Sunset and sunrise times in Antananarivo, Madagascar

In Antananarivo, Madagascar the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 17:40 and rises at 06:03. Daylight lasts 11h 37m; evening golden hour runs from 17:11 to 17:54.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light: 05:41
Sunrise: 06:03
Solar noon: 11:52
Sunset: 17:40
Last light: 18:03
Day length: 11h 37m

the sun has already set today

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:11 – 17:54
Blue hour: 17:54 – 18:03
Max sun altitude: 60.4°
Moon: 🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset: 15:16 / 04:04

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:41 Golden hour 17:11 – 17:54 Day length 11h 38m vs today 1 minute longer

Where Antananarivo is

Coordinates: 18.9137° S, 47.5361° E
Time zone: Indian/Antananarivo
Current offset: UTC+03:00
Elevation: 1,274 m
Population: 1,349,501

Sunrise and sunset in Antananarivo, 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	05:55	06:18	11:56	17:34	17:57	11h 16m	+0:45	17:03–17:48	🌖 93%
Sun 2	05:54	06:17	11:56	17:34	17:57	11h 17m	+0:46	17:04–17:48	🌖 87%
Mon 3	05:54	06:17	11:56	17:35	17:58	11h 17m	+0:47	17:04–17:49	🌖 78%
Tue 4	05:53	06:16	11:56	17:35	17:58	11h 18m	+0:47	17:04–17:49	🌖 69%
Wed 5	05:53	06:16	11:55	17:35	17:58	11h 19m	+0:48	17:05–17:49	🌖 58%
Thu 6	05:52	06:15	11:55	17:36	17:58	11h 20m	+0:49	17:05–17:50	🌗 46%
Fri 7	05:52	06:15	11:55	17:36	17:59	11h 21m	+0:49	17:05–17:50	🌘 35%
Sat 8	05:51	06:14	11:55	17:36	17:59	11h 22m	+0:50	17:06–17:50	🌘 24%
Sun 9	05:51	06:14	11:55	17:36	17:59	11h 22m	+0:51	17:06–17:50	🌘 15%
Mon 10	05:50	06:13	11:55	17:37	17:59	11h 23m	+0:51	17:06–17:51	🌘 7%
Tue 11	05:50	06:12	11:55	17:37	18:00	11h 24m	+0:52	17:07–17:51	🌘 2%
Wed 12	05:49	06:12	11:54	17:37	18:00	11h 25m	+0:52	17:07–17:51	🌑 0%
Thu 13	05:49	06:11	11:54	17:38	18:00	11h 26m	+0:53	17:07–17:51	🌒 1%
Fri 14	05:48	06:11	11:54	17:38	18:00	11h 27m	+0:53	17:08–17:52	🌒 4%
Sat 15	05:47	06:10	11:54	17:38	18:01	11h 28m	+0:54	17:08–17:52	🌒 9%
Sun 16	05:47	06:09	11:54	17:38	18:01	11h 29m	+0:54	17:08–17:52	🌒 16%
Mon 17	05:46	06:09	11:53	17:39	18:01	11h 29m	+0:55	17:09–17:52	🌒 24%
Tue 18	05:46	06:08	11:53	17:39	18:01	11h 30m	+0:55	17:09–17:53	🌒 33%
Wed 19	05:45	06:07	11:53	17:39	18:01	11h 31m	+0:56	17:09–17:53	🌒 43%
Thu 20	05:44	06:07	11:53	17:39	18:02	11h 32m	+0:56	17:09–17:53	🌓 52%
Fri 21	05:44	06:06	11:53	17:39	18:02	11h 33m	+0:57	17:10–17:53	🌔 62%
Sat 22	05:43	06:05	11:52	17:40	18:02	11h 34m	+0:57	17:10–17:53	🌔 71%
Sun 23	05:42	06:04	11:52	17:40	18:02	11h 35m	+0:57	17:10–17:54	🌔 79%
Mon 24	05:41	06:04	11:52	17:40	18:02	11h 36m	+0:58	17:11–17:54	🌔 86%
Tue 25	05:41	06:03	11:52	17:40	18:03	11h 37m	+0:58	17:11–17:54	🌔 92%
Wed 26	05:40	06:02	11:51	17:41	18:03	11h 38m	+0:59	17:11–17:54	🌔 96%
Thu 27	05:39	06:01	11:51	17:41	18:03	11h 39m	+0:59	17:11–17:54	🌔 99%
Fri 28	05:38	06:01	11:51	17:41	18:03	11h 40m	+0:59	17:12–17:55	🌕 100%
Sat 29	05:38	06:00	11:50	17:41	18:03	11h 41m	+1:00	17:12–17:55	🌖 99%
Sun 30	05:37	05:59	11:50	17:41	18:03	11h 42m	+1:00	17:12–17:55	🌖 95%
Mon 31	05:36	05:58	11:50	17:42	18:04	11h 43m	+1:00	17:12–17:55	🌖 89%

