Sunset and sunrise times in Melbourne, Australia
In Melbourne, Australia the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 7:32 pm and rises at 6:42 am. Daylight lasts 12h 49m; evening golden hour runs from 6:57 pm to 7:48 pm.
Today, Saturday 10 October
- First light
- 6:16 am
- Sunrise
- 6:42 am
- Solar noon
- 1:07 pm
- Sunset
- 7:32 pm
- Last light
- 7:59 pm
- Day length
- 12h 49m
19h 30m until sunset
Light and sky
- Evening golden hour
- 6:57 pm – 7:48 pm
- Blue hour
- 7:48 pm – 7:59 pm
- Max sun altitude
- 58.8°
- Moon
- 🌘 Waning crescent
- Moonrise / moonset
- 6:12 am / 7:23 pm
The sun sets at 261° — face west
Sunset conditions tonight
Rated by our sunset quality score, whose formula is published in full. Forecast by Open-Meteo.
Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October
Sunrise 6:41 am Sunset 7:33 pm Golden hour 6:58 pm – 7:49 pm Day length 12h 52m vs today 2 minutes longerWhere Melbourne is
- Coordinates
- 37.8140° S, 144.9633° E
- Time zone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Current offset
- UTC+11:00
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Population
- 5,435,590
Sunrise and sunset in Melbourne, October 2026
| Date | First light | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Last light | Day length | Change | Golden hour | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 5:29 am | 5:56 am | 12:09 pm | 6:24 pm | 6:50 pm | 12h 28m | +2:25 | 5:49 pm–6:40 pm | 🌖 78% |
| Fri 2 | 5:28 am | 5:54 am | 12:09 pm | 6:25 pm | 6:51 pm | 12h 30m | +2:25 | 5:50 pm–6:41 pm | 🌖 68% |
| Sat 3 | 5:26 am | 5:53 am | 12:09 pm | 6:26 pm | 6:52 pm | 12h 32m | +2:25 | 5:51 pm–6:42 pm | 🌖 56% |
| Sun 4 | 6:25 am | 6:51 am | 1:09 pm | 7:26 pm | 7:53 pm | 12h 35m | +2:25 | 6:52 pm–7:43 pm | 🌗 45% |
| Mon 5 | 6:23 am | 6:50 am | 1:08 pm | 7:27 pm | 7:54 pm | 12h 37m | +2:25 | 6:53 pm–7:44 pm | 🌘 34% |
| Tue 6 | 6:22 am | 6:48 am | 1:08 pm | 7:28 pm | 7:55 pm | 12h 40m | +2:25 | 6:54 pm–7:44 pm | 🌘 23% |
| Wed 7 | 6:20 am | 6:47 am | 1:08 pm | 7:29 pm | 7:56 pm | 12h 42m | +2:25 | 6:54 pm–7:45 pm | 🌘 14% |
| Thu 8 | 6:19 am | 6:45 am | 1:07 pm | 7:30 pm | 7:57 pm | 12h 44m | +2:25 | 6:55 pm–7:46 pm | 🌘 7% |
| Fri 9 | 6:17 am | 6:44 am | 1:07 pm | 7:31 pm | 7:58 pm | 12h 47m | +2:25 | 6:56 pm–7:47 pm | 🌘 3% |
| Sat 10 | 6:16 am | 6:42 am | 1:07 pm | 7:32 pm | 7:59 pm | 12h 49m | +2:24 | 6:57 pm–7:48 pm | 🌘 0% |
| Sun 11 | 6:14 am | 6:41 am | 1:06 pm | 7:33 pm | 8:00 pm | 12h 52m | +2:24 | 6:58 pm–7:49 pm | 🌑 0% |
| Mon 12 | 6:13 am | 6:39 am | 1:06 pm | 7:34 pm | 8:01 pm | 12h 54m | +2:24 | 6:59 pm–7:50 pm | 🌒 3% |
| Tue 13 | 6:11 am | 6:38 am | 1:06 pm | 7:35 pm | 8:02 pm | 12h 56m | +2:24 | 7:00 pm–7:51 pm | 🌒 6% |
