Sunrise and sunset in Colombo

Colombo Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in August 2026

Local time (GMT-3)

Day length goes from 10 h 57 min on August 1 to 11 h 35 min on August 31. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 6:30 AM and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:05 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Aug 16:31 AM6:55 AM5:52 PM6:16 PM5:20 PM7:11 PM10 h 57 minWaning gibbous, 90%8:45 PM8:40 AM
Aug 26:30 AM6:54 AM5:53 PM6:17 PM5:20 PM7:11 PM10 h 59 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 82%9:41 PM9:11 AM
Aug 36:29 AM6:53 AM5:53 PM6:17 PM5:21 PM7:12 PM11 h 00 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 74%10:38 PM9:42 AM
Aug 46:29 AM6:53 AM5:54 PM6:17 PM5:21 PM7:12 PM11 h 01 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 64%11:38 PM10:16 AM
Aug 56:28 AM6:52 AM5:54 PM6:18 PM5:22 PM7:12 PM11 h 02 min+1.0 minLast quarter 11:21 PM10:53 AM
Aug 66:28 AM6:51 AM5:54 PM6:18 PM5:22 PM7:13 PM11 h 03 min+1.0 minLast quarter, 43%12:42 AM11:37 AM
Aug 76:27 AM6:51 AM5:55 PM6:19 PM5:23 PM7:13 PM11 h 04 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 32%1:48 AM12:27 PM
Aug 86:26 AM6:50 AM5:55 PM6:19 PM5:23 PM7:13 PM11 h 05 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 23%2:56 AM1:27 PM
Aug 96:26 AM6:49 AM5:56 PM6:20 PM5:24 PM7:14 PM11 h 07 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 15%4:02 AM2:33 PM
Aug 106:25 AM6:49 AM5:56 PM6:20 PM5:24 PM7:14 PM11 h 07 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 8%5:02 AM3:43 PM
Aug 116:24 AM6:48 AM5:57 PM6:20 PM5:25 PM7:15 PM11 h 09 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 3%5:55 AM4:53 PM
Aug 126:23 AM6:47 AM5:57 PM6:21 PM5:25 PM7:15 PM11 h 10 min+1.0 minNew moon 2:37 PM6:41 AM6:01 PM
Aug 136:23 AM6:46 AM5:58 PM6:21 PM5:26 PM7:15 PM11 h 12 min+2.0 minNew moon, 0%7:20 AM7:05 PM
Aug 146:22 AM6:45 AM5:58 PM6:22 PM5:26 PM7:16 PM11 h 13 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 2%7:56 AM8:05 PM
Aug 156:21 AM6:45 AM5:58 PM6:22 PM5:27 PM7:16 PM11 h 13 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 6%8:29 AM9:03 PM
Aug 166:20 AM6:44 AM5:59 PM6:22 PM5:27 PM7:16 PM11 h 15 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 12%9:01 AM10:00 PM
Aug 176:19 AM6:43 AM5:59 PM6:23 PM5:28 PM7:17 PM11 h 16 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 20%9:34 AM10:56 PM
Aug 186:19 AM6:42 AM6:00 PM6:23 PM5:28 PM7:17 PM11 h 18 min+2.0 minWaxing crescent, 29%10:09 AM11:53 PM
Aug 196:18 AM6:41 AM6:00 PM6:23 PM5:29 PM7:17 PM11 h 19 min+1.0 minFirst quarter 11:46 PM10:46 AM
Aug 206:17 AM6:40 AM6:01 PM6:24 PM5:29 PM7:18 PM11 h 21 min+2.0 minFirst quarter, 49%11:28 AM12:49 AM
Aug 216:16 AM6:39 AM6:01 PM6:24 PM5:30 PM7:18 PM11 h 22 min+1.0 minFirst quarter, 60%12:14 PM1:45 AM
Aug 226:15 AM6:39 AM6:01 PM6:25 PM5:30 PM7:18 PM11 h 22 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 70%1:05 PM2:39 AM
Aug 236:14 AM6:38 AM6:02 PM6:25 PM5:31 PM7:19 PM11 h 24 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 79%1:58 PM3:29 AM
Aug 246:13 AM6:37 AM6:02 PM6:25 PM5:31 PM7:19 PM11 h 25 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 87%2:54 PM4:15 AM
Aug 256:13 AM6:36 AM6:03 PM6:26 PM5:31 PM7:19 PM11 h 27 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 93%3:51 PM4:57 AM
Aug 266:12 AM6:35 AM6:03 PM6:26 PM5:32 PM7:19 PM11 h 28 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 98%4:47 PM5:35 AM
Aug 276:11 AM6:34 AM6:03 PM6:26 PM5:32 PM7:20 PM11 h 29 min+1.0 minFull moon, 100%5:43 PM6:09 AM
Aug 286:10 AM6:33 AM6:04 PM6:27 PM5:33 PM7:20 PM11 h 31 min+2.0 minFull moon 1:18 AM6:39 PM6:42 AM
Aug 296:09 AM6:32 AM6:04 PM6:27 PM5:33 PM7:20 PM11 h 32 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 97%7:35 PM7:13 AM
Aug 306:08 AM6:31 AM6:04 PM6:28 PM5:34 PM7:21 PM11 h 33 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:33 PM7:45 AM
Aug 316:07 AM6:30 AM6:05 PM6:28 PM5:34 PM7:21 PM11 h 35 min+2.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:32 PM8:18 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.