Sunrise and Sunset in Margate, 2026
Day length at Margate runs from 10 h 08 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 09 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Margate: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:43 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 5:57 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:53 PM, 85° E
- MS Moonset 5:19 AM, 271° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:19 AM to 5:28 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:28 AM to 6:15 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:25 PM to 6:12 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:12 PM to 6:21 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 | 4:59 AM | 7:05 PM | 14 h 06 min | 5:10 AM | 7:05 PM | 13 h 55 min |
| February | 5:25 AM | 6:58 PM | 13 h 33 min | 5:38 AM | 6:47 PM | 13 h 09 min |
| March | 5:49 AM | 6:33 PM | 12 h 44 min | 5:58 AM | 6:16 PM | 12 h 18 min |
| April | 6:09 AM | 5:55 PM | 11 h 46 min | 6:18 AM | 5:38 PM | 11 h 20 min |
| May | 6:29 AM | 5:22 PM | 10 h 53 min | 6:38 AM | 5:12 PM | 10 h 34 min |
| June | 6:48 AM | 5:05 PM | 10 h 17 min | 6:54 AM | 5:04 PM | 10 h 10 min |
| July | 6:57 AM | 5:08 PM | 10 h 11 min | 6:55 AM | 5:15 PM | 10 h 20 min |
| August | 6:46 AM | 5:25 PM | 10 h 39 min | 6:33 AM | 5:33 PM | 11 h 00 min |
| September | 6:15 AM | 5:43 PM | 11 h 28 min | 5:57 AM | 5:51 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| October | 5:37 AM | 6:00 PM | 12 h 23 min | 5:20 AM | 6:09 PM | 12 h 49 min |
| November | 5:03 AM | 6:22 PM | 13 h 19 min | 4:53 AM | 6:34 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| December | 4:48 AM | 6:47 PM | 13 h 59 min | 4:50 AM | 6:58 PM | 14 h 08 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Margate'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 Margate 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.