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Sunset and sunrise times in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

In Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 17:52 and rises at 05:56. Daylight lasts 11h 56m; evening golden hour runs from 17:03 to 18:15.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
05:19
Sunrise
05:56
Solar noon
11:55
Sunset
17:52
Last light
18:30
Day length
11h 56m

17h 50m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:03 – 18:15
Blue hour
18:15 – 18:30
Max sun altitude
32.4°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:20 / 05:24

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:50 Golden hour 17:00 – 18:13 Day length 11h 51m vs today 5 minutes shorter

Where Nizhniy Novgorod is

Coordinates
56.3287° N, 44.0020° E
Time zone
Europe/Moscow
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Elevation
141 m
Population
1,259,013

Sunrise and sunset in Nizhniy Novgorod, 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 04:27 05:07 12:04 18:59 19:39 13h 52m −4:36 18:09–19:23 🌖 82%
Wed 2 04:29 05:09 12:03 18:57 19:36 13h 47m −4:36 18:06–19:21 🌖 72%
Thu 3 04:31 05:11 12:03 18:54 19:33 13h 43m −4:36 18:04–19:18 🌖 61%
Fri 4 04:33 05:13 12:03 18:51 19:30 13h 38m −4:37 18:01–19:15 🌗 49%
Sat 5 04:35 05:15 12:02 18:49 19:28 13h 34m −4:37 17:59–19:12 🌘 38%
Sun 6 04:37 05:17 12:02 18:46 19:25 13h 29m −4:38 17:56–19:10 🌘 27%
Mon 7 04:40 05:19 12:02 18:43 19:22 13h 24m −4:38 17:54–19:07 🌘 17%
Tue 8 04:42 05:20 12:01 18:41 19:19 13h 20m −4:38 17:51–19:04 🌘 9%
Wed 9 04:44 05:22 12:01 18:38 19:17 13h 15m −4:38 17:49–19:01 🌘 4%
Thu 10 04:46 05:24 12:01 18:35 19:14 13h 10m −4:39 17:46–18:59 🌘 1%
Fri 11 04:48 05:26 12:00 18:33 19:11 13h 6m −4:39 17:43–18:56 🌑 0%
Sat 12 04:50 05:28 12:00 18:30 19:08 13h 1m −4:39 17:41–18:53 🌒 2%
Sun 13 04:52 05:30 11:59 18:27 19:05 12h 56m −4:39 17:38–18:51 🌒 6%
Mon 14 04:54 05:32 11:59 18:25 19:03 12h 52m −4:39 17:35–18:48 🌒 12%
Tue 15 04:56 05:34 11:59 18:22 19:00 12h 47m −4:40 17:33–18:45 🌒 19%
Wed 16 04:58 05:36 11:58 18:19 18:57 12h 43m −4:40 17:30–18:42 🌒 27%
Thu 17 05:00 05:38 11:58 18:17 18:54 12h 38m −4:40 17:27–18:40 🌒 36%
Fri 18 05:02 05:40 11:58 18:14 18:52 12h 33m −4:40 17:25–18:37 🌓 45%
Sat 19 05:05 05:42 11:57 18:11 18:49 12h 29m −4:40 17:22–18:34 🌔 55%
Sun 20 05:07 05:44 11:57 18:09 18:46 12h 24m −4:40 17:19–18:31 🌔 64%
Mon 21 05:09 05:46 11:57 18:06 18:43 12h 19m −4:40 17:17–18:29 🌔 73%
Tue 22 05:11 05:48 11:56 18:03 18:41 12h 14m −4:40 17:14–18:26 🌔 81%
Wed 23 05:13 05:50 11:56 18:00 18:38 12h 10m −4:40 17:11–18:23 🌔 88%
Thu 24 05:15 05:52 11:56 17:58 18:35 12h 5m −4:40 17:08–18:21 🌔 94%
Fri 25 05:17 05:54 11:55 17:55 18:32 12h 0m −4:41 17:06–18:18 🌔 98%
Sat 26 05:19 05:56 11:55 17:52 18:30 11h 56m −4:41 17:03–18:15 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:21 05:58 11:55 17:50 18:27 11h 51m −4:41 17:00–18:13 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:23 06:00 11:54 17:47 18:24 11h 46m −4:41 16:57–18:10 🌖 97%
Tue 29 05:25 06:02 11:54 17:44 18:22 11h 42m −4:40 16:55–18:07 🌖 92%
