Golden hour in Moscow, Russia today

Evening golden hour in Moscow, Russia runs 16:51 – 18:04 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 1h 13m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 16:51 – 18:04
Duration: 1h 13m
Sunset: 17:42
Blue hour: 18:04 – 18:19
Sunset direction: 259° (W)

17h 40m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 06:27 – 07:40
Duration: 1h 13m
Sunrise: 06:49
Blue hour: 06:12 – 06:27
Sunrise direction: 101° (E)

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
Sat 10 Oct	16:51	18:04	1h 13m	18:04 – 18:19	17:42	259° W
Sun 11 Oct	16:48	18:02	1h 13m	18:02 – 18:16	17:39	258° WSW
Mon 12 Oct	16:46	18:00	1h 13m	18:00 – 18:14	17:37	258° WSW
Tue 13 Oct	16:43	17:57	1h 14m	17:57 – 18:11	17:34	257° WSW
Wed 14 Oct	16:40	17:55	1h 14m	17:55 – 18:09	17:32	256° WSW
Thu 15 Oct	16:38	17:52	1h 14m	17:52 – 18:07	17:29	256° WSW
Fri 16 Oct	16:35	17:50	1h 14m	17:50 – 18:04	17:27	255° WSW

Golden hour in October 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of October 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Thu 1	17:16	18:27	1h 11m	18:05
Fri 2	17:13	18:25	1h 11m	18:02
Sat 3	17:10	18:22	1h 12m	18:00
Sun 4	17:08	18:20	1h 12m	17:57
Mon 5	17:05	18:17	1h 12m	17:55
Tue 6	17:02	18:15	1h 12m	17:52
Wed 7	16:59	18:12	1h 12m	17:49
Thu 8	16:57	18:10	1h 12m	17:47
Fri 9	16:54	18:07	1h 13m	17:44
Sat 10	16:51	18:04	1h 13m	17:42
Sun 11	16:48	18:02	1h 13m	17:39
Mon 12	16:46	18:00	1h 13m	17:37
Tue 13	16:43	17:57	1h 14m	17:34
Wed 14	16:40	17:55	1h 14m	17:32
Thu 15	16:38	17:52	1h 14m	17:29
Fri 16	16:35	17:50	1h 14m	17:27
Sat 17	16:32	17:47	1h 15m	17:24
Sun 18	16:30	17:45	1h 15m	17:22
Mon 19	16:27	17:43	1h 15m	17:19
Tue 20	16:24	17:40	1h 16m	17:17
Wed 21	16:22	17:38	1h 16m	17:15
Thu 22	16:19	17:36	1h 16m	17:12
Fri 23	16:16	17:33	1h 17m	17:10
Sat 24	16:14	17:31	1h 17m	17:08
Sun 25	16:11	17:29	1h 17m	17:05
Mon 26	16:08	17:27	1h 18m	17:03
Tue 27	16:06	17:24	1h 18m	17:01
Wed 28	16:03	17:22	1h 19m	16:58
Thu 29	16:01	17:20	1h 19m	16:56
Fri 30	15:58	17:18	1h 20m	16:54
Sat 31	15:55	17:16	1h 20m	16:52

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 October the evening window averages about 75 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 12 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 15:33.

The light comes from west tonight, at 259° 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 13m here today and about 40 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.