Sunrise and sunset times in Rainbow Beach
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Rainbow Beach, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 7, 2026. Current time: 9:00:18 pm
First light at 4:58:20 am Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 5:21:30 am
Sunset time: 5:50:03 pm
Last light at 6:13:15 pm End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -40.9° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 236° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 28 minutes
Sunset in Rainbow Beach was 3 hours, 10 minutes ago
Moon rose on Oct 7 at 3:01 AM
Moon set on Oct 7 at 2:33 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waning Crescent (11%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 1:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 2:13 PMTomorrow
October 8, 2026
First light at 4:57:16 am Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 5:20:28 am
Sunset time: 5:50:31 pm
Last light at 6:13:45 pm End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.
Day length: 12 hours, 30 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Rainbow Beach
Moon will rise on Oct 8 at 3:37 AM Moon will set on Oct 8 at 3:34 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waning Crescent (5%)
- Rainbow Beach, Queensland
- Latitude: -25.90432 (South)
- Longitude: 153.091736 (East)
- Time zone: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10)
Shortest day in Rainbow Beach, Queensland
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 10 hours, 31 minutes.Longest day in Rainbow Beach, Queensland
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 15 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 13 hours, 45 minutes.
October 2026 - Rainbow Beach, Queensland - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Rainbow Beach.
All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10).
The day length increases by 44 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Rainbow Beach, Queensland - from 12 hours, 19 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 3 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First Light Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length Calculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight start Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.5:04:52 am | 5:27:55 am | 5:47:22 pm | Twilight end End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:10:27 pm | 12h 19m 27s | 1m 31s | Solar noon Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.11:37:46 am | 67.2° | 4:37:57 am | 6:37:25 pm | 4:10:47 am | 7:04:38 pm | Night length Calculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 39m 28s | 🌔 (72%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:03:46 am | 5:26:50 am | 5:47:48 pm | 6:10:54 pm | 12h 20m 58s | 1m 31s | 11:37:27 am | 67.6° | 4:36:49 am | 6:37:54 pm | 4:09:37 am | 7:05:09 pm | 11h 37m 57s | 🌔 (61%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:02:40 am | 5:25:45 am | 5:48:14 pm | 6:11:22 pm | 12h 22m 29s | 1m 31s | 11:37:07 am | 68° | 4:35:42 am | 6:38:23 pm | 4:08:27 am | 7:05:42 pm | 11h 36m 27s | 🌓 (50%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:01:35 am | 5:24:41 am | 5:48:41 pm | 6:11:49 pm | 12h 24m 0s | 1m 31s | 11:36:48 am | 68.4° | 4:34:34 am | 6:38:53 pm | 4:07:16 am | 7:06:14 pm | 11h 34m 56s | 🌒 (39%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:00:30 am | 5:23:37 am | 5:49:08 pm | 6:12:18 pm | 12h 25m 31s | 1m 31s | 11:36:29 am | 68.8° | 4:33:27 am | 6:39:23 pm | 4:06:06 am | 7:06:48 