Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Male, Maldives

In Male, Maldives the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:54 and rises at 05:51. Daylight lasts 12h 2m; evening golden hour runs from 17:26 to 18:07.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:30
Sunrise
05:51
Solar noon
11:53
Sunset
17:54
Last light
18:15
Day length
12h 2m

17h 52m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:26 – 18:07
Blue hour
18:07 – 18:15
Max sun altitude
79.2°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:27 / 17:46

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:54 Golden hour 17:26 – 18:06 Day length 12h 2m vs today the same length

Where Male is

Coordinates
4.1752° N, 73.5092° E
Time zone
Indian/Maldives
Current offset
UTC+05:00
Elevation
8 m
Population
103,693

Sunrise and sunset in Male, October 2026

October 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
Thu 1 05:32 05:53 11:55 17:58 18:18 12h 4m −0:13 17:30–18:10 🌖 76%
Fri 2 05:32 05:53 11:55 17:57 18:18 12h 4m −0:13 17:30–18:10 🌖 66%
Sat 3 05:32 05:52 11:55 17:57 18:17 12h 4m −0:13 17:29–18:09 🌗 54%
Sun 4 05:31 05:52 11:54 17:56 18:17 12h 4m −0:13 17:29–18:09 🌘 42%
Mon 5 05:31 05:52 11:54 17:56 18:17 12h 3m −0:13 17:28–18:09 🌘 31%
Tue 6 05:31 05:52 11:54 17:55 18:16 12h 3m −0:13 17:28–18:08 🌘 21%
Wed 7 05:31 05:52 11:53 17:55 18:16 12h 3m −0:13 17:28–18:08 🌘 12%
Thu 8 05:31 05:51 11:53 17:55 18:15 12h 3m −0:13 17:27–18:07 🌘 6%
Fri 9 05:30 05:51 11:53 17:54 18:15 12h 3m −0:13 17:27–18:07 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:30 05:51 11:53 17:54 18:15 12h 2m −0:13 17:26–18:07 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:30 05:51 11:52 17:54 18:14 12h 2m −0:13 17:26–18:06 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:30 05:51 11:52 17:53 18:14 12h 2m −0:13 17:26–18:06 🌒 3%
Tue 13 05:30 05:51 11:52 17:53 18:14 12h 2m −0:13 17:25–18:06 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:30 05:51 11:52 17:52 18:13 12h 1m −0:13 17:25–18:05 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:29 05:50 11:51 17:52 18:13 12h 1m −0:13 17:24–18:05 🌒 21%
Fri 16 05:29 05:50 11:51 17:52 18:13 12h 1m −0:13 17:24–18:05 🌒 29%
Sat 17 05:29 05:50 11:51 17:51 18:12 12h 1m −0:13 17:24–18:04 🌒 37%
Sun 18 05:29 05:50 11:51 17:51 18:12 12h 1m −0:13 17:23–18:04 🌓 47%
Mon 19 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:51 18:12 12h 0m −0:13 17:23–18:04 🌔 56%
Tue 20 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:51 18:12 12h 0m −0:13 17:23–18:03 🌔 66%
Wed 21 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:50 18:11 12h 0m −0:12 17:22–18:03 🌔 75%
Thu 22 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:50 18:11 12h 0m −0:12 17:22–18:03 🌔 83%
Fri 23 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:50 18:11 12h 0m −0:12 17:22–18:03 🌔 90%
Sat 24 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:50 18:11 11h 59m −0:12 17:22–18:03 🌔 95%
Sun 25 05:29 05:50 11:50 17:49 18:11 11h 59m −0:12 17:21–18:02 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:49 18:10 11h 59m −0:12 17:21–18:02 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:49 18:10 11h 59m −0:12 17:21–18:02 🌖 99%
Wed 28 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:49 18:10 11h 59m −0:12 17:21–18:02 🌖 95%