| Wed 14 | 6:10 am | 6:36 am | 1:06 pm | 7:36 pm | 8:03 pm | 12h 59m | +2:23 | 7:01 pm–7:52 pm | 🌒 12% |
| Thu 15 | 6:08 am | 6:35 am | 1:06 pm | 7:37 pm | 8:04 pm | 13h 1m | +2:23 | 7:02 pm–7:53 pm | 🌒 19% |
| Fri 16 | 6:07 am | 6:34 am | 1:05 pm | 7:38 pm | 8:05 pm | 13h 4m | +2:23 | 7:03 pm–7:54 pm | 🌒 27% |
| Sat 17 | 6:05 am | 6:32 am | 1:05 pm | 7:39 pm | 8:06 pm | 13h 6m | +2:22 | 7:03 pm–7:55 pm | 🌒 35% |
| Sun 18 | 6:04 am | 6:31 am | 1:05 pm | 7:40 pm | 8:07 pm | 13h 8m | +2:22 | 7:04 pm–7:56 pm | 🌒 44% |
| Mon 19 | 6:02 am | 6:29 am | 1:05 pm | 7:41 pm | 8:08 pm | 13h 11m | +2:21 | 7:05 pm–7:57 pm | 🌓 54% |
| Tue 20 | 6:01 am | 6:28 am | 1:04 pm | 7:42 pm | 8:09 pm | 13h 13m | +2:21 | 7:06 pm–7:58 pm | 🌔 63% |
| Wed 21 | 5:59 am | 6:27 am | 1:04 pm | 7:43 pm | 8:10 pm | 13h 15m | +2:20 | 7:07 pm–7:59 pm | 🌔 72% |
| Thu 22 | 5:58 am | 6:25 am | 1:04 pm | 7:44 pm | 8:11 pm | 13h 18m | +2:20 | 7:08 pm–8:00 pm | 🌔 81% |
| Fri 23 | 5:57 am | 6:24 am | 1:04 pm | 7:45 pm | 8:12 pm | 13h 20m | +2:19 | 7:09 pm–8:01 pm | 🌔 88% |
| Sat 24 | 5:55 am | 6:23 am | 1:04 pm | 7:46 pm | 8:13 pm | 13h 22m | +2:18 | 7:10 pm–8:02 pm | 🌔 94% |
| Sun 25 | 5:54 am | 6:22 am | 1:04 pm | 7:47 pm | 8:14 pm | 13h 25m | +2:18 | 7:11 pm–8:03 pm | 🌔 98% |
| Mon 26 | 5:53 am | 6:20 am | 1:04 pm | 7:48 pm | 8:15 pm | 13h 27m | +2:17 | 7:12 pm–8:04 pm | 🌕 100% |
| Tue 27 | 5:51 am | 6:19 am | 1:04 pm | 7:49 pm | 8:16 pm | 13h 29m | +2:16 | 7:13 pm–8:06 pm | 🌖 99% |
| Wed 28 | 5:50 am | 6:18 am | 1:03 pm | 7:50 pm | 8:17 pm | 13h 31m | +2:15 | 7:14 pm–8:07 pm | 🌖 96% |
| Thu 29 | 5:49 am | 6:17 am | 1:03 pm | 7:51 pm | 8:19 pm | 13h 34m | +2:15 | 7:15 pm–8:08 pm | 🌖 90% |
| Fri 30 | 5:48 am | 6:15 am | 1:03 pm | 7:52 pm | 8:20 pm | 13h 36m | +2:14 | 7:16 pm–8:09 pm | 🌖 82% |
| Sat 31 | 5:46 am | 6:14 am | 1:03 pm | 7:53 pm | 8:21 pm | 13h 38m | +2:13 | 7:17 pm–8:10 pm | 🌖 72% |
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
| Date | Astro. dawn | Naut. dawn | Sunrise | Sunset | Naut. dusk | Astro. dusk | Night | Max altitude | Sunset direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 4:27 am | 4:59 am | 5:56 am | 6:24 pm | 7:21 pm | 7:53 pm | 11h 30m | 55.3° | 265° W |
| Fri 2 | 4:25 am | 4:57 am | 5:54 am | 6:25 pm | 7:22 pm | 7:54 pm | 11h 28m | 55.7° | 265° W |
| Sat 3 | 4:24 am | 4:55 am | 5:53 am | 6:26 pm | 7:23 pm | 7:55 pm | 11h 25m | 56.1° | 264° W |
| Sun 4 | 5:22 am | 5:54 am | 6:51 am | 7:26 pm | 8:24 pm | 8:56 pm | 11h 23m | 56.5° | 264° W |
| Mon 5 | 5:20 am | 5:52 am | 6:50 am | 7:27 pm | 8:25 pm | 8:57 pm | 11h 20m | 56.9° | 263° W |
| Tue 6 | 5:18 am | 5:50 am | 6:48 am | 7:28 pm | 8:26 pm | 8:58 pm | 11h 18m | 57.3° | 263° W |
