Mhalamba Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in January 2026
Day length goes from 12 h 17 min on January 1 to 12 h 13 min on January 31. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:59 AM and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:12 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.
| Date | Dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Dusk | Golden hour | Full dark | Day length | Change | Moon | Moonrise | Moonset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 6:25 AM | 6:47 AM | 7:04 PM | 7:26 PM | 6:34 PM | 8:19 PM | 12 h 17 min | Waxing gibbous, 93% | 5:08 PM | 4:23 AM | |
| Jan 2 | 6:25 AM | 6:48 AM | 7:04 PM | 7:27 PM | 6:34 PM | 8:19 PM | 12 h 16 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 98% | 6:15 PM | 5:29 AM |
| Jan 3 | 6:26 AM | 6:48 AM | 7:04 PM | 7:27 PM | 6:35 PM | 8:20 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Full moon 1:03 PM | 7:20 PM | 6:35 AM |
| Jan 4 | 6:26 AM | 6:49 AM | 7:05 PM | 7:27 PM | 6:35 PM | 8:20 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Full moon, 100% | 8:20 PM | 7:40 AM |
| Jan 5 | 6:27 AM | 6:49 AM | 7:05 PM | 7:28 PM | 6:36 PM | 8:20 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 97% | 9:14 PM | 8:39 AM |
| Jan 6 | 6:27 AM | 6:50 AM | 7:06 PM | 7:28 PM | 6:36 PM | 8:21 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 93% | 10:03 PM | 9:33 AM |
| Jan 7 | 6:28 AM | 6:50 AM | 7:06 PM | 7:29 PM | 6:37 PM | 8:21 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 87% | 10:47 PM | 10:21 AM |
| Jan 8 | 6:28 AM | 6:51 AM | 7:07 PM | 7:29 PM | 6:37 PM | 8:21 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 79% | 11:29 PM | 11:07 AM |
| Jan 9 | 6:29 AM | 6:51 AM | 7:07 PM | 7:29 PM | 6:37 PM | 8:22 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning gibbous, 69% | 11:50 AM | |
| Jan 10 | 6:29 AM | 6:52 AM | 7:07 PM | 7:30 PM | 6:38 PM | 8:22 PM | 12 h 15 min | -1.0 min | Last quarter 6:48 PM | 12:09 AM | 12:32 PM |
| Jan 11 | 6:30 AM | 6:52 AM | 7:08 PM | 7:30 PM | 6:38 PM | 8:22 PM | 12 h 16 min | +1.0 min | Last quarter, 48% | 12:50 AM | 1:15 PM |
| Jan 12 | 6:30 AM | 6:52 AM | 7:08 PM | 7:30 PM | 6:39 PM | 8:22 PM | 12 h 16 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 38% | 1:31 AM | 1:59 PM |
| Jan 13 | 6:31 AM | 6:53 AM | 7:08 PM | 7:31 PM | 6:39 PM | 8:23 PM | 12 h 15 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 28% | 2:15 AM | 2:46 PM |
| Jan 14 | 6:31 AM | 6:53 AM | 7:09 PM | 7:31 PM | 6:39 PM | 8:23 PM | 12 h 16 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 19% | 3:01 AM | 3:35 PM |
| Jan 15 | 6:31 AM | 6:54 AM | 7:09 PM | 7:31 PM | 6:40 PM | 8:23 PM | 12 h 15 min | -1.0 min | Waning crescent, 11% | 3:50 AM | 4:26 PM |
| Jan 16 | 6:32 AM | 6:54 AM | 7:09 PM | 7:31 PM | 6:40 PM | 8:23 PM | 12 h 15 min | +0.0 min | Waning crescent, 6% | 4:42 AM | 5:18 PM |
| Jan 17 | 6:32 AM | 6:54 AM | 7:10 PM | 7:32 PM | 6:40 PM | 8:23 PM | 12 h 16 min | +1.0 min | Waning crescent, 2% | 5:35 AM | 6:11 PM |
| Jan 18 | 6:33 AM | 6:55 AM | 7:10 PM | 7:32 PM | 6:41 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 15 min | -1.0 min | New moon 10:52 PM | 6:27 AM | 7:02 PM |
| Jan 19 | 6:33 AM | 6:55 AM | 7:10 PM | 7:32 PM | 6:41 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 15 min | +0.0 min | New moon, 1% | 7:19 AM | 7:50 PM |
| Jan 20 | 6:33 AM | 6:56 AM | 7:10 PM | 7:32 PM | 6:41 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 3% | 8:08 AM | 8:37 PM |
| Jan 21 | 6:34 AM | 6:56 AM | 7:11 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:42 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 15 min | +1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 8% | 8:56 AM | 9:21 PM |
| Jan 22 | 6:34 AM | 6:56 AM | 7:11 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:42 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 15 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 15% | 9:42 AM | 10:05 PM |
| Jan 23 | 6:35 AM | 6:57 AM | 7:11 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:42 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | -1.0 min | Waxing crescent, 24% | 10:27 AM | 10:48 PM |
| Jan 24 | 6:35 AM | 6:57 AM | 7:11 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:42 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | Waxing crescent, 33% | 11:14 AM | 11:33 PM |
| Jan 25 | 6:35 AM | 6:57 AM | 7:11 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:42 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | First quarter, 43% | 12:02 PM | |
| Jan 26 | 6:36 AM | 6:57 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:33 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 15 min | +1.0 min | First quarter 7:48 AM | 12:55 PM | 12:21 AM |
| Jan 27 | 6:36 AM | 6:58 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:34 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 65% | 1:51 PM | 1:13 AM |
| Jan 28 | 6:36 AM | 6:58 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:34 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 74% | 2:52 PM | 2:10 AM |
| Jan 29 | 6:36 AM | 6:58 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:34 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 83% | 3:57 PM | 3:12 AM |
| Jan 30 | 6:37 AM | 6:58 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:34 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 14 min | +0.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 90% | 5:01 PM | 4:16 AM |
| Jan 31 | 6:37 AM | 6:59 AM | 7:12 PM | 7:34 PM | 6:43 PM | 8:24 PM | 12 h 13 min | -1.0 min | Waxing gibbous, 96% | 6:03 PM | 5:20 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.