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	05:02	05:28	06:18	17:34	18:23	18:50	12h 43m	53.1°	289° WNW
Sun 2	05:02	05:28	06:17	17:34	18:24	18:50	12h 42m	53.4°	288° WNW
Mon 3	05:01	05:27	06:17	17:35	18:24	18:50	12h 41m	53.6°	288° WNW
Tue 4	05:01	05:27	06:16	17:35	18:24	18:50	12h 40m	53.9°	288° WNW
Wed 5	05:01	05:27	06:16	17:35	18:24	18:50	12h 39m	54.2°	288° WNW
Thu 6	05:00	05:26	06:15	17:36	18:25	18:51	12h 39m	54.4°	287° WNW
Fri 7	05:00	05:26	06:15	17:36	18:25	18:51	12h 38m	54.7°	287° WNW
Sat 8	04:59	05:25	06:14	17:36	18:25	18:51	12h 37m	55.0°	287° WNW
Sun 9	04:59	05:25	06:14	17:36	18:25	18:51	12h 36m	55.3°	286° WNW
Mon 10	04:58	05:24	06:13	17:37	18:25	18:51	12h 35m	55.6°	286° WNW
Tue 11	04:58	05:24	06:12	17:37	18:26	18:52	12h 34m	55.9°	286° WNW
Wed 12	04:57	05:23	06:12	17:37	18:26	18:52	12h 33m	56.2°	285° WNW
Thu 13	04:57	05:23	06:11	17:38	18:26	18:52	12h 33m	56.5°	285° WNW
Fri 14	04:56	05:22	06:11	17:38	18:26	18:52	12h 32m	56.8°	285° WNW
Sat 15	04:56	05:22	06:10	17:38	18:26	18:52	12h 31m	57.1°	284° WNW
Sun 16	04:55	05:21	06:09	17:38	18:27	18:52	12h 30m	57.4°	284° WNW
Mon 17	04:55	05:20	06:09	17:39	18:27	18:53	12h 29m	57.7°	284° WNW
Tue 18	04:54	05:20	06:08	17:39	18:27	18:53	12h 28m	58.0°	283° WNW
Wed 19	04:53	05:19	06:07	17:39	18:27	18:53	12h 27m	58.4°	283° WNW
Thu 20	04:53	05:18	06:07	17:39	18:27	18:53	12h 26m	58.7°	283° WNW
Fri 21	04:52	05:18	06:06	17:39	18:28	18:53	12h 25m	59.0°	282° WNW
Sat 22	04:52	05:17	06:05	17:40	18:28	18:53	12h 24m	59.4°	282° WNW
Sun 23	04:51	05:16	06:04	17:40	18:28	18:53	12h 23m	59.7°	282° WNW
Mon 24	04:50	05:16	06:04	17:40	18:28	18:54	12h 22m	60.0°	281° WNW
Tue 25	04:50	05:15	06:03	17:40	18:28	18:54	12h 21m	60.4°	281° W
Wed 26	04:49	05:14	06:02	17:41	18:28	18:54	12h 20m	60.7°	281° W
Thu 27	04:48	05:14	06:01	17:41	18:29	18:54	12h 19m	61.1°	280° W
Fri 28	04:47	05:13	06:01	17:41	18:29	18:54	12h 18m	61.4°	280° W
Sat 29	04:47	05:12	06:00	17:41	18:29	18:54	12h 17m	61.8°	279° W
Sun 30	04:46	05:11	05:59	17:41	18:29	18:54	12h 16m	62.2°	279° W
Mon 31	04:45	05:11	05:58	17:42	18:29	18:55	12h 15m	62.5°	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	05:35	05:57	11:49	17:42	18:04	11h 44m	+1:00	17:12–17:55	🌖 82%
Wed 2	05:34	05:57	11:49	17:42	18:04	11h 45m	+1:01	17:13–17:55	🌖 72%
Thu 3	05:34	05:56	11:49	17:42	18:04	11h 46m	+1:01	17:13–17:56	🌖 61%
Fri 4	05:33	05:55	11:48	17:42	18:04	11h 47m	+1:01	17:13–17:56	🌗 49%
Sat 5	05:32	05:54	11:48	17:43	18:04	11h 48m	+1:01	17:13–17:56	🌘 38%
Sun 6	05:31	05:53	11:48	17:43	18:05	11h 49m	+1:02	17:14–17:56	🌘 27%
Mon 7	05:30	05:52	11:47	17:43	18:05	11h 50m	+1:02	17:14–17:56	🌘 17%
Tue 8	05:30	05:51	11:47	17:43	18:05	11h 51m	+1:02	17:14–17:56	🌘 9%
Wed 9	05:29	05:51	11:47	17:43	18:05	11h 52m	+1:02	17:14–17:57	🌘 4%
Thu 10	05:28	05:50	11:46	17:43	18:05	11h 53m	+1:02	17:14–17:57	🌘 1%
Fri 11	05:27	05:49	11:46	17:44	18:05	11h 54m	+1:03	17:15–17:57	🌑 0%
Sat 12	05:26	05:48	11:46	17:44	18:06	11h 55m	+1:03	17:15–17:57	🌒 2%
Sun 13	05:25	05:47	11:45	17:44	18:06	11h 56m	+1:03	17:15–17:57	🌒 6%
Mon 14	05:24	05:46	11:45	17:44	18:06	11h 57m	+1:03	17:15–17:57	🌒 12%
