Golden hour in Moscow, Russia today

Evening golden hour in Moscow, Russia runs 18:51 – 20:06 today, Tuesday 25 August — that is 1h 14m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 18:51 – 20:06
Duration: 1h 14m
Sunset: 19:41
Blue hour: 20:06 – 20:22
Sunset direction: 290° (WNW)

the sun has already set today

This morning

Golden hour: 04:55 – 06:10
Duration: 1h 15m
Sunrise: 05:20
Blue hour: 04:39 – 04:55
Sunrise direction: 69° (ENE)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Moscow.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Tue 25 Aug	18:51	20:06	1h 14m	20:06 – 20:22	19:41	290° WNW
Wed 26 Aug	18:49	20:03	1h 14m	20:03 – 20:19	19:39	290° WNW
Thu 27 Aug	18:46	20:00	1h 14m	20:00 – 20:16	19:36	289° WNW
Fri 28 Aug	18:44	19:58	1h 13m	19:58 – 20:13	19:34	288° WNW
Sat 29 Aug	18:41	19:55	1h 13m	19:55 – 20:11	19:31	288° WNW
Sun 30 Aug	18:39	19:52	1h 13m	19:52 – 20:08	19:29	287° WNW
Mon 31 Aug	18:37	19:50	1h 13m	19:50 – 20:05	19:26	286° WNW

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	19:40	21:04	1h 23m	20:36
Sun 2	19:38	21:02	1h 23m	20:34
Mon 3	19:37	21:00	1h 22m	20:32
Tue 4	19:35	20:57	1h 22m	20:30
Wed 5	19:33	20:55	1h 21m	20:27
Thu 6	19:31	20:53	1h 21m	20:25
Fri 7	19:29	20:50	1h 21m	20:23
Sat 8	19:27	20:48	1h 20m	20:21
Sun 9	19:25	20:46	1h 20m	20:19
Mon 10	19:23	20:43	1h 19m	20:17
Tue 11	19:21	20:41	1h 19m	20:14
Wed 12	19:19	20:38	1h 19m	20:12
Thu 13	19:17	20:36	1h 18m	20:10
Fri 14	19:15	20:34	1h 18m	20:08
Sat 15	19:13	20:31	1h 17m	20:05
Sun 16	19:11	20:29	1h 17m	20:03
Mon 17	19:09	20:26	1h 17m	20:01
Tue 18	19:07	20:24	1h 16m	19:58
Wed 19	19:05	20:21	1h 16m	19:56
Thu 20	19:02	20:18	1h 16m	19:53
Fri 21	19:00	20:16	1h 15m	19:51
Sat 22	18:58	20:13	1h 15m	19:49
Sun 23	18:55	20:11	1h 15m	19:46
Mon 24	18:53	20:08	1h 14m	19:44
Tue 25	18:51	20:06	1h 14m	19:41
Wed 26	18:49	20:03	1h 14m	19:39
Thu 27	18:46	20:00	1h 14m	19:36
Fri 28	18:44	19:58	1h 13m	19:34
Sat 29	18:41	19:55	1h 13m	19:31
Sun 30	18:39	19:52	1h 13m	19:29
Mon 31	18:37	19:50	1h 13m	19:26

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 54 hours across the month; the year ranges by 31%.

What the numbers mean for Moscow

Through August the evening window averages about 78 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 105 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 72 minutes — a difference of 1.5×. That gap is geometry, not weather: the shallower the sun meets the horizon, the longer it spends crossing the golden band.

A month from now the evening window will be about 3 minutes shorter than tonight, and it will start at 17:35.

The light comes from west-northwest tonight, at 290° 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 1h 14m 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 Moscow Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.