Thu 29 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:49 18:10 11h 58m −0:12 17:20–18:02 🌖 88%
Fri 30 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:10 11h 58m −0:12 17:20–18:01 🌖 80%
Sat 31 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:10 11h 58m −0:12 17:20–18:01 🌖 69%
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Thu 1 04:44 05:08 05:53 17:58 18:42 19:07 11h 54m 82.6° 267° W
Fri 2 04:44 05:08 05:53 17:57 18:42 19:06 11h 55m 82.2° 266° W
Sat 3 04:43 05:07 05:52 17:57 18:42 19:06 11h 55m 81.8° 266° W
Sun 4 04:43 05:07 05:52 17:56 18:41 19:05 11h 55m 81.4° 266° W
Mon 5 04:43 05:07 05:52 17:56 18:41 19:05 11h 55m 81.1° 265° W
Tue 6 04:43 05:07 05:52 17:55 18:40 19:05 11h 56m 80.7° 265° W
Wed 7 04:42 05:07 05:52 17:55 18:40 19:04 11h 56m 80.3° 264° W
Thu 8 04:42 05:06 05:51 17:55 18:40 19:04 11h 56m 79.9° 264° W
Fri 9 04:42 05:06 05:51 17:54 18:39 19:03 11h 56m 79.5° 264° W
Sat 10 04:42 05:06 05:51 17:54 18:39 19:03 11h 57m 79.2° 263° W
Sun 11 04:42 05:06 05:51 17:54 18:39 19:03 11h 57m 78.8° 263° W
Mon 12 04:41 05:06 05:51 17:53 18:38 19:03 11h 57m 78.4° 263° W
Tue 13 04:41 05:05 05:51 17:53 18:38 19:02 11h 57m 78.0° 262° W
Wed 14 04:41 05:05 05:51 17:52 18:38 19:02 11h 57m 77.6° 262° W
Thu 15 04:41 05:05 05:50 17:52 18:37 19:02 11h 58m 77.3° 261° W
Fri 16 04:41 05:05 05:50 17:52 18:37 19:01 11h 58m 76.9° 261° W
Sat 17 04:41 05:05 05:50 17:51 18:37 19:01 11h 58m 76.5° 261° W
Sun 18 04:40 05:05 05:50 17:51 18:37 19:01 11h 58m 76.2° 260° W
Mon 19 04:40 05:05 05:50 17:51 18:36 19:01 11h 59m 75.8° 260° W
Tue 20 04:40 05:04 05:50 17:51 18:36 19:00 11h 59m 75.5° 260° W
Wed 21 04:40 05:04 05:50 17:50 18:36 19:00 11h 59m 75.1° 259° W
Thu 22 04:40 05:04 05:50 17:50 18:36 19:00 11h 59m 74.7° 259° W
Fri 23 04:40 05:04 05:50 17:50 18:35 19:00 11h 59m 74.4° 259° WSW
Sat 24 04:40 05:04 05:50 17:50 18:35 19:00 12h 0m 74.0° 258° WSW
Sun 25 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:49 18:35 19:00 12h 0m 73.7° 258° WSW
Mon 26 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:49 18:35 19:00 12h 0m 73.4° 257° WSW
Tue 27 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:49 18:35 18:59 12h 0m 73.0° 257° WSW
Wed 28 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:49 18:35 18:59 12h 0m 72.7° 257° WSW
Thu 29 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:49 18:35 18:59 12h 1m 72.3° 256° WSW
Fri 30 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:48 18:34 18:59 12h 1m 72.0° 256° WSW
Sat 31 04:39 05:04 05:50 17:48 18:34 18:59 12h 1m 71.7° 256° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sun 1 05:28 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:10 11h 58m −0:11 17:20–18:01 🌖 58%
Mon 2 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 58m −0:11 17:20–18:01 🌗 46%
Tue 3 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 35%
Wed 4 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 25%
Thu 5 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 16%
Fri 6 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 9%
Sat 7 05:29 05:50 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 4%
Sun 8 05:29 05:51 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 57m −0:11 17:19–18:01 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:29 05:51 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:29 05:51 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌒 1%