Tue 15	05:23	05:45	11:45	17:44	18:06	11h 58m	+1:03	17:15–17:58	🌒 19%
Wed 16	05:23	05:44	11:44	17:44	18:06	11h 59m	+1:03	17:15–17:58	🌒 27%
Thu 17	05:22	05:44	11:44	17:45	18:06	12h 1m	+1:03	17:16–17:58	🌒 36%
Fri 18	05:21	05:43	11:44	17:45	18:07	12h 2m	+1:04	17:16–17:58	🌓 45%
Sat 19	05:20	05:42	11:43	17:45	18:07	12h 3m	+1:04	17:16–17:58	🌔 55%
Sun 20	05:19	05:41	11:43	17:45	18:07	12h 4m	+1:04	17:16–17:59	🌔 64%
Mon 21	05:18	05:40	11:43	17:45	18:07	12h 5m	+1:04	17:16–17:59	🌔 73%
Tue 22	05:17	05:39	11:42	17:45	18:07	12h 6m	+1:04	17:17–17:59	🌔 81%
Wed 23	05:16	05:38	11:42	17:46	18:08	12h 7m	+1:04	17:17–17:59	🌔 88%
Thu 24	05:15	05:37	11:41	17:46	18:08	12h 8m	+1:04	17:17–17:59	🌔 94%
Fri 25	05:15	05:36	11:41	17:46	18:08	12h 9m	+1:04	17:17–17:59	🌔 98%
Sat 26	05:14	05:36	11:41	17:46	18:08	12h 10m	+1:04	17:17–18:00	🌔 100%
Sun 27	05:13	05:35	11:40	17:46	18:08	12h 11m	+1:04	17:17–18:00	🌕 100%
Mon 28	05:12	05:34	11:40	17:47	18:08	12h 12m	+1:04	17:18–18:00	🌖 97%
Tue 29	05:11	05:33	11:40	17:47	18:09	12h 13m	+1:04	17:18–18:00	🌖 92%
Wed 30	05:10	05:32	11:39	17:47	18:09	12h 14m	+1:04	17:18–18:00	🌖 85%

Longest and shortest day in Antananarivo

The longest day falls on 22 December 2026, in 4 months, with 13h 16m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 10h 59m.

Between them the day length swings by 2h 16m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:19 on 5 June; the latest is 18:33 on 17 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 05:03 on 25 November to 06:23 on 6 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Antananarivo different

Sunset here is followed by about 22 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 50° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

By the end of August the sun will be setting 8 minutes later than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 15 seconds a day.

On 26 January and 17 November the midday sun stands at the zenith, 295 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 3 months.

At 1,274 m the horizon sits 1.23° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 5.3 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 10.6 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

The times barely move this week: the shortest 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 3 minutes later over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Antananarivo

Arrive by 16:56. Golden hour opens at 17:11 and the sun is down by 17:40, 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 17:54 and runs to 18:03, the end of civil twilight and 22m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Antananarivo — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Antananarivo today?

The sun sets in Antananarivo at 17:40 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Antananarivo?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 18:03 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Antananarivo?

Evening golden hour runs 17:11 to 17:54 today, lasting 43m. Full golden hour times for Antananarivo covers the morning window and the coming week.