| Wed 7 | 5:17 am | 5:49 am | 6:47 am | 7:29 pm | 8:27 pm | 8:59 pm | 11h 15m | 57.6° | 262° W |
| Thu 8 | 5:15 am | 5:47 am | 6:45 am | 7:30 pm | 8:28 pm | 9:01 pm | 11h 13m | 58.0° | 262° W |
| Fri 9 | 5:13 am | 5:46 am | 6:44 am | 7:31 pm | 8:29 pm | 9:02 pm | 11h 11m | 58.4° | 261° W |
| Sat 10 | 5:12 am | 5:44 am | 6:42 am | 7:32 pm | 8:30 pm | 9:03 pm | 11h 8m | 58.8° | 261° W |
| Sun 11 | 5:10 am | 5:42 am | 6:41 am | 7:33 pm | 8:31 pm | 9:04 pm | 11h 6m | 59.2° | 260° W |
| Mon 12 | 5:08 am | 5:41 am | 6:39 am | 7:34 pm | 8:32 pm | 9:05 pm | 11h 4m | 59.5° | 260° W |
| Tue 13 | 5:06 am | 5:39 am | 6:38 am | 7:35 pm | 8:33 pm | 9:06 pm | 11h 1m | 59.9° | 259° W |
| Wed 14 | 5:05 am | 5:38 am | 6:36 am | 7:36 pm | 8:35 pm | 9:08 pm | 10h 59m | 60.3° | 259° W |
| Thu 15 | 5:03 am | 5:36 am | 6:35 am | 7:37 pm | 8:36 pm | 9:09 pm | 10h 56m | 60.7° | 258° WSW |
| Fri 16 | 5:01 am | 5:35 am | 6:34 am | 7:38 pm | 8:37 pm | 9:10 pm | 10h 54m | 61.0° | 258° WSW |
| Sat 17 | 5:00 am | 5:33 am | 6:32 am | 7:39 pm | 8:38 pm | 9:11 pm | 10h 52m | 61.4° | 258° WSW |
| Sun 18 | 4:58 am | 5:32 am | 6:31 am | 7:40 pm | 8:39 pm | 9:13 pm | 10h 49m | 61.8° | 257° WSW |
| Mon 19 | 4:56 am | 5:30 am | 6:29 am | 7:41 pm | 8:40 pm | 9:14 pm | 10h 47m | 62.1° | 257° WSW |
| Tue 20 | 4:55 am | 5:28 am | 6:28 am | 7:42 pm | 8:41 pm | 9:15 pm | 10h 45m | 62.5° | 256° WSW |
| Wed 21 | 4:53 am | 5:27 am | 6:27 am | 7:43 pm | 8:43 pm | 9:17 pm | 10h 42m | 62.8° | 256° WSW |
| Thu 22 | 4:51 am | 5:25 am | 6:25 am | 7:44 pm | 8:44 pm | 9:18 pm | 10h 40m | 63.2° | 255° WSW |
| Fri 23 | 4:50 am | 5:24 am | 6:24 am | 7:45 pm | 8:45 pm | 9:19 pm | 10h 38m | 63.5° | 255° WSW |
| Sat 24 | 4:48 am | 5:23 am | 6:23 am | 7:46 pm | 8:46 pm | 9:21 pm | 10h 35m | 63.9° | 254° WSW |
| Sun 25 | 4:46 am | 5:21 am | 6:22 am | 7:47 pm | 8:47 pm | 9:22 pm | 10h 33m | 64.2° | 254° WSW |
| Mon 26 | 4:45 am | 5:20 am | 6:20 am | 7:48 pm | 8:48 pm | 9:23 pm | 10h 31m | 64.6° | 253° WSW |
| Tue 27 | 4:43 am | 5:18 am | 6:19 am | 7:49 pm | 8:50 pm | 9:25 pm | 10h 29m | 64.9° | 253° WSW |
| Wed 28 | 4:42 am | 5:17 am | 6:18 am | 7:50 pm | 8:51 pm | 9:26 pm | 10h 26m | 65.3° | 253° WSW |
| Thu 29 | 4:40 am | 5:15 am | 6:17 am | 7:51 pm | 8:52 pm | 9:28 pm | 10h 24m | 65.6° | 252° WSW |
| Fri 30 | 4:38 am | 5:14 am | 6:15 am | 7:52 pm | 8:53 pm | 9:29 pm | 10h 22m | 65.9° | 252° WSW |
| Sat 31 | 4:37 am | 5:13 am | 6:14 am | 7:53 pm | 8:55 pm | 9:31 pm | 10h 20m | 66.3° | 251° WSW |
November 2026
| Date | First light | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Last light | Day length | Change | Golden hour | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 5:45 am | 6:13 am | 1:03 pm | 7:54 pm | 8:22 pm | 13h 40m | +2:12 | 7:18 pm–8:11 pm | 🌖 61% |
