Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Soweto, South Africa

In Soweto, South Africa the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 18:06 and rises at 05:53. Daylight lasts 12h 12m; evening golden hour runs from 17:35 to 18:20.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
05:30
Sunrise
05:53
Solar noon
11:59
Sunset
18:06
Last light
18:29
Day length
12h 12m

18h 4m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:35 – 18:20
Blue hour
18:20 – 18:29
Max sun altitude
65.1°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:56 / 05:27

The sun sets at 268° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:06 Golden hour 17:36 – 18:21 Day length 12h 14m vs today 2 minutes longer

Where Soweto is

Coordinates
26.2678° S, 27.8585° E
Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg
Current offset
UTC+02:00
Elevation
1,632 m
Population
1,695,047

Sunrise and sunset in Soweto, 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 05:58 06:21 12:08 17:56 18:19 11h 34m +1:27 17:25–18:10 🌖 81%
Wed 2 05:57 06:20 12:08 17:56 18:19 11h 36m +1:28 17:25–18:10 🌖 72%
Thu 3 05:56 06:19 12:07 17:57 18:20 11h 37m +1:28 17:26–18:11 🌖 61%
Fri 4 05:54 06:18 12:07 17:57 18:20 11h 39m +1:28 17:26–18:11 🌗 49%
Sat 5 05:53 06:17 12:07 17:57 18:21 11h 40m +1:29 17:27–18:12 🌘 37%
Sun 6 05:52 06:16 12:06 17:58 18:21 11h 42m +1:29 17:27–18:12 🌘 26%
Mon 7 05:51 06:14 12:06 17:58 18:21 11h 43m +1:29 17:27–18:12 🌘 17%
Tue 8 05:50 06:13 12:06 17:59 18:22 11h 45m +1:30 17:28–18:13 🌘 9%
Wed 9 05:49 06:12 12:05 17:59 18:22 11h 46m +1:30 17:28–18:13 🌘 3%
Thu 10 05:48 06:11 12:05 17:59 18:23 11h 48m +1:30 17:29–18:14 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:47 06:10 12:05 18:00 18:23 11h 49m +1:30 17:29–18:14 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:46 06:09 12:04 18:00 18:23 11h 51m +1:31 17:30–18:14 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:45 06:08 12:04 18:01 18:24 11h 52m +1:31 17:30–18:15 🌒 6%
Mon 14 05:44 06:07 12:04 18:01 18:24 11h 54m +1:31 17:30–18:15 🌒 12%
Tue 15 05:43 06:06 12:03 18:01 18:25 11h 55m +1:31 17:31–18:16 🌒 19%
Wed 16 05:41 06:04 12:03 18:02 18:25 11h 57m +1:31 17:31–18:16 🌒 28%
Thu 17 05:40 06:03 12:03 18:02 18:25 11h 58m +1:31 17:32–18:16 🌒 37%
Fri 18 05:39 06:02 12:02 18:03 18:26 12h 0m +1:32 17:32–18:17 🌓 46%
Sat 19 05:38 06:01 12:02 18:03 18:26 12h 1m +1:32 17:33–18:17 🌔 55%
Sun 20 05:37 06:00 12:02 18:03 18:27 12h 3m +1:32 17:33–18:18 🌔 64%
Mon 21 05:36 05:59 12:01 18:04 18:27 12h 4m +1:32 17:33–18:18 🌔 73%
Tue 22 05:35 05:58 12:01 18:04 18:27 12h 6m +1:32 17:34–18:18 🌔 81%
Wed 23 05:34 05:57 12:00 18:05 18:28 12h 8m +1:32 17:34–18:19 🌔 88%
Thu 24 05:32 05:56 12:00 18:05 18:28 12h 9m +1:32 17:35–18:19 🌔 94%
Fri 25 05:31 05:54 12:00 18:06 18:29 12h 11m +1:32 17:35–18:20 🌔 98%
Sat 26 05:30 05:53 11:59 18:06 18:29 12h 12m +1:32 17:35–18:20 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:29 05:52 11:59 18:06 18:30 12h 14m +1:32 17:36–18:21 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:28 05:51 11:59 18:07 18:30 12h 15m +1:32 17:36–18:21 🌖 97%
Tue 29 05:27 05:50 11:58 18:07 18:30 12h 17m +1:32 17:37–18:21 🌖 92%
