Sunrise and Sunset in Massawa, 2026
Day length at Massawa runs from 11 h 12 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 04 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Massawa: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 6:12 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:15 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:41 PM, 80° E
- MS Moonset 6:36 AM, 277° W
- Moon 99% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:50 AM to 5:58 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:58 AM to 6:40 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:46 PM to 6:28 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:28 PM to 6:36 PM
Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon.
Day length through the year
- Day length
Month by month
Each month links to a day-by-day table with twilight, golden hour and the moon.
| Month | Sunrise, 1st | Sunset, 1st | Day, 1st | Sunrise, 15th | Sunset, 15th | Day, 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:49 AM | 6:02 PM | 11 h 13 min | 6:52 AM | 6:11 PM | 11 h 19 min |
| February | 6:52 AM | 6:20 PM | 11 h 28 min | 6:47 AM | 6:26 PM | 11 h 39 min |
| March | 6:40 AM | 6:30 PM | 11 h 50 min | 6:30 AM | 6:32 PM | 12 h 02 min |
| April | 6:18 AM | 6:35 PM | 12 h 17 min | 6:08 AM | 6:37 PM | 12 h 29 min |
| May | 5:58 AM | 6:40 PM | 12 h 42 min | 5:53 AM | 6:44 PM | 12 h 51 min |
| June | 5:50 AM | 6:50 PM | 13 h 00 min | 5:51 AM | 6:54 PM | 13 h 03 min |
| July | 5:55 AM | 6:57 PM | 13 h 02 min | 5:59 AM | 6:57 PM | 12 h 58 min |
| August | 6:04 AM | 6:53 PM | 12 h 49 min | 6:07 AM | 6:46 PM | 12 h 39 min |
| September | 6:09 AM | 6:35 PM | 12 h 26 min | 6:11 AM | 6:24 PM | 12 h 13 min |
| October | 6:12 AM | 6:11 PM | 11 h 59 min | 6:14 AM | 6:02 PM | 11 h 48 min |
| November | 6:19 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 h 34 min | 6:24 AM | 5:49 PM | 11 h 25 min |
| December | 6:33 AM | 5:49 PM | 11 h 16 min | 6:41 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 h 12 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Massawa's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 16, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Massawa for the next twelve months as a calendar you subscribe to: each morning runs from first light to sunrise, each evening from sunset to last light, shown as free time. It keeps itself a year ahead.
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Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations (accurate to about a minute; the horizon is assumed flat and at sea level) and the lunar phase method of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms.