Sunrise and Sunset in Beaufort West, 2026
Day length at Beaufort West runs from 10 h 01 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 17 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Beaufort West: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:14 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:29 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 6:26 PM, 85° E
- MS Moonset 5:50 AM, 271° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:50 AM to 5:59 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:59 AM to 6:46 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:56 PM to 6:44 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:44 PM to 6:53 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 | 5:26 AM | 7:40 PM | 14 h 14 min | 5:38 AM | 7:40 PM | 14 h 02 min |
| February | 5:54 AM | 7:32 PM | 13 h 38 min | 6:07 AM | 7:20 PM | 13 h 13 min |
| March | 6:19 AM | 7:05 PM | 12 h 46 min | 6:29 AM | 6:47 PM | 12 h 18 min |
| April | 6:41 AM | 6:25 PM | 11 h 44 min | 6:51 AM | 6:08 PM | 11 h 17 min |
| May | 7:02 AM | 5:51 PM | 10 h 49 min | 7:12 AM | 5:40 PM | 10 h 28 min |
| June | 7:23 AM | 5:32 PM | 10 h 09 min | 7:29 AM | 5:31 PM | 10 h 02 min |
| July | 7:32 AM | 5:35 PM | 10 h 03 min | 7:29 AM | 5:42 PM | 10 h 13 min |
| August | 7:19 AM | 5:53 PM | 10 h 34 min | 7:07 AM | 6:02 PM | 10 h 55 min |
| September | 6:47 AM | 6:13 PM | 11 h 26 min | 6:29 AM | 6:22 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| October | 6:07 AM | 6:32 PM | 12 h 25 min | 5:50 AM | 6:42 PM | 12 h 52 min |
| November | 5:32 AM | 6:55 PM | 13 h 23 min | 5:21 AM | 7:08 PM | 13 h 47 min |
| December | 5:15 AM | 7:22 PM | 14 h 07 min | 5:17 AM | 7:33 PM | 14 h 16 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Beaufort West'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 Beaufort West 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.