Sunrise and sunset times in Somerset West
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Somerset West, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 31, 2026. Current time: 10:45:58 pm
Night ends at 4:14 am4:13:40 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 5:19 am5:18:30 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 5:44:58 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 7:12:08 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 7:39 pm7:38:41 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:44 pm8:43:46 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -35.82° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 211.07° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 13 hours, 27 minutes
Sunset in Somerset West was 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
Moonrise: 12:22 am
Moonset: 10:11 amMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (61%)🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 9:02 am · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 24 at 4:53 pmTomorrow
November 1, 2026
Night ends at 4:12 am4:12:22 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 5:17 am5:17:26 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 5:43:59 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 7:13:03 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 7:40 pm7:39:40 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:45 pm8:45:00 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 13 hours, 29 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Somerset West
Moonrise: 1:10 am Moonset: 11:22 amMoon phase: 🌓 Last Quarter (49%)
- Somerset West, Western Cape
- Latitude: -34.084011 (South)
- Longitude: 18.821131 (East)
- Time zone: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)
Shortest day in Somerset West, Western Cape
The shortest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 52 minutes.Longest day in Somerset West, Western Cape
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 20 days, during the summer solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours, 25 minutes.
October 2026 - Somerset West, Western Cape - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Somerset West.
All times are in Somerset West's time: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 2 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Somerset West, Western Cape - from 12 hours, 25 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 27 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | Sunrise Variation |
SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Sunset Variation |
Last LightEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar NoonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.5:56:45 am | 6:21:50 am | -1m 23s | 6:47:31 pm | +44s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:12:39 pm | 12h 25m 41s | 2m 7s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:34:24 pm | 59.20° | 5:27:21 am | 7:42:08 pm | 4:57:26 am | 8:12:08 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 32m 57s | 🌔 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:34 am | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:55:21 am | 6:20:28 am | -1m 22s | 6:48:15 pm | +44s | 7:13:25 pm | 12h 27m 47s | 2m 7s | 12:34:05 pm | 59.58° | 5:25:54 am | 7:42:56 pm | 4:55:55 am | 8:13:01 pm | 11h 30m 50s | 🌔 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:15 am | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:53:58 am | 6:19:05 am | -1m 23s | 6:49:00 pm | +45s | 7:14:11 pm | 12h 29m 55s | 2m 7s | 12:33:46 pm | 59.97° | 5:24:27 am | 7:43:45 pm | 4:54:24 am | 8:13:54 pm | 11h 28m 43s | 🌓 (46%) Last quarter at 3:25 pmLast quarter at 3:25 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
12:33:56 am | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:52:34 am | 6:17:43 am | -1m 22s | 6:49:44 pm | +44s | 7:14:57 pm | 12h 32m 1s | 2m 7s | 12:33:27 pm | 60.36° | 5:23:01 am | 7:44:34 pm | 4:52:53 am | 8:14:48 pm | 11h 26m 38s | 🌒 (35%)Waning Crescent: 35% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:36 am | 4.4° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:51:11 am | 6:16:22 am | -1m 21s | 6:50:29 pm | +45s | 7:15:44 pm | 12h 34m 7s | 2m 7s | 12:33:09 pm | 60.74° | 5:21:35 am | 7:45:24 pm | 4:51:22 am | 8:15:43 pm | 11h 24m 32s | 🌒 (25%)Waning Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:18 am | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:49:48 am | 6:15:01 am | -1m 21s | 6:51:15 pm | +46s | 7:16:31 pm | 12h 36m 14s | 2m 6s | 12:32:51 pm | 61.13° | 5:20:08 am | 7:46:15 pm | 4:49:51 