Sunrise and sunset times in Swellendam
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Swellendam, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 31, 2026. Current time: 10:45:33 pm
Night ends at 4:07 am4:07:23 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 5:12 am5:12:08 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: 5:38:35 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: 7:05:33 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 7:32 pm7:32:04 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:37 pm8:37:06 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: -36.50° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 209.45° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 13 hours, 26 minutes
Sunset in Swellendam was 3 hours, 40 minutes ago
Moon rose on Oct 31 at 12:15 am
Moon set on Oct 31 at 10:04 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 4:06 am4:06:04 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 5:11 am5:11:05 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: 5:37:36 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: 7:06:28 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 7:33 pm7:33:03 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 8:38 pm8:38:20 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, 28 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Swellendam
Moon will rise on Nov 1 at 1:03 am Moon will set on Nov 1 at 11:16 amMoon phase: 🌓 Last Quarter (49%)
- Swellendam, Western Cape
- Latitude: -34.022621 (South)
- Longitude: 20.44171 (East)
- Time zone: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)
Shortest day in Swellendam, 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, 53 minutes.Longest day in Swellendam, 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 - Swellendam, 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 Swellendam.
All times are in Swellendam's time: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 1 minute over the course of October 2026 in Swellendam, Western Cape - from 12 hours, 25 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 26 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.5:50:19 am | 6:15:23 am | -1m 23s | 6:41:01 pm | +44s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:06:07 pm | 12h 25m 38s | 2m 7s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:27:56 pm | 59.26° | 5:20:56 am | 7:35:35 pm | 4:51:03 am | 8:05:33 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 33m 0s | 🌔 (69%)Waning Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:28:06 am | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:48:56 am | 6:14:01 am | -1m 22s | 6:41:45 pm | +44s | 7:06:53 pm | 12h 27m 44s | 2m 6s | 12:27:36 pm | 59.64° | 5:19:30 am | 7:36:23 pm | 4:49:32 am | 8:06:26 pm | 11h 30m 53s | 🌔 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:27:46 am | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:47:32 am | 6:12:38 am | -1m 23s | 6:42:29 pm | +44s | 7:07:39 pm | 12h 29m 51s | 2m 6s | 12:27:17 pm | 60.03° | 5:18:03 am | 7:37:12 pm | 4:48:02 am | 8:07:19 pm | 11h 28m 48s | 🌓 (46%) Last quarter at 3:25 pmLast quarter at 3:25 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 46% illuminated |
12:27:27 am | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:46:08 am | 6:11:17 am | -1m 21s | 6:43:13 pm | +44s | 7:08:25 pm | 12h 31m 56s | 2m 6s | 12:26:58 pm | 60.42° | 5:16:37 am | 7:38:01 pm | 4:46:31 am | 8:08:13 pm | 11h 26m 42s | 🌒 (35%)Waning Crescent: 35% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:27:07 am | 4.4° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:44:45 am | 6:09:55 am | -1m 22s | 6:43:58 pm | +45s | 7:09:11 pm | 12h 34m 3s | 2m 6s | 12:26:40 pm | 60.80° | 5:15:10 am | 7:38:51 pm | 4:45:00 am | 8:09:07 pm | 11h 24m 36s | 🌒 (25%)Waning Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:49 am | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:43:22 am | 6:08:34 am | -1m 21s | 6:44:43 pm | +45s | 7:09:58 pm | 12h 36m 9s | 2m 6s | 12:26:22 pm | 61.19° | 5:13:44 am | 7:39:41 pm | 4:43:29 am | 8:10:02 pm | 11h 22m 31s | 🌒 (16%)Waning Crescent: 16% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:31 am | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:42:00 am | 6:07:14 am | -1m 20s | 6:45:29 pm | +46s | 7:10:46 pm | 12h 38m 15s | 2m 6s | 12:26:05 pm | 61.57° | 5:12:19 am | 7:40:32 pm | 4:41:58 am | 8:10:58 pm | 11h 20m 24s | 🌒 