How the light changes today

Each colour is a stage of the sky, from full night to full daylight and back. The marker is the time in Perth right now.

Morning

Astronomical dawn03:59
Nautical dawn04:31
Civil dawn · blue hour05:01
Golden hour begins05:11
Sunrise05:26
Golden hour ends05:59

Solar noon

12:01

Sun 70.1° above the horizon

Evening

Golden hour begins18:03
Sunset18:36
Golden hour ends · blue hour18:51
Civil dusk19:01
Nautical dusk19:31
Astronomical dusk20:03

What do civil, nautical and astronomical twilight mean? Read the guide →

Where the sun rises and sets

Directions from Perth today. The shaded fans show how far sunrise and sunset swing between June and December; the dot is the sun right now.

Sunrise at 05:26In June it rises at 63° ENE, in December at 119° ESE105° ESE

Sunset at 18:36In June it sets at 297° WNW, in December at 241° WSW255° WSW

Coming up in Perth

Days are getting longer

+1.9 min a day

Longest day 22 Dec, in 58 days

Sunrise and sunset on any date

Pick a day of 2026 to see its sunrise, sunset and daylight in Perth.

Choose a date

Tuesday, 22 December 2026

Sunrise05:08

Sunset19:22

Daylight14 h 15 min

First light (civil dawn): 04:39 · Last light (civil dusk): 19:51
Moon 96% lit

The moon tonight

Full moon

99% lit · 14.0 days old

Moonrise: 17:47
Moonset: 04:26
Full moon: tomorrow
New moon: 9 Nov

Today
99%

Mon
100%

Tue
97%

Wed
92%

Thu
85%

Fri
76%

Sat
65%

Today in Perth

Today the sun rises over Perth at 05:26 and sets at 18:36, giving 13 h 9 min of daylight.

Being south of the equator, Perth has its longest days in December and its shortest in June.

Across 2026 the day length in Perth swings by 4 h 12 min, from 10 h 3 min on 21 June to 14 h 15 min on 22 December.

The earliest sunrise of 2026 falls on 5 December, at 05:03 - not on the longest day, because the equation of time pulls the two apart.

The moon is waxing tonight, 99% lit.

A year of daylight in Perth

Every column is one day of 2026, from midnight at the top to midnight at the bottom. Hover or drag across it to read any day.

Longest day

14 h 15 min

22 December

Shortest day

10 h 3 min

21 June

Earliest sunrise

05:03

5 December, not on the longest day

Latest sunset

19:27

8 January

Today Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:36 Daylight 13 h 9 min Dark from 20:03

DaylightCivil twilightNautical twilightAstronomical twilightNight

The light in Perth, season by season

Through the year

50 days with more than 14 hours of daylight, from 27 November to 15 January.
Earliest sunset of the year: 17:19 on 11 June, 10 days before the shortest day.
Latest sunrise: 07:18 on 1 July, 10 days after the shortest day.

For photographers

Golden hour this evening: 18:03–18:51, with the sun low in the west (256°).
Blue hour right after: 18:51–19:01.
Over the week the evening golden hour moves from 18:03 today to 18:07 on 31 October.
Tomorrow's morning golden hour: 05:10–05:58.

Perth compared with other cities

How much daylight each city gets between the shortest and the longest day of 2026.

On 21 June Singapore gets 2 h 9 min more daylight than Perth, and on 21 December 2 h 12 min less.

PerthThis page

10 h 3 min – 14 h 15 min

Melbourne2,721 km away

9 h 33 min – 14 h 47 min

Sydney3,290 km away

9 h 54 min – 14 h 25 min

Brisbane3,606 km away

10 h 24 min – 13 h 53 min

Singapore3,907 km away

12 h 3 min – 12 h 12 min

Each bar runs from the shortest to the longest day of the year.

October 2026 in Perth

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of the month. The bar shows where the daylight falls in the 24 hours.

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of October 2026 in Perth, AU.
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Change
1Thu	05:55	18:18	12 h 24 min	+2 min
2Fri	05:54	18:19	12 h 26 min	+2 min
3Sat	05:52	18:20	12 h 27 min	+1 min
4Sun	05:51	18:20	12 h 29 min	+2 min
5Mon	05:50	18:21	12 h 31 min	+2 min
6Tue	05:48	18:22	12 h 33 min	+2 min
7Wed	05:47	18:22	12 h 35 min	+2 min
8Thu	05:46	18:23	12 h 37 min	+2 min
9Fri	05:45	18:24	12 h 39 min	+2 min
10Sat	05:43	18:24	12 h 41 min	+2 min
11Sun	05:42	18:25	12 h 43 min	+2 min
12Mon	05:41	18:26	12 h 45 min	+2 min
13Tue	05:40	18:27	12 h 47 min	+2 min
14Wed	05:38	18:27	12 h 49 min	+2 min
15Thu	05:37	18:28	12 h 51 min	+2 min
16Fri	05:36	18:29	12 h 53 min	+2 min
17Sat	05:35	18:29	12 h 54 min	+1 min
18Sun	05:34	18:30	12 h 56 min	+2 min
19Mon	05:33	18:31	12 h 58 min	+2 min
20Tue	05:32	18:32	13 h 0 min	+2 min
21Wed	05:30	18:32	13 h 2 min	+2 min
22Thu	05:29	18:33	13 h 4 min	+2 min
23Fri	05:28	18:34	13 h 6 min	+2 min
24Sat	05:27	18:35	13 h 8 min	+2 min
25Sun	05:26	18:36	13 h 9 min	+1 min
26Mon	05:25	18:36	13 h 11 min	+2 min
27Tue	05:24	18:37	13 h 13 min	+2 min
28Wed	05:23	18:38	13 h 15 min	+2 min
29Thu	05:22	18:39	13 h 17 min	+2 min
30Fri	05:21	18:40	13 h 18 min	+1 min
31Sat	05:20	18:41	13 h 20 min	+2 min

Common questions about the sun in Perth

What time does the sun rise in Perth?

Today the sun rises in Perth at 05:26, local time.

What time does the sun set in Perth?

Today the sun sets in Perth at 18:36, local time.

How long is the day in Perth today?

Perth gets 13 h 9 min of daylight today, from sunrise to sunset.

When is the longest day of the year in Perth?

The longest day of 2026 in Perth is 22 December, with 14 h 15 min of daylight.

What phase is the moon in tonight?

The moon is waxing over Perth tonight, 99% lit.

Where does the sun rise in Perth?

Today it rises in the east (105°). Through the year the sunrise point swings from the north-east (63°) in June to the south-east (119°) in December.

When is golden hour in Perth today?

In the morning from 05:11 to 05:59, and in the evening from 18:03 to 18:51.

When is the earliest sunset in Perth?

On 11 June, at 17:19. It comes 10 days before the shortest day, which is 21 June.

Cities at the same latitude as Perth

At a similar latitude the day lasts almost the same on any date; the clock time of sunrise and sunset still depends on each time zone.

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Sunrise and sunset in Perth