Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:24 and rises at 05:53. Daylight lasts 12h 31m; evening golden hour runs from 17:55 to 18:38.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
05:31
Sunrise
05:53
Solar noon
12:08
Sunset
18:24
Last light
18:46
Day length
12h 31m

4h 3m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:55 – 18:38
Blue hour
18:38 – 18:46
Max sun altitude
84.6°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:47 / 03:30

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:24 Golden hour 17:55 – 18:37 Day length 12h 30m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Basse-Terre is

Coordinates
15.9971° N, 61.7321° W
Time zone
America/Guadeloupe
Current offset
UTC-04:00
Elevation
11 m
Population
11,472

Sunrise and sunset in Basse-Terre, August 2026

August 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sat 1 05:25 05:48 12:13 18:38 19:00 12h 49m −0:39 18:08–18:52 🌖 91%
Sun 2 05:25 05:48 12:13 18:37 19:00 12h 49m −0:40 18:07–18:51 🌖 84%
Mon 3 05:26 05:48 12:13 18:37 19:00 12h 48m −0:40 18:07–18:51 🌖 76%
Tue 4 05:26 05:49 12:13 18:36 18:59 12h 47m −0:41 18:07–18:50 🌖 65%
Wed 5 05:26 05:49 12:12 18:36 18:59 12h 47m −0:42 18:06–18:50 🌗 54%
Thu 6 05:26 05:49 12:12 18:35 18:58 12h 46m −0:42 18:06–18:49 🌘 43%
Fri 7 05:27 05:49 12:12 18:35 18:58 12h 45m −0:43 18:05–18:49 🌘 31%
Sat 8 05:27 05:50 12:12 18:34 18:57 12h 44m −0:43 18:05–18:48 🌘 21%
Sun 9 05:27 05:50 12:12 18:34 18:56 12h 44m −0:44 18:04–18:48 🌘 12%
Mon 10 05:27 05:50 12:12 18:33 18:56 12h 43m −0:44 18:04–18:47 🌘 6%
Tue 11 05:28 05:50 12:12 18:33 18:55 12h 42m −0:45 18:03–18:47 🌘 1%
Wed 12 05:28 05:50 12:11 18:32 18:55 12h 42m −0:45 18:03–18:46 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:28 05:51 12:11 18:32 18:54 12h 41m −0:46 18:02–18:45 🌒 1%
Fri 14 05:28 05:51 12:11 18:31 18:54 12h 40m −0:46 18:02–18:45 🌒 5%
Sat 15 05:29 05:51 12:11 18:31 18:53 12h 39m −0:46 18:01–18:44 🌒 11%
Sun 16 05:29 05:51 12:11 18:30 18:52 12h 38m −0:47 18:01–18:44 🌒 18%
Mon 17 05:29 05:51 12:10 18:29 18:52 12h 38m −0:47 18:00–18:43 🌒 27%
Tue 18 05:29 05:51 12:10 18:29 18:51 12h 37m −0:48 18:00–18:42 🌒 36%
Wed 19 05:29 05:52 12:10 18:28 18:50 12h 36m −0:48 17:59–18:42 🌓 46%
Thu 20 05:30 05:52 12:10 18:28 18:50 12h 35m −0:48 17:59–18:41 🌔 55%
Fri 21 05:30 05:52 12:10 18:27 18:49 12h 34m −0:49 17:58–18:40 🌔 64%
Sat 22 05:30 05:52 12:09 18:26 18:48 12h 34m −0:49 17:57–18:40 🌔 73%
Sun 23 05:30 05:52 12:09 18:26 18:48 12h 33m −0:49 17:57–18:39 🌔 81%
Mon 24 05:30 05:52 12:09 18:25 18:47 12h 32m −0:49 17:56–18:38 🌔 88%
Tue 25 05:31 05:53 12:08 18:24 18:46 12h 31m −0:50 17:55–18:38 🌔 93%
Wed 26 05:31 05:53 12:08 18:24 18:45 12h 30m −0:50 17:55–18:37 🌔 97%
Thu 27 05:31 05:53 12:08 18:23 18:45 12h 29m −0:50 17:54–18:36 🌔 100%
Fri 28 05:31 05:53 12:08 18:22 18:44 12h 29m −0:51 17:53–18:35 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:31 05:53 12:07 18:21 18:43 12h 28m −0:51 17:53–18:35 🌖 98%
Sun 30 05:31 05:53 12:07 18:21 18:42 12h 27m −0:51 17:52–18:34 🌖 94%