pm | 11h 33m 26s | 🌒 (28%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:59:25 am | 5:22:34 am | 5:49:35 pm | 6:12:46 pm | 12h 27m 1s | 1m 30s | 11:36:11 am | 69.2° | 4:32:20 am | 6:39:54 pm | 4:04:56 am | 7:07:22 pm | 11h 31m 55s | 🌒 (18%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4:58:20 am | 5:21:30 am | 5:50:03 pm | 6:13:15 pm | 12h 28m 33s | 1m 32s | 11:35:53 am | 69.5° | 4:31:14 am | 6:40:25 pm | 4:03:47 am | 7:07:56 pm | 11h 30m 25s | 🌒 (11%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:57:16 am | 5:20:28 am | 5:50:31 pm | 6:13:45 pm | 12h 30m 3s | 1m 30s | 11:35:35 am | 69.9° | 4:30:07 am | 6:40:57 pm | 4:02:37 am | 7:08:31 pm | 11h 28m 55s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4:56:13 am | 5:19:26 am | 5:50:59 pm | 6:14:15 pm | 12h 31m 33s | 1m 30s | 11:35:18 am | 70.3° | 4:29:01 am | 6:41:30 pm | 4:01:28 am | 7:09:07 pm | 11h 27m 25s | 🌒 (1%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 4:55:10 am | 5:18:24 am | 5:51:28 pm | 6:14:45 pm | 12h 33m 4s | 1m 31s | 11:35:01 am | 70.7° | 4:27:55 am | 6:42:03 pm | 4:00:18 am | 7:09:44 pm | 11h 25m 55s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 4:54:07 am | 5:17:23 am | 5:51:57 pm | 6:15:16 pm | 12h 34m 34s | 1m 30s | 11:34:44 am | 71.1° | 4:26:50 am | 6:42:36 pm | 3:59:09 am | 7:10:21 pm | 11h 24m 25s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 4:53:04 am | 5:16:22 am | 5:52:27 pm | 6:15:47 pm | 12h 36m 5s | 1m 31s | 11:34:28 am | 71.4° | 4:25:45 am | 6:43:10 pm | 3:58:01 am | 7:10:59 pm | 11h 22m 55s | 🌘 (4%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 4:52:03 am | 5:15:22 am | 5:52:56 pm | 6:16:19 pm | 12h 37m 34s | 1m 29s | 11:34:13 am | 71.8° | 4:24:40 am | 6:43:45 pm | 3:56:52 am | 7:11:37 pm | 11h 21m 27s | 🌘 (9%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 4:51:01 am | 5:14:23 am | 5:53:27 pm | 6:16:51 pm | 12h 39m 4s | 1m 30s | 11:33:58 am | 72.2° | 4:23:36 am | 6:44:20 pm | 3:55:44 am | 7:12:16 pm | 11h 19m 57s | 🌘 (15%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 4:50:01 am | 5:13:24 am | 5:53:57 pm | 6:17:24 pm | 12h 40m 33s | 1m 29s | 11:33:43 am | 72.6° | 4:22:32 am | 6:44:56 pm | 3:54:37 am | 7:12:56 pm | 11h 18m 29s | 🌘 (22%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 4:49:01 am | 5:12:26 am | 5:54:29 pm | 6:17:57 pm | 12h 42m 3s | 1m 30s | 11:33:29 am | 72.9° | 4:21:29 am | 6:45:32 pm | 3:53:29 am | 7:13:37 pm | 11h 17m 0s | 🌘 (31%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 4:48:01 am | 5:11:29 am | 5:55:00 pm | 6:18:31 pm | 12h 43m 31s | 1m 28s | 11:33:16 am | 73.3° | 4:20:27 am | 6:46:09 pm | 3:52:23 am | 7:14:18 pm | 11h 15m 33s | 🌘 (40%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 4:47:03 am | 5:10:33 am | 5:55:32 pm | 6:19:05 pm | 12h 44m 59s | 1m 28s | 11:33:03 am | 73.7° | 4:19:25 am | 6:46:46 pm | 3:51:16 am | 7:15:00 pm | 11h 14m 5s | 🌘 (49%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 4:46:05 am | 5:09:37 am | 5:56:05 pm | 6:19:39 pm | 12h 46m 28s | 1m 29s | 11:32:51 am | 74° | 4:18:23 am | 6:47:25 pm | 3:50:11 am | 7:15:42 pm | 11h 12m 37s | 🌗 (59%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 4:45:07 am | 5:08:42 am | 5:56:37 pm | 6:20:15 pm | 12h 47m 55s | 1m 27s | 11:32:39 am | 74.4° | 4:17:23 am | 6:48:03 pm | 3:49:05 am | 7:16:26 pm | 11h 11m 11s | 🌖 (68%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 4:44:11 am | 5:07:48 am | 5:57:11 pm | 6:20:50 pm | 12h 49m 23s | 1m 28s | 11:32:28 am | 74.7° | 4:16:23 am | 6:48:43 pm | 3:48:01 am | 7:17:10 pm | 11h 9m 43s | 🌖 (77%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 4:43:15 am | 5:06:54 am | 5:57:45 pm | 6:21:27 pm | 12h 50m 51s | 1m 28s | 11:32:18 am | 75.1° | 4:15:23 am | 6:49:23 pm | 3:46:57 am | 7:17:54 pm | 11h 8m 17s | 🌖 (85%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 4:42:20 am | 5:06:02 am | 5:58:19 pm | 6:22:04 pm | 12h 52m 17s | 1m 26s | 11:32:08 am | 75.4° | 4:14:25 am | 6:50:03 pm | 3:45:53 am | 7:18:40 pm | 11h 6m 51s | 🌖 (92%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 4:41:26 am | 5:05:10 am | 5:58:54 pm | 6:22:41 pm | 12h 53m 44s | 1m 27s | 11:31:59 am | 75.8° | 4:13:27 am | 6:50:44 pm | 3:44:50 am | 7:19:26 pm | 11h 5m 26s | 🌖 (97%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 4:40:33 am | 5:04:20 am | 5:59:29 pm | 6:23:19 pm | 12h 55m 9s | 1m 25s | 11:31:51 am | 76.1° | 4:12:30 am | 6:51:26 pm | 3:43:48 am | 7:20:13 pm | 11h 4m 1s | 🌖 (99.5%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 4:39:40 am | 5:03:30 am | 6:00:05 pm | 6:23:57 pm | 12h 56m 35s | 1m 26s | 11:31:43 am | 76.5° | 4:11:33 am | 6:52:09 pm | 3:42:47 am | 7:21:00 pm | 11h 2m 36s | 🌕 (99.7%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 4:38:49 am | 5:02:41 am | 6:00:41 pm | 6:24:36 pm | 12h 58m 0s | 1m 25s | 11:31:36 am | 76.8° | 4:10:38 am | 6:52:52 pm | 3:41:47 am | 7:21:48 pm | 11h 1m 13s | 🌔 (97%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 4:37:59 am | 5:01:54 am | 6:01:18 pm | 6:25:16 pm | 12h 59m 24s | 1m 24s | 11:31:30 am | 77.2° | 4:09:44 am | 6:53:35 pm | 3:40:47 am | 7:22:37 pm | 10h 59m 49s | 🌔 (92%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 4:37:09 am | 5:01:07 am | 6:01:55 pm | 6:25:56 pm | 13h 0m 48s | 1m 24s | 11:31:24 am | 77.5° | 4:08:50 am | 6:54:19 pm | 3:39:48 am | 7:23:27 pm | 10h 58m 27s | 🌔 (85%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 4:36:21 am | 5:00:22 am | 6:02:33 pm | 6:26:36 pm | 13h 2m 11s | 1m 23s | 11:31:20 am | 77.8° | 4:07:58 am | 6:55:04 pm | 3:38:50 am | 7:24:17 pm | 10h 57m 4s | 🌔 (75%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 4:35:34 am | 4:59:37 am | 6:03:11 pm | 6:27:18 pm | 13h 3m 34s | 1m 23s | 11:31:16 am | 78.2° | 4:07:06 am | 6:55:49 pm | 3:37:53 am | 7:25:08 pm | 10h 55m 43s | 🌔 (64%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Enjoy this beautiful gallery of images of the sunset and sunrise at Rainbow Beach, Queensland.
Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Rainbow Beach, Queensland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Rainbow Beach, Queensland for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Rainbow Beach
In Rainbow Beach, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 1 at 4:47 am, while the latest sunrise is on July 2 at 6:35 am. The earliest sunset is on June 8 at 5:03 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 12 at 6:44 pm.
Rainbow Beach gets 3h 14m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (13h 45m versus 10h 31m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Rainbow Beach Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Rainbow Beach. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Rainbow Beach.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 40.6° above the horizon (around Jun 20) and 86.5° (around Jan 1) in Rainbow Beach. Sitting almost under the Sun's yearly path, Rainbow Beach sees the analemma lying nearly flat overhead, with the Sun passing practically through the zenith twice a year.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
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