Wed 30 05:27 06:04 11:54 17:42 18:19 11h 37m −4:40 16:52–18:05 🌖 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 02:37 03:36 05:07 18:59 20:29 21:27 10h 9m 41.9° 286° WNW
Wed 2 02:41 03:39 05:09 18:57 20:26 21:23 10h 14m 41.5° 285° WNW
Thu 3 02:44 03:41 05:11 18:54 20:22 21:19 10h 18m 41.2° 285° WNW
Fri 4 02:47 03:44 05:13 18:51 20:19 21:15 10h 23m 40.8° 284° WNW
Sat 5 02:50 03:46 05:15 18:49 20:16 21:11 10h 27m 40.4° 283° WNW
Sun 6 02:54 03:49 05:17 18:46 20:13 21:08 10h 32m 40.0° 283° WNW
Mon 7 02:57 03:51 05:19 18:43 20:10 21:04 10h 37m 39.7° 282° WNW
Tue 8 03:00 03:54 05:20 18:41 20:07 21:00 10h 41m 39.3° 281° WNW
Wed 9 03:03 03:56 05:22 18:38 20:04 20:57 10h 46m 38.9° 281° W
Thu 10 03:06 03:59 05:24 18:35 20:01 20:53 10h 51m 38.5° 280° W
Fri 11 03:09 04:01 05:26 18:33 19:58 20:49 10h 55m 38.2° 279° W
Sat 12 03:11 04:03 05:28 18:30 19:55 20:46 11h 0m 37.8° 279° W
Sun 13 03:14 04:06 05:30 18:27 19:52 20:42 11h 5m 37.4° 278° W
Mon 14 03:17 04:08 05:32 18:25 19:49 20:39 11h 9m 37.0° 277° W
Tue 15 03:20 04:10 05:34 18:22 19:46 20:36 11h 14m 36.6° 276° W
Wed 16 03:23 04:12 05:36 18:19 19:43 20:32 11h 18m 36.2° 276° W
Thu 17 03:25 04:15 05:38 18:17 19:40 20:29 11h 23m 35.9° 275° W
Fri 18 03:28 04:17 05:40 18:14 19:37 20:26 11h 28m 35.5° 274° W
Sat 19 03:30 04:19 05:42 18:11 19:34 20:22 11h 32m 35.1° 274° W
Sun 20 03:33 04:21 05:44 18:09 19:31 20:19 11h 37m 34.7° 273° W
Mon 21 03:36 04:24 05:46 18:06 19:28 20:16 11h 42m 34.3° 272° W
Tue 22 03:38 04:26 05:48 18:03 19:25 20:13 11h 47m 33.9° 272° W
Wed 23 03:41 04:28 05:50 18:00 19:22 20:09 11h 51m 33.5° 271° W
Thu 24 03:43 04:30 05:52 17:58 19:19 20:06 11h 56m 33.1° 270° W
Fri 25 03:45 04:32 05:54 17:55 19:17 20:03 12h 1m 32.8° 269° W
Sat 26 03:48 04:34 05:56 17:52 19:14 20:00 12h 5m 32.4° 269° W
Sun 27 03:50 04:37 05:58 17:50 19:11 19:57 12h 10m 32.0° 268° W
Mon 28 03:53 04:39 06:00 17:47 19:08 19:54 12h 15m 31.6° 267° W
Tue 29 03:55 04:41 06:02 17:44 19:05 19:51 12h 19m 31.2° 267° W
Wed 30 03:57 04:43 06:04 17:42 19:03 19:48 12h 24m 30.8° 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 05:29 06:06 11:53 17:39 18:16 11h 32m −4:40 16:49–18:02 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:31 06:08 11:53 17:36 18:14 11h 28m −4:40 16:46–17:59 🌖 65%
Sat 3 05:33 06:10 11:53 17:34 18:11 11h 23m −4:40 16:44–17:57 🌗 53%
Sun 4 05:35 06:12 11:52 17:31 18:08 11h 18m −4:40 16:41–17:54 🌘 41%
Mon 5 05:37 06:14 11:52 17:29 18:06 11h 14m −4:40 16:38–17:51 🌘 30%
Tue 6 05:39 06:16 11:52 17:26 18:03 11h 9m −4:40 16:35–17:49 🌘 20%
Wed 7 05:41 06:18 11:51 17:23 18:01 11h 4m −4:40 16:32–17:46 🌘 12%
Thu 8 05:43 06:20 11:51 17:21 17:58 11h 0m −4:39 16:30–17:44 🌘 6%
Fri 9 05:45 06:22 11:51 17:18 17:56 10h 55m −4:39 16:27–17:41 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:47 06:25 11:51 17:15 17:53 10h 50m −4:39 16:24–17:39 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:49 06:27 11:50 17:13 17:50 10h 46m −4:39 16:21–17:36 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:51 06:29 11:50 17:10 17:48 10h 41m −4:38 16:19–17:33 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:53 06:31 11:50 17:08 17:45 10h 37m −4:38 16:16–17:31 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:55 06:33 11:50 17:05 17:43 10h 32m −4:38 16:13–17:28 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:57 06:35 11:49 17:03 17:41 10h 27m −4:37 16:10–17:26 🌒 21%