Mon 31 05:31 05:53 12:07 18:20 18:42 12h 26m −0:51 17:51–18:33 🌖 87%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 04:31 04:58 05:48 18:38 19:27 19:55 11h 10m 88.1° 289° WNW
Sun 2 04:31 04:58 05:48 18:37 19:27 19:54 11h 11m 88.4° 289° WNW
Mon 3 04:31 04:59 05:48 18:37 19:26 19:53 11h 11m 88.6° 288° WNW
Tue 4 04:32 04:59 05:49 18:36 19:26 19:53 11h 12m 88.9° 288° WNW
Wed 5 04:32 04:59 05:49 18:36 19:25 19:52 11h 13m 89.2° 288° WNW
Thu 6 04:33 05:00 05:49 18:35 19:25 19:52 11h 13m 89.4° 287° WNW
Fri 7 04:33 05:00 05:49 18:35 19:24 19:51 11h 14m 89.7° 287° WNW
Sat 8 04:33 05:00 05:50 18:34 19:24 19:50 11h 15m 90.0° 287° WNW
Sun 9 04:34 05:01 05:50 18:34 19:23 19:50 11h 15m 89.7° 287° WNW
Mon 10 04:34 05:01 05:50 18:33 19:22 19:49 11h 16m 89.4° 286° WNW
Tue 11 04:35 05:01 05:50 18:33 19:22 19:48 11h 17m 89.1° 286° WNW
Wed 12 04:35 05:02 05:50 18:32 19:21 19:48 11h 18m 88.8° 286° WNW
Thu 13 04:35 05:02 05:51 18:32 19:20 19:47 11h 18m 88.5° 285° WNW
Fri 14 04:36 05:02 05:51 18:31 19:20 19:46 11h 19m 88.2° 285° WNW
Sat 15 04:36 05:02 05:51 18:31 19:19 19:46 11h 20m 87.9° 285° WNW
Sun 16 04:36 05:03 05:51 18:30 19:18 19:45 11h 21m 87.6° 284° WNW
Mon 17 04:37 05:03 05:51 18:29 19:18 19:44 11h 22m 87.3° 284° WNW
Tue 18 04:37 05:03 05:51 18:29 19:17 19:43 11h 22m 86.9° 284° WNW
Wed 19 04:37 05:03 05:52 18:28 19:16 19:43 11h 23m 86.6° 283° WNW
Thu 20 04:37 05:04 05:52 18:28 19:16 19:42 11h 24m 86.3° 283° WNW
Fri 21 04:38 05:04 05:52 18:27 19:15 19:41 11h 25m 86.0° 283° WNW
Sat 22 04:38 05:04 05:52 18:26 19:14 19:40 11h 26m 85.6° 282° WNW
Sun 23 04:38 05:04 05:52 18:26 19:13 19:39 11h 26m 85.3° 282° WNW
Mon 24 04:39 05:05 05:52 18:25 19:13 19:39 11h 27m 84.9° 282° WNW
Tue 25 04:39 05:05 05:53 18:24 19:12 19:38 11h 28m 84.6° 281° W
Wed 26 04:39 05:05 05:53 18:24 19:11 19:37 11h 29m 84.2° 281° W
Thu 27 04:39 05:05 05:53 18:23 19:10 19:36 11h 30m 83.9° 280° W
Fri 28 04:40 05:05 05:53 18:22 19:10 19:35 11h 30m 83.5° 280° W
Sat 29 04:40 05:06 05:53 18:21 19:09 19:35 11h 31m 83.2° 280° W
Sun 30 04:40 05:06 05:53 18:21 19:08 19:34 11h 32m 82.8° 279° W
Mon 31 04:40 05:06 05:53 18:20 19:07 19:33 11h 33m 82.5° 279° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:32 05:53 12:06 18:19 18:41 12h 25m −0:51 17:50–18:32 🌖 79%
Wed 2 05:32 05:54 12:06 18:18 18:40 12h 24m −0:52 17:50–18:32 🌖 69%
Thu 3 05:32 05:54 12:06 18:18 18:39 12h 24m −0:52 17:49–18:31 🌖 58%
Fri 4 05:32 05:54 12:05 18:17 18:39 12h 23m −0:52 17:48–18:30 🌗 46%
Sat 5 05:32 05:54 12:05 18:16 18:38 12h 22m −0:52 17:48–18:29 🌘 34%
Sun 6 05:32 05:54 12:05 18:15 18:37 12h 21m −0:52 17:47–18:29 🌘 24%
Mon 7 05:32 05:54 12:04 18:15 18:36 12h 20m −0:52 17:46–18:28 🌘 14%
Tue 8 05:32 05:54 12:04 18:14 18:35 12h 19m −0:53 17:45–18:27 🌘 7%
Wed 9 05:33 05:54 12:04 18:13 18:35 12h 18m −0:53 17:44–18:26 🌘 2%
Thu 10 05:33 05:54 12:03 18:12 18:34 12h 17m −0:53 17:44–18:25 🌑 0%
Fri 11 05:33 05:54 12:03 18:11 18:33 12h 17m −0:53 17:43–18:25 🌒 1%
Sat 12 05:33 05:54 12:03 18:11 18:32 12h 16m −0:53 17:42–18:24 🌒 3%