Wed 11 05:29 05:51 11:49 17:48 18:09 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌒 4%
Thu 12 05:30 05:51 11:50 17:48 18:09 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌒 9%
Fri 13 05:30 05:52 11:50 17:48 18:10 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌒 15%
Sat 14 05:30 05:52 11:50 17:48 18:10 11h 56m −0:10 17:19–18:01 🌒 22%
Sun 15 05:30 05:52 11:50 17:48 18:10 11h 55m −0:09 17:19–18:01 🌒 30%
Mon 16 05:30 05:52 11:50 17:48 18:10 11h 55m −0:09 17:19–18:01 🌒 39%
Tue 17 05:31 05:53 11:50 17:48 18:10 11h 55m −0:09 17:19–18:02 🌓 49%
Wed 18 05:31 05:53 11:51 17:48 18:10 11h 55m −0:09 17:19–18:02 🌔 59%
Thu 19 05:31 05:53 11:51 17:48 18:10 11h 55m −0:09 17:19–18:02 🌔 68%
Fri 20 05:31 05:53 11:51 17:49 18:11 11h 55m −0:08 17:19–18:02 🌔 78%
Sat 21 05:32 05:54 11:51 17:49 18:11 11h 54m −0:08 17:20–18:02 🌔 86%
Sun 22 05:32 05:54 11:52 17:49 18:11 11h 54m −0:08 17:20–18:02 🌔 93%
Mon 23 05:32 05:54 11:52 17:49 18:11 11h 54m −0:08 17:20–18:03 🌔 97%
Tue 24 05:33 05:55 11:52 17:49 18:11 11h 54m −0:08 17:20–18:03 🌕 100%
Wed 25 05:33 05:55 11:52 17:50 18:12 11h 54m −0:07 17:20–18:03 🌖 99%
Thu 26 05:33 05:56 11:53 17:50 18:12 11h 54m −0:07 17:20–18:03 🌖 96%
Fri 27 05:34 05:56 11:53 17:50 18:12 11h 54m −0:07 17:21–18:04 🌖 91%
Sat 28 05:34 05:56 11:53 17:50 18:13 11h 54m −0:07 17:21–18:04 🌖 83%
Sun 29 05:34 05:57 11:54 17:51 18:13 11h 54m −0:06 17:21–18:04 🌖 73%
Mon 30 05:35 05:57 11:54 17:51 18:13 11h 53m −0:06 17:21–18:05 🌖 63%

Longest and shortest day in Male

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 12h 21m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 2 months, with 11h 52m.

Between them the day length swings by 29m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:48 on 9 November; the latest is 18:22 on 19 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 05:50 on 27 October to 06:21 on 4 February.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Male different

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 4.2°N accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Over a year the sunset point slides 47° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Across October the sunset moves 9 minutes earlier, averaging about 19 seconds a day.

Being inside the tropics means two zenith passages a year, 31 March and 12 September, when the sun is straight up at solar noon rather than merely high.

Sunset lands at close to the same time all year — the annual spread in day length is only 29 minutes, compared with about 8.8 hours at London's latitude.

Sitting in 2 months of the shortest day (21 December) means the sun has almost stopped drifting — 12h 2m of daylight today, and only 4 minutes of movement in sunset over the next two weeks.

Planning a sunset photo in Male

Arrive by 17:11. Golden hour opens at 17:26 and the sun is down by 17:54, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° 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 18:07 and runs to 18:15, the end of civil twilight and 20m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Male today?

The sun sets in Male at 17:54 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Male?

It takes 20m. Civil twilight ends at 18:15 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Male?

Evening golden hour runs 17:26 to 18:07 today, lasting 40m.