| Mon 2 | 5:44 am | 6:12 am | 1:03 pm | 7:55 pm | 8:23 pm | 13h 42m | +2:11 | 7:19 pm–8:12 pm | 🌗 49% |
| Tue 3 | 5:43 am | 6:11 am | 1:03 pm | 7:56 pm | 8:24 pm | 13h 45m | +2:10 | 7:20 pm–8:13 pm | 🌘 38% |
| Wed 4 | 5:42 am | 6:10 am | 1:03 pm | 7:57 pm | 8:25 pm | 13h 47m | +2:08 | 7:21 pm–8:14 pm | 🌘 27% |
| Thu 5 | 5:40 am | 6:09 am | 1:03 pm | 7:58 pm | 8:27 pm | 13h 49m | +2:07 | 7:22 pm–8:15 pm | 🌘 18% |
| Fri 6 | 5:39 am | 6:08 am | 1:03 pm | 7:59 pm | 8:28 pm | 13h 51m | +2:06 | 7:23 pm–8:17 pm | 🌘 10% |
| Sat 7 | 5:38 am | 6:07 am | 1:03 pm | 8:00 pm | 8:29 pm | 13h 53m | +2:05 | 7:24 pm–8:18 pm | 🌘 5% |
| Sun 8 | 5:37 am | 6:06 am | 1:03 pm | 8:01 pm | 8:30 pm | 13h 55m | +2:03 | 7:25 pm–8:19 pm | 🌘 2% |
| Mon 9 | 5:36 am | 6:05 am | 1:03 pm | 8:03 pm | 8:31 pm | 13h 57m | +2:02 | 7:26 pm–8:20 pm | 🌑 0% |
| Tue 10 | 5:35 am | 6:04 am | 1:03 pm | 8:04 pm | 8:32 pm | 13h 59m | +2:00 | 7:27 pm–8:21 pm | 🌒 1% |
| Wed 11 | 5:34 am | 6:03 am | 1:04 pm | 8:05 pm | 8:34 pm | 14h 1m | +1:59 | 7:28 pm–8:22 pm | 🌒 3% |
| Thu 12 | 5:33 am | 6:02 am | 1:04 pm | 8:06 pm | 8:35 pm | 14h 3m | +1:57 | 7:29 pm–8:23 pm | 🌒 8% |
| Fri 13 | 5:32 am | 6:01 am | 1:04 pm | 8:07 pm | 8:36 pm | 14h 5m | +1:56 | 7:30 pm–8:25 pm | 🌒 13% |
| Sat 14 | 5:31 am | 6:01 am | 1:04 pm | 8:08 pm | 8:37 pm | 14h 7m | +1:54 | 7:31 pm–8:26 pm | 🌒 20% |
| Sun 15 | 5:31 am | 6:00 am | 1:04 pm | 8:09 pm | 8:38 pm | 14h 9m | +1:52 | 7:32 pm–8:27 pm | 🌒 28% |
| Mon 16 | 5:30 am | 5:59 am | 1:04 pm | 8:10 pm | 8:40 pm | 14h 11m | +1:50 | 7:33 pm–8:28 pm | 🌒 37% |
| Tue 17 | 5:29 am | 5:58 am | 1:05 pm | 8:11 pm | 8:41 pm | 14h 12m | +1:48 | 7:34 pm–8:29 pm | 🌓 46% |
| Wed 18 | 5:28 am | 5:58 am | 1:05 pm | 8:12 pm | 8:42 pm | 14h 14m | +1:46 | 7:35 pm–8:30 pm | 🌔 56% |
| Thu 19 | 5:27 am | 5:57 am | 1:05 pm | 8:13 pm | 8:43 pm | 14h 16m | +1:44 | 7:36 pm–8:31 pm | 🌔 66% |
| Fri 20 | 5:27 am | 5:56 am | 1:05 pm | 8:14 pm | 8:44 pm | 14h 18m | +1:42 | 7:37 pm–8:33 pm | 🌔 75% |
| Sat 21 | 5:26 am | 5:56 am | 1:05 pm | 8:16 pm | 8:45 pm | 14h 19m | +1:40 | 7:38 pm–8:34 pm | 🌔 84% |
| Sun 22 | 5:25 am | 5:55 am | 1:06 pm | 8:17 pm | 8:47 pm | 14h 21m | +1:37 | 7:39 pm–8:35 pm | 🌔 91% |
| Mon 23 | 5:25 am | 5:55 am | 1:06 pm | 8:18 pm | 8:48 pm | 14h 22m | +1:35 | 7:40 pm–8:36 pm | 🌔 96% |
| Tue 24 | 5:24 am | 5:54 am | 1:06 pm | 8:19 pm | 8:49 pm | 14h 24m | +1:33 | 7:41 pm–8:37 pm | 🌔 99% |
| Wed 25 | 5:24 am | 5:54 am | 1:06 pm | 8:20 pm | 8:50 pm | 14h 26m | +1:30 | 7:42 pm–8:38 pm | 🌕 100% |