Wed 30 05:26 05:49 11:58 18:08 18:31 12h 18m +1:32 17:37–18:22 🌖 84%
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 05:04 05:31 06:21 17:56 18:46 19:13 12h 24m 55.5° 279° W
Wed 2 05:03 05:30 06:20 17:56 18:46 19:13 12h 22m 55.9° 278° W
Thu 3 05:02 05:29 06:19 17:57 18:47 19:13 12h 21m 56.3° 278° W
Fri 4 05:01 05:28 06:18 17:57 18:47 19:14 12h 19m 56.6° 277° W
Sat 5 05:00 05:27 06:17 17:57 18:47 19:14 12h 18m 57.0° 277° W
Sun 6 04:59 05:26 06:16 17:58 18:48 19:15 12h 16m 57.4° 277° W
Mon 7 04:58 05:25 06:14 17:58 18:48 19:15 12h 15m 57.8° 276° W
Tue 8 04:57 05:23 06:13 17:59 18:49 19:15 12h 13m 58.1° 276° W
Wed 9 04:56 05:22 06:12 17:59 18:49 19:16 12h 12m 58.5° 275° W
Thu 10 04:55 05:21 06:11 17:59 18:49 19:16 12h 10m 58.9° 275° W
Fri 11 04:53 05:20 06:10 18:00 18:50 19:17 12h 9m 59.3° 274° W
Sat 12 04:52 05:19 06:09 18:00 18:50 19:17 12h 7m 59.6° 274° W
Sun 13 04:51 05:18 06:08 18:01 18:50 19:17 12h 6m 60.0° 274° W
Mon 14 04:50 05:17 06:07 18:01 18:51 19:18 12h 4m 60.4° 273° W
Tue 15 04:49 05:16 06:06 18:01 18:51 19:18 12h 3m 60.8° 273° W
Wed 16 04:48 05:15 06:04 18:02 18:52 19:19 12h 1m 61.2° 272° W
Thu 17 04:47 05:14 06:03 18:02 18:52 19:19 12h 0m 61.6° 272° W
Fri 18 04:46 05:12 06:02 18:03 18:53 19:19 11h 58m 62.0° 271° W
Sat 19 04:44 05:11 06:01 18:03 18:53 19:20 11h 56m 62.3° 271° W
Sun 20 04:43 05:10 06:00 18:03 18:53 19:20 11h 55m 62.7° 271° W
Mon 21 04:42 05:09 05:59 18:04 18:54 19:21 11h 53m 63.1° 270° W
Tue 22 04:41 05:08 05:58 18:04 18:54 19:21 11h 52m 63.5° 270° W
Wed 23 04:40 05:07 05:57 18:05 18:55 19:22 11h 50m 63.9° 269° W
Thu 24 04:39 05:06 05:56 18:05 18:55 19:22 11h 49m 64.3° 269° W
Fri 25 04:37 05:04 05:54 18:06 18:56 19:23 11h 47m 64.7° 268° W
Sat 26 04:36 05:03 05:53 18:06 18:56 19:23 11h 46m 65.1° 268° W
Sun 27 04:35 05:02 05:52 18:06 18:56 19:24 11h 44m 65.4° 268° W
Mon 28 04:34 05:01 05:51 18:07 18:57 19:24 11h 43m 65.8° 267° W
Tue 29 04:33 05:00 05:50 18:07 18:57 19:25 11h 41m 66.2° 267° W
Wed 30 04:32 04:59 05:49 18:08 18:58 19:25 11h 40m 66.6° 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 05:25 05:48 11:58 18:08 18:31 12h 20m +1:32 17:38–18:22 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:24 05:47 11:57 18:09 18:32 12h 21m +1:32 17:38–18:23 🌖 64%
Sat 3 05:22 05:46 11:57 18:09 18:32 12h 23m +1:32 17:39–18:23 🌗 53%
Sun 4 05:21 05:45 11:57 18:10 18:33 12h 25m +1:32 17:39–18:24 🌘 41%
Mon 5 05:20 05:43 11:57 18:10 18:33 12h 26m +1:32 17:39–18:24 🌘 30%
Tue 6 05:19 05:42 11:56 18:10 18:34 12h 28m +1:32 17:40–18:25 🌘 20%
Wed 7 05:18 05:41 11:56 18:11 18:34 12h 29m +1:32 17:40–18:25 🌘 11%
Thu 8 05:17 05:40 11:56 18:11 18:35 12h 31m +1:32 17:41–18:26 🌘 5%
Fri 9 05:16 05:39 11:55 18:12 18:35 12h 32m +1:32 17:41–18:26 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:15 05:38 11:55 18:12 18:36 12h 34m +1:32 17:42–18:27 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:14 05:37 11:55 18:13 18:36 12h 35m +1:31 17:42–18:27 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:13 05:36 11:55 18:13 18:37 12h 37m +1:31 17:43–18:28 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:12 05:35 11:54 18:14 18:37 12h 38m +1:31 17:43–18:28 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:11 05:34 11:54 18:14 18:38 12h 40m +1:31 17:44–18:29 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:10 05:33 11:54 18:15 18:38 12h 41m +1:30 17:44–18:29 🌒 22%
