Golden hour in Maceió, Brazil today

Evening golden hour in Maceió, Brazil runs 16:52 – 17:34 today, Tuesday 25 August — that is 41m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 16:52 – 17:34
Duration: 41m
Sunset: 17:21
Blue hour: 17:34 – 17:42
Sunset direction: 281° (W)

2h 0m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 05:15 – 05:57
Duration: 41m
Sunrise: 05:28
Blue hour: 05:07 – 05:15
Sunrise direction: 79° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Maceió.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Tue 25 Aug	16:52	17:34	41m	17:34 – 17:42	17:21	281° W
Wed 26 Aug	16:52	17:34	41m	17:34 – 17:42	17:21	280° W
Thu 27 Aug	16:52	17:34	41m	17:34 – 17:42	17:21	280° W
Fri 28 Aug	16:52	17:34	41m	17:34 – 17:42	17:21	279° W
Sat 29 Aug	16:52	17:34	41m	17:34 – 17:42	17:21	279° W
Sun 30 Aug	16:52	17:33	41m	17:33 – 17:42	17:20	279° W
Mon 31 Aug	16:52	17:33	41m	17:33 – 17:42	17:20	278° W

Golden hour in August 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of August 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Sat 1	16:51	17:33	42m	17:20
Sun 2	16:51	17:33	42m	17:20
Mon 3	16:51	17:33	42m	17:20
Tue 4	16:51	17:34	42m	17:20
Wed 5	16:51	17:34	42m	17:20
Thu 6	16:51	17:34	42m	17:20
Fri 7	16:51	17:34	42m	17:20
Sat 8	16:52	17:34	42m	17:20
Sun 9	16:52	17:34	42m	17:21
Mon 10	16:52	17:34	42m	17:21
Tue 11	16:52	17:34	42m	17:21
Wed 12	16:52	17:34	42m	17:21
Thu 13	16:52	17:34	42m	17:21
Fri 14	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sat 15	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sun 16	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Mon 17	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Tue 18	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Wed 19	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Thu 20	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Fri 21	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sat 22	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sun 23	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Mon 24	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Tue 25	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Wed 26	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Thu 27	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Fri 28	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sat 29	16:52	17:34	41m	17:21
Sun 30	16:52	17:33	41m	17:20
Mon 31	16:52	17:33	41m	17:20

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. The months differ by only a few minutes a day here, so no single one is worth planning a trip around.

What the numbers mean for Maceió

Through August the evening window averages about 42 minutes a day here.

The window barely changes across the year — every month sits within a few minutes of 44 minutes. Close to the equator the sun drops almost vertically, so the golden band is crossed at much the same speed whatever the season.

Compared with a temperate city, the window is short. London gets about 67 minutes this evening against 41 here — the sun meets the horizon almost vertically at 9.7°, so it crosses the golden band quickly and the light goes from warm to gone with little warning.

The light comes from west tonight, at 281° on the compass. Check that against your viewpoint before committing to it — the bearing moves through the year, as the table above shows.

What counts as golden hour

Golden hour is defined here by the sun’s altitude, not by a fixed number of minutes. It runs while the sun sits between +6° and −4° relative to the horizon: high enough to still light the scene, low enough that the light has travelled through a long path of atmosphere and lost its blue.

Below −4° the direct light is gone and blue hour takes over, running to −6° where civil twilight ends. Because the definition is angular, the length of golden hour depends on how steeply the sun meets the horizon — which is a function of latitude and season, not of the clock. That is why it lasts 41m here today and about 41 minutes at the equator.

Full definitions of every term used here — golden hour, blue hour, altitude, azimuth — are in the glossary.

Full sunrise and sunset times for Maceió Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.