am | 8:16:38 pm | 11h 22m 25s | 🌒 (16%)Waning Crescent: 16% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:00 am | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:48:25 am | 6:13:40 am | -1m 21s | 6:52:00 pm | +45s | 7:17:18 pm | 12h 38m 20s | 2m 6s | 12:32:33 pm | 61.51° | 5:18:42 am | 7:47:06 pm | 4:48:20 am | 8:17:34 pm | 11h 20m 20s | 🌒 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:42 am | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:47:03 am | 6:12:20 am | -1m 20s | 6:52:46 pm | +46s | 7:18:06 pm | 12h 40m 26s | 2m 6s | 12:32:16 pm | 61.89° | 5:17:17 am | 7:47:58 pm | 4:46:50 am | 8:18:31 pm | 11h 18m 14s | 🌒 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:24 am | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:45:41 am | 6:11:00 am | -1m 20s | 6:53:32 pm | +46s | 7:18:55 pm | 12h 42m 32s | 2m 6s | 12:32:00 pm | 62.27° | 5:15:51 am | 7:48:50 pm | 4:45:19 am | 8:19:28 pm | 11h 16m 9s | 🌒 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:09 am | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:44:20 am | 6:09:41 am | -1m 19s | 6:54:19 pm | +47s | 7:19:44 pm | 12h 44m 38s | 2m 6s | 12:31:43 pm | 62.65° | 5:14:26 am | 7:49:42 pm | 4:43:48 am | 8:20:27 pm | 11h 14m 3s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 5:50 pmNew moon at 5:50 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
12:31:51 am | 6.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 5:42:59 am | 6:08:22 am | -1m 19s | 6:55:06 pm | +47s | 7:20:33 pm | 12h 46m 44s | 2m 6s | 12:31:27 pm | 63.03° | 5:13:01 am | 7:50:36 pm | 4:42:18 am | 8:21:26 pm | 11h 11m 58s | 🌘 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:35 am | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:41:38 am | 6:07:04 am | -1m 18s | 6:55:53 pm | +47s | 7:21:23 pm | 12h 48m 49s | 2m 5s | 12:31:12 pm | 63.40° | 5:11:37 am | 7:51:30 pm | 4:40:48 am | 8:22:26 pm | 11h 9m 54s | 🌘 (5%)Waxing Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:20 am | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:40:18 am | 6:05:47 am | -1m 17s | 6:56:41 pm | +48s | 7:22:13 pm | 12h 50m 54s | 2m 5s | 12:30:57 pm | 63.78° | 5:10:13 am | 7:52:24 pm | 4:39:18 am | 8:23:26 pm | 11h 7m 49s | 🌘 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:04 am | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 5:38:59 am | 6:04:30 am | -1m 17s | 6:57:29 pm | +48s | 7:23:04 pm | 12h 52m 59s | 2m 5s | 12:30:43 pm | 64.15° | 5:08:49 am | 7:53:19 pm | 4:37:48 am | 8:24:27 pm | 11h 5m 45s | 🌘 (17%)Waxing Crescent: 17% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:30:50 am | 8.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 5:37:40 am | 6:03:14 am | -1m 16s | 6:58:18 pm | +49s | 7:23:55 pm | 12h 55m 4s | 2m 5s | 12:30:29 pm | 64.52° | 5:07:26 am | 7:54:15 pm | 4:36:18 am | 8:25:30 pm | 11h 3m 40s | 🌘 (25%)Waxing Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:30:36 am | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 5:36:22 am | 6:01:58 am | -1m 16s | 6:59:07 pm | +49s | 7:24:47 pm | 12h 57m 9s | 2m 4s | 12:30:16 pm | 64.89° | 5:06:03 am | 7:55:11 pm | 4:34:49 am | 8:26:32 pm | 11h 1m 37s | 🌘 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:30:23 am | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:35:05 am | 6:00:44 am | -1m 14s | 6:59:56 pm | +49s | 7:25:39 pm | 12h 59m 12s | 2m 4s | 12:30:03 pm | 65.25° | 5:04:41 am | 7:56:08 pm | 4:33:21 am | 8:27:36 pm | 10h 59m 34s | 🌘 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:30:09 am | 9.3° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:33:48 am | 5:59:30 am | -1m 14s | 7:00:46 pm | +50s | 7:26:32 pm | 13h 1m 16s | 2m 3s | 12:29:51 pm | 65.62° | 5:03:20 am | 7:57:06 pm | 4:31:52 am | 8:28:41 pm | 10h 57m 31s | 🌗 (52%) First quarter at 6:12 pmFirst quarter at 6:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 52% illuminated |
12:29:57 am | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:32:32 am | 5:58:17 am | -1m 13s | 7:01:36 pm | +50s | 7:27:25 pm | 13h 3m 19s | 2m 3s | 12:29:40 pm | 65.98° | 5:01:59 am | 7:58:04 pm | 4:30:25 am | 8:29:46 pm | 10h 55m 29s | 🌖 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:29:46 am | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:31:17 am | 5:57:05 am | -1m 12s | 7:02:26 pm | +50s | 7:28:19 pm | 13h 5m 21s | 2m 3s | 12:29:29 pm | 66.34° | 5:00:38 am | 7:59:03 pm | 4:28:57 am | 8:30:52 pm | 10h 53m 28s | 🌖 (71%)Waxing Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:29:34 am | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:30:02 am | 5:55:54 am | -1m 11s | 7:03:17 pm | +51s | 7:29:13 pm | 13h 7m 23s | 2m 2s | 12:29:19 pm | 66.69° | 4:59:19 am | 8:00:02 pm | 4:27:31 am | 8:31:59 pm | 10h 51m 27s | 🌖 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:29:24 am | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:28:49 am | 5:54:44 am | -1m 10s | 7:04:08 pm | +51s | 7:30:07 pm | 13h 9m 24s | 2m 2s | 12:29:09 pm | 67.05° | 4:58:00 am | 8:01:02 pm | 4:26:04 am | 8:33:06 pm | 10h 49m 26s | 🌖 (87%)Waxing Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:29:13 am | 11.