| Thu 26 | 5:23 am | 5:53 am | 1:07 pm | 8:21 pm | 8:51 pm | 14h 27m | +1:28 | 7:43 pm–8:39 pm | 🌖 97% |
| Fri 27 | 5:23 am | 5:53 am | 1:07 pm | 8:22 pm | 8:52 pm | 14h 28m | +1:25 | 7:44 pm–8:40 pm | 🌖 92% |
| Sat 28 | 5:22 am | 5:53 am | 1:07 pm | 8:23 pm | 8:53 pm | 14h 30m | +1:22 | 7:45 pm–8:41 pm | 🌖 85% |
| Sun 29 | 5:22 am | 5:52 am | 1:08 pm | 8:24 pm | 8:54 pm | 14h 31m | +1:19 | 7:45 pm–8:42 pm | 🌖 76% |
| Mon 30 | 5:21 am | 5:52 am | 1:08 pm | 8:25 pm | 8:55 pm | 14h 32m | +1:17 | 7:46 pm–8:43 pm | 🌖 65% |
Longest and shortest day in Melbourne
The longest day falls on 22 December 2026, in 2 months, with 14h 47m of daylight.
The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 9h 32m.
Between them the day length swings by 5h 14m.
Daylight through 2026
The earliest sunset of the year is at 5:07 pm on 13 June; the latest is 8:45 pm on 5 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.
Sunrise ranges from 5:51 am on 8 December to 7:36 am on 29 June.
Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.
What makes sunsets in Melbourne different
At 37.8°S the sun cuts through the twilight band at an angle, so darkness takes 27 minutes to arrive: 3 minutes longer than today's 24-minute median.
Photographers get 51 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.3× the 40 minutes available at the equator on the same date.
The gap between the longest and shortest day of the year comes to 5h 14m, one of the widest swings of any Australia city on the site.
Between solstices the sunset walks 60° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.
Across October the sunset moves 89 minutes later, averaging about 3 minutes a day.
On 4 April 2027 the local clock shifts back an hour and sunset lands at 6:09 pm instead of 7:11 pm. Worth knowing if you are planning a shoot that week.
Planning a sunset photo in Melbourne
Arrive by 6:42 pm. Golden hour opens at 6:57 pm and the sun is down by 7:32 pm, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.
Face west — the sun goes down at 261° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.
Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 7:48 pm and runs to 7:59 pm, the end of civil twilight and 26m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.
Common questions
What time is sunset in Melbourne today?
The sun sets in Melbourne at 7:32 pm today, Saturday 10 October 2026.
How long after sunset does it get dark in Melbourne?
It takes 26m. Civil twilight ends at 7:59 pm today, which is the point most people would call dark.
When is golden hour in Melbourne?
Evening golden hour runs 6:57 pm to 7:48 pm today, lasting 51m. Full golden hour times for Melbourne covers the morning window and the coming week.