Sunrise and Sunset in Empangeni, 2026
Day length at Empangeni runs from 10 h 18 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 59 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Empangeni: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:37 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 5:51 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:46 PM, 86° E
- MS Moonset 5:12 AM, 271° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:14 AM to 5:23 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:23 AM to 6:09 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:19 PM to 6:05 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:05 PM to 6:14 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 | 4:58 AM | 6:54 PM | 13 h 56 min | 5:09 AM | 6:55 PM | 13 h 46 min |
| February | 5:23 AM | 6:49 PM | 13 h 26 min | 5:34 AM | 6:38 PM | 13 h 04 min |
| March | 5:44 AM | 6:25 PM | 12 h 41 min | 5:53 AM | 6:09 PM | 12 h 16 min |
| April | 6:03 AM | 5:50 PM | 11 h 47 min | 6:10 AM | 5:34 PM | 11 h 24 min |
| May | 6:20 AM | 5:19 PM | 10 h 59 min | 6:28 AM | 5:09 PM | 10 h 41 min |
| June | 6:37 AM | 5:03 PM | 10 h 26 min | 6:43 AM | 5:02 PM | 10 h 19 min |
| July | 6:46 AM | 5:07 PM | 10 h 21 min | 6:44 AM | 5:13 PM | 10 h 29 min |
| August | 6:36 AM | 5:22 PM | 10 h 46 min | 6:25 AM | 5:30 PM | 11 h 05 min |
| September | 6:07 AM | 5:38 PM | 11 h 31 min | 5:51 AM | 5:45 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| October | 5:31 AM | 5:53 PM | 12 h 22 min | 5:16 AM | 6:01 PM | 12 h 45 min |
| November | 5:00 AM | 6:13 PM | 13 h 13 min | 4:51 AM | 6:24 PM | 13 h 33 min |
| December | 4:46 AM | 6:37 PM | 13 h 51 min | 4:49 AM | 6:47 PM | 13 h 58 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Empangeni'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 Empangeni 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.