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:27:36 am | 5:53:34 am | -1m 10s | 7:05:00 pm | +52s | 7:31:03 pm | 13h 11m 26s | 2m 1s | 12:29:01 pm | 67.40° | 4:56:42 am | 8:02:03 pm | 4:24:39 am | 8:34:14 pm | 10h 47m 26s | 🌖 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:29:05 am | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:26:24 am | 5:52:26 am | -1m 8s | 7:05:52 pm | +52s | 7:31:58 pm | 13h 13m 26s | 2m 0s | 12:28:53 pm | 67.75° | 4:55:25 am | 8:03:04 pm | 4:23:14 am | 8:35:23 pm | 10h 45m 27s | 🌖 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:57 am | 11.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:25:13 am | 5:51:19 am | -1m 7s | 7:06:45 pm | +53s | 7:32:54 pm | 13h 15m 26s | 2m 0s | 12:28:45 pm | 68.09° | 4:54:08 am | 8:04:06 pm | 4:21:49 am | 8:36:33 pm | 10h 43m 27s | 🌖 (99.7%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:48 am | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:24:03 am | 5:50:12 am | -1m 7s | 7:07:38 pm | +53s | 7:33:51 pm | 13h 17m 26s | 1m 59s | 12:28:39 pm | 68.43° | 4:52:52 am | 8:05:08 pm | 4:20:26 am | 8:37:43 pm | 10h 41m 29s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 6:11 amFull moon at 6:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
12:28:42 am | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:22:54 am | 5:49:07 am | -1m 5s | 7:08:31 pm | +53s | 7:34:48 pm | 13h 19m 24s | 1m 58s | 12:28:33 pm | 68.77° | 4:51:38 am | 8:06:11 pm | 4:19:03 am | 8:38:55 pm | 10h 39m 32s | 🌔 (96%)Waning Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:36 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:21:47 am | 5:48:03 am | -1m 4s | 7:09:25 pm | +54s | 7:35:46 pm | 13h 21m 22s | 1m 58s | 12:28:28 pm | 69.11° | 4:50:24 am | 8:07:15 pm | 4:17:41 am | 8:40:07 pm | 10h 37m 35s | 🌔 (90%)Waning Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:31 am | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:20:40 am | 5:47:00 am | -1m 3s | 7:10:19 pm | +54s | 7:36:43 pm | 13h 23m 19s | 1m 57s | 12:28:23 pm | 69.44° | 4:49:11 am | 8:08:19 pm | 4:16:20 am | 8:41:19 pm | 10h 35m 40s | 🌔 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:25 am | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:19:34 am | 5:45:59 am | -1m 1s | 7:11:13 pm | +54s | 7:37:42 pm | 13h 25m 14s | 1m 56s | 12:28:20 pm | 69.77° | 4:48:00 am | 8:09:23 pm | 4:15:00 am | 8:42:32 pm | 10h 33m 45s | 🌔 (72%)Waning Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:22 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:18:30 am | 5:44:58 am | -1m 1s | 7:12:08 pm | +55s | 7:38:41 pm | 13h 27m 10s | 1m 55s | 12:28:17 pm | 70.10° | 4:46:49 am | 8:10:28 pm | 4:13:40 am | 8:43:46 pm | 10h 31m 51s | 🌔 (61%)Waning Gibbous: 61% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:18 am | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Somerset West, Western Cape - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Somerset West, Western Cape for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Somerset West
In Somerset West, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 5 at 5:26 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 29 at 7:51 am. The earliest sunset is on June 11 at 5:41 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 6 at 8:00 pm.
Somerset West gets 4h 33m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 25m versus 9h 52m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Somerset West Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Somerset West. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Somerset West.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 31.4° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 76.2° (around Dec 11) in Somerset West. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Somerset West the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:28 and 12:58 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
Places near Somerset West, Western Cape
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Somerset West, Western Cape — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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