Fri 16 05:09 05:32 11:54 18:15 18:39 12h 43m +1:30 17:45–18:30 🌒 30%
Sat 17 05:08 05:31 11:53 18:16 18:40 12h 44m +1:30 17:45–18:30 🌒 39%
Sun 18 05:07 05:30 11:53 18:17 18:40 12h 46m +1:30 17:46–18:31 🌓 48%
Mon 19 05:06 05:29 11:53 18:17 18:41 12h 47m +1:29 17:46–18:32 🌔 57%
Tue 20 05:05 05:28 11:53 18:18 18:41 12h 49m +1:29 17:47–18:32 🌔 67%
Wed 21 05:04 05:28 11:53 18:18 18:42 12h 50m +1:29 17:47–18:33 🌔 76%
Thu 22 05:03 05:27 11:53 18:19 18:43 12h 52m +1:28 17:48–18:33 🌔 84%
Fri 23 05:02 05:26 11:52 18:19 18:43 12h 53m +1:28 17:48–18:34 🌔 91%
Sat 24 05:01 05:25 11:52 18:20 18:44 12h 55m +1:27 17:49–18:35 🌔 96%
Sun 25 05:00 05:24 11:52 18:21 18:45 12h 56m +1:27 17:49–18:35 🌔 99%
Mon 26 04:59 05:23 11:52 18:21 18:45 12h 57m +1:26 17:50–18:36 🌕 100%
Tue 27 04:58 05:22 11:52 18:22 18:46 12h 59m +1:26 17:50–18:36 🌖 98%
Wed 28 04:58 05:22 11:52 18:22 18:46 13h 0m +1:25 17:51–18:37 🌖 94%
Thu 29 04:57 05:21 11:52 18:23 18:47 13h 2m +1:25 17:52–18:38 🌖 87%
Fri 30 04:56 05:20 11:52 18:24 18:48 13h 3m +1:24 17:52–18:38 🌖 78%
Sat 31 04:55 05:19 11:52 18:24 18:49 13h 5m +1:23 17:53–18:39 🌖 68%

Longest and shortest day in Soweto

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 3 months, with 13h 47m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 10h 29m.

Between them the day length swings by 3h 17m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:23 on 9 June; the latest is 19:05 on 12 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:07 on 1 December to 06:56 on 3 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Soweto different

It takes roughly 23 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

The shallow approach angle at 26.3° stretches this evening's golden hour to 45 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

Between solstices the sunset walks 53° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.

Sunset drifts 25 seconds later each day this month — 12 minutes from the first of September to the last.

At 1,632 m the horizon sits 1.4° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 6.2 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 12.5 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

Planning a sunset photo in Soweto

Arrive by 17:20. Golden hour opens at 17:35 and the sun is down by 18:06, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 268° 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 18:20 and runs to 18:29, the end of civil twilight and 23m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Soweto — 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 Soweto today?

The sun sets in Soweto at 18:06 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Soweto?

It takes 23m. Civil twilight ends at 18:29 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Soweto?

Evening golden hour runs 17:35 to 18:20 today, lasting 44m. Full golden hour times for Soweto covers the morning window and the coming week.

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