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:26:14 am | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:40:38 am | 6:05:53 am | -1m 21s | 6:46:15 pm | +46s | 7:11:34 pm | 12h 40m 22s | 2m 6s | 12:25:47 pm | 61.95° | 5:10:53 am | 7:41:23 pm | 4:40:28 am | 8:11:55 pm | 11h 18m 19s | 🌒 (3%)Waning Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:25:55 am | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:39:16 am | 6:04:34 am | -1m 19s | 6:47:01 pm | +46s | 7:12:22 pm | 12h 42m 27s | 2m 6s | 12:25:31 pm | 62.33° | 5:09:28 am | 7:42:15 pm | 4:38:57 am | 8:12:52 pm | 11h 16m 14s | 🌒 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:25:40 am | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:37:55 am | 6:03:15 am | -1m 19s | 6:47:47 pm | +46s | 7:13:11 pm | 12h 44m 32s | 2m 6s | 12:25:14 pm | 62.71° | 5:08:03 am | 7:43:08 pm | 4:37:27 am | 8:13:50 pm | 11h 14m 9s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 5:50 pmNew moon at 5:50 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
12:25:22 am | 6.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 5:36:34 am | 6:01:56 am | -1m 19s | 6:48:34 pm | +47s | 7:14:00 pm | 12h 46m 38s | 2m 5s | 12:24:58 pm | 63.09° | 5:06:38 am | 7:44:01 pm | 4:35:56 am | 8:14:49 pm | 11h 12m 4s | 🌘 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:25:06 am | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:35:14 am | 6:00:38 am | -1m 18s | 6:49:21 pm | +47s | 7:14:49 pm | 12h 48m 43s | 2m 5s | 12:24:43 pm | 63.46° | 5:05:14 am | 7:44:55 pm | 4:34:26 am | 8:15:49 pm | 11h 10m 0s | 🌘 (5%)Waxing Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:24:51 am | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:33:54 am | 5:59:21 am | -1m 17s | 6:50:09 pm | +48s | 7:15:40 pm | 12h 50m 48s | 2m 5s | 12:24:28 pm | 63.84° | 5:03:50 am | 7:45:49 pm | 4:32:57 am | 8:16:49 pm | 11h 7m 55s | 🌘 (11%)Waxing Crescent: 11% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:24:35 am | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 5:32:35 am | 5:58:04 am | -1m 17s | 6:50:57 pm | +48s | 7:16:30 pm | 12h 52m 53s | 2m 5s | 12:24:14 pm | 64.21° | 5:02:26 am | 7:46:44 pm | 4:31:27 am | 8:17:50 pm | 11h 5m 52s | 🌘 (17%)Waxing Crescent: 17% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:24:21 am | 8.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 5:31:16 am | 5:56:49 am | -1m 15s | 6:51:45 pm | +48s | 7:17:21 pm | 12h 54m 56s | 2m 4s | 12:24:00 pm | 64.58° | 5:01:03 am | 7:47:40 pm | 4:29:58 am | 8:18:52 pm | 11h 3m 48s | 🌘 (25%)Waxing Crescent: 25% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:24:07 am | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 5:29:58 am | 5:55:33 am | -1m 16s | 6:52:34 pm | +49s | 7:18:13 pm | 12h 57m 1s | 2m 4s | 12:23:47 pm | 64.95° | 4:59:41 am | 7:48:36 pm | 4:28:29 am | 8:19:55 pm | 11h 1m 45s | 🌘 (34%)Waxing Crescent: 34% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:23:54 am | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:28:41 am | 5:54:19 am | -1m 14s | 6:53:23 pm | +49s | 7:19:05 pm | 12h 59m 4s | 2m 4s | 12:23:34 pm | 65.31° | 4:58:19 am | 7:49:33 pm | 4:27:00 am | 8:20:58 pm | 10h 59m 42s | 🌘 (43%)Waxing Crescent: 43% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:23:40 am | 9.3° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:27:24 am | 5:53:05 am | -1m 14s | 6:54:12 pm | +49s | 7:19:57 pm | 13h 1m 7s | 2m 3s | 12:23:22 pm | 65.68° | 4:56:58 am | 7:50:30 pm | 4:25:32 am | 8:22:03 pm | 10h 57m 41s | 🌗 (52%) First quarter at 6:12 pmFirst quarter at 6:12 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 52% illuminated |
12:23:28 am | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:26:09 am | 5:51:53 am | -1m 12s | 6:55:02 pm | +50s | 7:20:50 pm | 13h 3m 9s | 2m 3s | 12:23:11 pm | 66.04° | 4:55:37 am | 7:51:28 pm | 4:24:05 am | 8:23:08 pm | 10h 55m 39s | 🌖 (62%)Waxing Gibbous: 62% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:23:17 am | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:24:53 am | 5:50:41 am | -1m 12s | 6:55:53 pm | +51s | 7:21:44 pm | 13h 5m 12s | 2m 2s | 12:23:00 pm | 66.40° | 4:54:17 am | 7:52:27 pm | 4:22:38 am | 8:24:14 pm | 10h 53m 37s | 🌖 (71%)Waxing Gibbous: 71% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:23:05 am | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:23:39 am | 5:49:30 am | -1m 11s | 6:56:44 pm | +51s | 7:22:38 pm | 13h 7m 14s | 2m 2s | 12:22:50 pm | 66.75° | 4:52:57 am | 7:53:26 pm | 4:21:11 am | 8:25:20 pm | 10h 51m 35s | 🌖 (80%)Waxing Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:55 am | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:22:26 am | 5:48:19 am | -1m 11s | 6:57:35 pm | +51s | 7:23:33 pm | 13h 9m 16s | 2m 1s | 12:22:40 pm | 67.11° | 4:51:39 am | 7:54:26 pm | 4:19:45 am | 8:26:27 pm | 10h 49m 35s | 🌖 (87%)Waxing Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:44 am | 11.