Melbourne · Victoria, Australia

Sunset and darkness in Melbourne tonight

Fully dark at 21:42 AEDT

Sunset tonight

20:01 AEDT

The Sun's upper edge goes below the horizon

Astronomical darkness

21:42 AEDT

Sun 18° down — the sky is fully dark

Sunset is at 20:01 AEDT, but twilight lasts about 101 minutes more before the sky is dark enough for faint stars.

Civil dusk (Sun 6° down)
20:29 AEDT
Nautical dusk (Sun 12° down)
21:04 AEDT

Sunset is when the Sun's upper edge disappears. "Dark" for stargazing means astronomical darkness, when the Sun is 18° below the horizon. Times assume a flat horizon at the city reference.

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Melbourne city reference (-37.8140°, 144.9633°, Australia/Melbourne), not the whole metropolitan area. Calculated for Saturday, 7 November 2026.

Tonight and the next 7 evenings

EveningSunsetCivil duskNautical duskFully dark
Tonight20:01 AEDT20:29 AEDT21:04 AEDT21:42 AEDT
Tomorrow20:02 AEDT20:31 AEDT21:06 AEDT21:43 AEDT
Mon 9 Nov20:03 AEDT20:32 AEDT21:07 AEDT21:45 AEDT
Tue 10 Nov20:04 AEDT20:33 AEDT21:08 AEDT21:46 AEDT
Wed 11 Nov20:05 AEDT20:34 AEDT21:10 AEDT21:48 AEDT
Thu 12 Nov20:06 AEDT20:35 AEDT21:11 AEDT21:49 AEDT
Fri 13 Nov20:07 AEDT20:37 AEDT21:12 AEDT21:51 AEDT
Sat 14 Nov20:09 AEDT20:38 AEDT21:14 AEDT21:52 AEDT

Each row is that date's own evening, computed from local noon with the same engine as the SnapCosmos darkness tool. Darkness is geometry; for cloud, use Tonight hour by hour.

Sunset in Melbourne: what is local

AEDT puts summer sunsets after 8 pm

Victoria uses daylight saving from 2 am on the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April, so summer sunsets come after 8 pm on the clock. The week ahead shows the change on the evening it happens. Times assume a flat horizon at the city reference, 37.81° S, 144.96° E.

Source: Business Victoria — Daylight saving