Golden hour in Maseru, Lesotho today

Evening golden hour in Maseru, Lesotho runs 17:19 – 18:06 today, Tuesday 25 August — that is 47m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 17:19 – 18:06
Duration: 47m
Sunset: 17:51
Blue hour: 18:06 – 18:16
Sunset direction: 282° (WNW)

the sun has already set today

This morning

Golden hour: 06:17 – 07:05
Duration: 47m
Sunrise: 06:32
Blue hour: 06:08 – 06:17
Sunrise direction: 78° (ENE)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Maseru.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Tue 25 Aug	17:19	18:06	47m	18:06 – 18:16	17:51	282° WNW
Wed 26 Aug	17:20	18:07	47m	18:07 – 18:16	17:52	281° WNW
Thu 27 Aug	17:20	18:07	46m	18:07 – 18:17	17:53	281° W
Fri 28 Aug	17:21	18:08	46m	18:08 – 18:17	17:53	280° W
Sat 29 Aug	17:22	18:08	46m	18:08 – 18:18	17:54	280° W
Sun 30 Aug	17:22	18:09	46m	18:09 – 18:18	17:54	280° W
Mon 31 Aug	17:23	18:09	46m	18:09 – 18:19	17:55	279° 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	17:04	17:54	49m	17:38
Sun 2	17:05	17:54	49m	17:39
Mon 3	17:06	17:55	49m	17:39
Tue 4	17:06	17:55	48m	17:40
Wed 5	17:07	17:56	48m	17:41
Thu 6	17:08	17:56	48m	17:41
Fri 7	17:08	17:57	48m	17:42
Sat 8	17:09	17:57	48m	17:42
Sun 9	17:09	17:58	48m	17:43
Mon 10	17:10	17:58	48m	17:43
Tue 11	17:11	17:59	48m	17:44
Wed 12	17:11	18:00	48m	17:44
Thu 13	17:12	18:00	48m	17:45
Fri 14	17:13	18:01	48m	17:46
Sat 15	17:13	18:01	47m	17:46
Sun 16	17:14	18:02	47m	17:47
Mon 17	17:14	18:02	47m	17:47
Tue 18	17:15	18:03	47m	17:48
Wed 19	17:16	18:03	47m	17:48
Thu 20	17:16	18:04	47m	17:49
Fri 21	17:17	18:04	47m	17:49
Sat 22	17:17	18:05	47m	17:50
Sun 23	17:18	18:05	47m	17:50
Mon 24	17:19	18:06	47m	17:51
Tue 25	17:19	18:06	47m	17:51
Wed 26	17:20	18:07	47m	17:52
Thu 27	17:20	18:07	46m	17:53
Fri 28	17:21	18:08	46m	17:53
Sat 29	17:22	18:08	46m	17:54
Sun 30	17:22	18:09	46m	17:54
Mon 31	17:23	18:09	46m	17:55

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 Maseru

Through August the evening window averages about 48 minutes a day here.

The window barely changes across the year — every month sits within a few minutes of 52 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 47 here — the sun meets the horizon almost vertically at 29.3°, so it crosses the golden band quickly and the light goes from warm to gone with little warning.

The light comes from west-northwest tonight, at 282° 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 47m 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 Maseru Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.