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:21:13 am | 5:47:10 am | -1m 9s | 6:58:26 pm | +51s | 7:24:28 pm | 13h 11m 16s | 2m 1s | 12:22:32 pm | 67.46° | 4:50:21 am | 7:55:26 pm | 4:18:20 am | 8:27:35 pm | 10h 47m 36s | 🌖 (94%)Waxing Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:36 am | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:20:01 am | 5:46:02 am | -1m 8s | 6:59:18 pm | +52s | 7:25:23 pm | 13h 13m 16s | 2m 0s | 12:22:24 pm | 67.81° | 4:49:04 am | 7:56:27 pm | 4:16:55 am | 8:28:44 pm | 10h 45m 37s | 🌖 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:28 am | 11.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:18:51 am | 5:44:55 am | -1m 7s | 7:00:11 pm | +53s | 7:26:19 pm | 13h 15m 16s | 2m 0s | 12:22:16 pm | 68.15° | 4:47:47 am | 7:57:29 pm | 4:15:31 am | 8:29:54 pm | 10h 43m 38s | 🌖 (99.7%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:19 am | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:17:41 am | 5:43:49 am | -1m 6s | 7:01:03 pm | +52s | 7:27:15 pm | 13h 17m 14s | 1m 59s | 12:22:10 pm | 68.49° | 4:46:32 am | 7:58:31 pm | 4:14:07 am | 8:31:04 pm | 10h 41m 41s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 6:11 amFull moon at 6:11 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
12:22:13 am | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:16:32 am | 5:42:44 am | -1m 5s | 7:01:56 pm | +53s | 7:28:12 pm | 13h 19m 12s | 1m 58s | 12:22:04 pm | 68.83° | 4:45:17 am | 7:59:34 pm | 4:12:45 am | 8:32:15 pm | 10h 39m 44s | 🌔 (96%)Waning Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:07 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:15:25 am | 5:41:40 am | -1m 4s | 7:02:50 pm | +54s | 7:29:10 pm | 13h 21m 10s | 1m 57s | 12:21:59 pm | 69.17° | 4:44:04 am | 8:00:37 pm | 4:11:23 am | 8:33:27 pm | 10h 37m 47s | 🌔 (90%)Waning Gibbous: 90% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:22:02 am | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:14:18 am | 5:40:37 am | -1m 3s | 7:03:44 pm | +54s | 7:30:07 pm | 13h 23m 7s | 1m 57s | 12:21:54 pm | 69.50° | 4:42:51 am | 8:01:41 pm | 4:10:02 am | 8:34:39 pm | 10h 35m 51s | 🌔 (81%)Waning Gibbous: 81% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:21:56 am | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:13:12 am | 5:39:35 am | -1m 2s | 7:04:38 pm | +54s | 7:31:06 pm | 13h 25m 3s | 1m 56s | 12:21:51 pm | 69.83° | 4:41:40 am | 8:02:45 pm | 4:08:42 am | 8:35:52 pm | 10h 33m 57s | 🌔 (72%)Waning Gibbous: 72% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:21:53 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:12:08 am | 5:38:35 am | -1m 0s | 7:05:33 pm | +55s | 7:32:04 pm | 13h 26m 58s | 1m 55s | 12:21:48 pm | 70.16° | 4:40:29 am | 8:03:50 pm | 4:07:23 am | 8:37:06 pm | 10h 32m 3s | 🌔 (61%)Waning Gibbous: 61% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:21:49 am | 14.2° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Swellendam, Western Cape - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Swellendam, Western Cape for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Swellendam
In Swellendam, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 5 at 5:19 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 30 at 7:44 am. The earliest sunset is on June 11 at 5:35 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 6 at 7:53 pm.
Swellendam gets 4h 32m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 25m versus 9h 53m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Swellendam Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Swellendam. 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 Swellendam.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 31.8° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 77° (around Dec 14) in Swellendam. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Swellendam the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:21 and 12:52 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.
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