Sunrise and sunset in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho
Sunrise, sunset and twilight for Butha-Buthe today, in local time. At 28.8° S, days run from 10 h 18 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 59 min at the summer solstice.
- 18:24sunset today
Today · worked out at
Wednesday, October 28 in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho: sunrise at 05:17, sunset at 18:24.
Day length 13 h 07 min, 1 min 35 s longer than yesterday.
Solar noon at 11:50, with the Sun 74° above the horizon.
Times are Butha-Buthe time (GMT+2).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 03:53 | 19:48 |
| Nautical twilight | 04:23 | 19:18 |
| Civil twilight | 04:52 | 18:49 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 05:17 | 18:24 |
| Golden hour | 05:17–05:49 | 17:52–18:24 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Butha-Buthe
- Longest day: December 21, 13 h 59 min, from sunrise at 05:05 to sunset at 19:04.
- Shortest day: June 21, 10 h 18 min, from sunrise at 06:59 to sunset at 17:18.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 05:28 | 19:08 | 13 h 40 min |
| February 21 | 05:53 | 18:47 | 12 h 54 min |
| March 21 | 06:10 | 18:16 | 12 h 06 min |
| April 21 | 06:28 | 17:42 | 11 h 14 min |
| May 21 | 06:46 | 17:20 | 10 h 35 min |
| June 21 | 06:59 | 17:18 | 10 h 18 min |
| July 21 | 06:56 | 17:30 | 10 h 34 min |
| August 21 | 06:33 | 17:47 | 11 h 14 min |
| September 21 | 05:57 | 18:02 | 12 h 05 min |
| October 21 | 05:24 | 18:19 | 12 h 56 min |
| November 21 | 05:02 | 18:43 | 13 h 40 min |
| December 21 | 05:05 | 19:04 | 13 h 59 min |
Good to know
- Sunrise and sunset mark the moment the Sun’s upper edge touches a level horizon, with the air’s usual bending of light allowed for. Hills, buildings and altitude move what you see by a few minutes.
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
- Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 28.8° S, 28.2° E, and accurate to about a minute.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets
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