:59 06:20 18:21 19:41 20:27 12h 1m 33.3° 269° W
Sat 26 04:15 05:01 06:22 18:18 19:38 20:24 12h 5m 32.9° 269° W
Sun 27 04:18 05:03 06:24 18:15 19:35 20:21 12h 10m 32.5° 268° W
Mon 28 04:20 05:05 06:26 18:13 19:33 20:18 12h 14m 32.2° 267° W
Tue 29 04:22 05:07 06:28 18:10 19:30 20:15 12h 19m 31.8° 267° W
Wed 30 04:25 05:09 06:29 18:08 19:27 20:12 12h 23m 31.4° 266° 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 05:55 06:31 12:19 18:05 18:42 11h 33m −4:34 17:16–18:27 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:57 06:33 12:18 18:02 18:39 11h 28m −4:34 17:13–18:25 🌖 65%
Sat 3 05:59 06:35 12:18 18:00 18:36 11h 24m −4:34 17:10–18:22 🌗 53%
Sun 4 06:01 06:37 12:18 17:57 18:34 11h 19m −4:34 17:08–18:20 🌘 41%
Mon 5 06:02 06:39 12:17 17:55 18:31 11h 15m −4:34 17:05–18:17 🌘 30%
Tue 6 06:04 06:41 12:17 17:52 18:29 11h 10m −4:34 17:02–18:15 🌘 20%
Wed 7 06:06 06:43 12:17 17:49 18:26 11h 6m −4:34 16:59–18:12 🌘 12%
Thu 8 06:08 06:45 12:17 17:47 18:24 11h 1m −4:33 16:57–18:10 🌘 6%
Fri 9 06:10 06:47 12:16 17:44 18:21 10h 56m −4:33 16:54–18:07 🌘 2%
Sat 10 06:12 06:49 12:16 17:42 18:19 10h 52m −4:33 16:51–18:04 🌑 0%
Sun 11 06:14 06:51 12:16 17:39 18:16 10h 47m −4:33 16:48–18:02 🌒 1%
Mon 12 06:16 06:53 12:16 17:37 18:14 10h 43m −4:32 16:46–18:00 🌒 4%
Tue 13 06:18 06:55 12:15 17:34 18:11 10h 38m −4:32 16:43–17:57 🌒 8%
Wed 14 06:20 06:57 12:15 17:32 18:09 10h 34m −4:32 16:40–17:55 🌒 14%
Thu 15 06:22 06:59 12:15 17:29 18:07 10h 29m −4:31 16:38–17:52 🌒 21%
Fri 16 06:24 07:01 12:15 17:27 18:04 10h 25m −4:31 16:35–17:50 🌒 29%
Sat 17 06:26 07:04 12:14 17:24 18:02 10h 20m −4:30 16:32–17:47 🌒 38%
Sun 18 06:28 07:06 12:14 17:22 17:59 10h 16m −4:30 16:30–17:45 🌓 47%
Mon 19 06:30 07:08 12:14 17:19 17:57 10h 11m −4:29 16:27–17:43 🌔 57%
Tue 20 06:32 07:10 12:14 17:17 17:55 10h 7m −4:29 16:24–17:40 🌔 66%
Wed 21 06:34 07:12 12:14 17:15 17:52 10h 2m −4:28 16:22–17:38 🌔 75%
Thu 22 06:36 07:14 12:13 17:12 17:50 9h 58m −4:27 16:19–17:36 🌔 83%
Fri 23 06:38 07:16 12:13 17:10 17:48 9h 53m −4:26 16:16–17:33 🌔 90%
Sat 24 06:40 07:18 12:13 17:08 17:46 9h 49m −4:26 16:14–17:31 🌔 96%
Sun 25 06:42 07:20 12:13 17:05 17:44 9h 45m −4:25 16:11–17:29 🌔 99%
Mon 26 06:44 07:22 12:13 17:03 17:41 9h 40m −4:24 16:08–17:27 🌕 100%
Tue 27 06:46 07:24 12:13 17:01 17:39 9h 36m −4:23 16:06–17:24 🌖 98%
Wed 28 06:48 07:26 12:13 16:58 17:37 9h 31m −4:22 16:03–17:22 🌖 94%
Thu 29 06:50 07:28 12:13 16:56 17:35 9h 27m −4:20 16:01–17:20 🌖 88%
Fri 30 06:51 07:31 12:13 16:54 17:33 9h 23m −4:19 15:58–17:18 🌖 79%
Sat 31 06:53 07:33 12:13 16:52 17:31 9h 19m −4:18 15:55–17:16 🌖 68%

Longest and shortest day in Moscow

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 17h 33m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 3 months, with 7h 0m.

Between them the day length swings by 10h 33m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 15:56 on 14 December; the latest is 21:18 on 24 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 03:44 on 18 June to 08:59 on 29 December.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 18m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Moscow different

Clock noon and solar noon are 21 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:20 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

At 55.8°N the sun cuts through the twilight band at an angle, so darkness takes 37 minutes to arrive: 13 minutes longer than today's 24-minute median.

Photographers get 71 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.8× the 40 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it SW, June swings it 90° round to NW. Tonight, W.

By the end of September the sun will be setting 76 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 3 minutes a day.

Planning a sunset photo in Moscow

Arrive by 17:14. Golden hour opens at 17:29 and the sun is down by 18:18, 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 18:41 and runs to 18:55, the end of civil twilight and 36m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Moscow — 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 Moscow today?

The sun sets in Moscow at 18:18 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Moscow?

It takes 36m. Civil twilight ends at 18:55 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Moscow?

Evening golden hour runs 17:29 to 18:41 today, lasting 1h 11m. Full golden hour times for Moscow covers the morning window and the coming week.

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