Sunset Calculator
What time does the sun set?
Sunset for any place and date, the twilight that follows, the bearing it goes down on, and how long you have before it is properly dark.
Questions people ask
The things that come up about sunset calculators, answered plainly.
How long after sunset does it stay light?
Civil twilight — enough light to see by outdoors — lasts 20 to 35 minutes at temperate latitudes, and longer the further from the equator. The page gives all three twilight ends for your location.
Why is the earliest sunset before the shortest day?
Because the solar day is not exactly 24 hours through the year. In early December solar noon is still drifting later, which pulls sunset earlier than the solstice — by about ten days in the UK, more in the tropics.
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