Fri 16 05:59 06:37 11:49 17:00 17:38 10h 23m −4:37 16:07–17:24 🌒 29%
Sat 17 06:01 06:39 11:49 16:58 17:36 10h 18m −4:36 16:05–17:21 🌒 38%
Sun 18 06:03 06:41 11:49 16:55 17:33 10h 13m −4:36 16:02–17:19 🌓 47%
Mon 19 06:05 06:43 11:48 16:53 17:31 10h 9m −4:35 15:59–17:16 🌔 57%
Tue 20 06:07 06:45 11:48 16:50 17:29 10h 4m −4:35 15:56–17:14 🌔 66%
Wed 21 06:09 06:48 11:48 16:48 17:26 10h 0m −4:34 15:54–17:11 🌔 75%
Thu 22 06:11 06:50 11:48 16:45 17:24 9h 55m −4:33 15:51–17:09 🌔 83%
Fri 23 06:13 06:52 11:48 16:43 17:22 9h 51m −4:33 15:48–17:07 🌔 90%
Sat 24 06:15 06:54 11:48 16:40 17:19 9h 46m −4:32 15:46–17:04 🌔 96%
Sun 25 06:17 06:56 11:48 16:38 17:17 9h 42m −4:31 15:43–17:02 🌔 99%
Mon 26 06:19 06:58 11:47 16:36 17:15 9h 37m −4:30 15:40–17:00 🌕 100%
Tue 27 06:21 07:00 11:47 16:33 17:13 9h 33m −4:29 15:37–16:58 🌖 98%
Wed 28 06:23 07:03 11:47 16:31 17:11 9h 28m −4:28 15:35–16:55 🌖 94%
Thu 29 06:25 07:05 11:47 16:29 17:08 9h 24m −4:27 15:32–16:53 🌖 88%
Fri 30 06:27 07:07 11:47 16:27 17:06 9h 19m −4:26 15:29–16:51 🌖 79%
Sat 31 06:29 07:09 11:47 16:24 17:04 9h 15m −4:24 15:27–16:49 🌖 68%

Longest and shortest day in Nizhniy Novgorod

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 17h 42m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 3 months, with 6h 52m.

Between them the day length swings by 10h 50m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 15:26 on 15 December; the latest is 20:57 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 03:14 on 18 June to 08:37 on 29 December.

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

What makes sunsets in Nizhniy Novgorod different

From sunset to full civil darkness is 37 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 56.3°N accounts for the 13-minute difference.

The shallow approach angle at 56.3° stretches this evening's golden hour to 72 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it SW, June swings it 92° round to NW. Tonight, W.

Sunset drifts 3 minutes earlier each day this month — 77 minutes from the first of September to the last.

Planning a sunset photo in Nizhniy Novgorod

Arrive by 16:48. Golden hour opens at 17:03 and the sun is down by 17:52, 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 18:15 and runs to 18:30, the end of civil twilight and 37m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Nizhniy Novgorod — 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 Nizhniy Novgorod today?

The sun sets in Nizhniy Novgorod at 17:52 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Nizhniy Novgorod?

It takes 37m. Civil twilight ends at 18:30 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Nizhniy Novgorod?

Evening golden hour runs 17:03 to 18:15 today, lasting 1h 12m. Full golden hour times for Nizhniy Novgorod covers the morning window and the coming week.

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