Sun 13 05:33 05:55 12:02 18:10 18:31 12h 15m −0:53 17:41–18:23 🌒 8%
Mon 14 05:33 05:55 12:02 18:09 18:31 12h 14m −0:53 17:41–18:22 🌒 14%
Tue 15 05:33 05:55 12:02 18:08 18:30 12h 13m −0:53 17:40–18:21 🌒 21%
Wed 16 05:33 05:55 12:01 18:07 18:29 12h 12m −0:53 17:39–18:21 🌒 30%
Thu 17 05:33 05:55 12:01 18:07 18:28 12h 11m −0:53 17:38–18:20 🌒 39%
Fri 18 05:33 05:55 12:01 18:06 18:27 12h 10m −0:53 17:37–18:19 🌓 48%
Sat 19 05:34 05:55 12:00 18:05 18:27 12h 9m −0:53 17:37–18:18 🌔 58%
Sun 20 05:34 05:55 12:00 18:04 18:26 12h 9m −0:53 17:36–18:17 🌔 67%
Mon 21 05:34 05:55 11:59 18:03 18:25 12h 8m −0:54 17:35–18:17 🌔 75%
Tue 22 05:34 05:55 11:59 18:03 18:24 12h 7m −0:54 17:34–18:16 🌔 83%
Wed 23 05:34 05:55 11:59 18:02 18:23 12h 6m −0:54 17:33–18:15 🌔 90%
Thu 24 05:34 05:56 11:58 18:01 18:23 12h 5m −0:54 17:33–18:14 🌔 95%
Fri 25 05:34 05:56 11:58 18:00 18:22 12h 4m −0:54 17:32–18:13 🌔 99%
Sat 26 05:34 05:56 11:58 17:59 18:21 12h 3m −0:54 17:31–18:13 🌕 100%
Sun 27 05:34 05:56 11:57 17:59 18:20 12h 2m −0:54 17:30–18:12 🌖 99%
Mon 28 05:34 05:56 11:57 17:58 18:19 12h 1m −0:53 17:29–18:11 🌖 96%
Tue 29 05:35 05:56 11:57 17:57 18:19 12h 1m −0:53 17:29–18:10 🌖 90%
Wed 30 05:35 05:56 11:56 17:56 18:18 12h 0m −0:53 17:28–18:10 🌖 82%

Longest and shortest day in Basse-Terre

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 13h 4m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 11h 10m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 54m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:32 on 22 November; the latest is 18:42 on 7 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:34 on 3 June to 06:38 on 21 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 8m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Basse-Terre different

It takes roughly 22 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

Over a year the sunset point slides 49° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Across August the sunset moves 18 minutes earlier, averaging about 35 seconds a day.

Being inside the tropics means two zenith passages a year, 4 May and 9 August, when the sun is straight up at solar noon rather than merely high.

The times barely move this week: the longest day of the year falls on 21 June, 2 months ago, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 10 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Basse-Terre

Arrive by 17:40. Golden hour opens at 17:55 and the sun is down by 18:24, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 281° 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 18:38 and runs to 18:46, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Basse-Terre today?

The sun sets in Basse-Terre at 18:24 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Basse-Terre?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:46 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Basse-Terre?

Evening golden hour runs 17:55 to 18:38 today, lasting 42m.

Sunset times near Basse-Terre