Sunrise and sunset on the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Average length of day in King Edward Point

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for June 27th., localtime on the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Sunrise and sunset by month (King Edward Point)

Duration of the sunset

The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. King Edward Point lies on the 54th degree of southern latitude and is therefore very far away from the equator. While a sunset near the equator only lasts about 20 minutes, on the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands this period averages 50 minutes. In June, it's about 44 minutes in King Edward Point, while in December it's 56 minutes.

International cities for comparison