Sunrise and sunset times in Bluff
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Bluff, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 7:00:13 pm
First light at 6:45:56 am
Sunrise time: 7:14:50 am
Sunset time: 7:57:27 pm
Last light at 8:26:20 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 8.8° · Azimuth: 274° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 42 minutes
57 minutes left for today's sunset in Bluff
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:55 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:47 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (65%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:43:55 am
Sunrise time: 7:12:51 am
Sunset time: 7:58:47 pm
Last light at 8:27:43 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 45 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Bluff
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 3:04 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:48 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Bluff, Southland
- Latitude: -46.599998 (South)
- Longitude: 168.333328 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Bluff, Southland
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours and 37 minutes.Longest day in Bluff, Southland
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 20 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours and 54 minutes.
October 2026 - Bluff, Southland - 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 Bluff.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 37 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Bluff, Southland - from 12 hours, 39 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 16 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First Light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon
Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
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Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length
Calculated form this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.
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Moon phase |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | 6:47:58 am | 7:16:48 am | 7:56:07 pm | 8:24:58 pm | 12h 39m 19s | 3m 18s | 1:36:28 pm | 46.5° | 6:11:53 am | 9:01:03 pm | 5:34:19 am | 9:38:37 pm | 11h 18m 43s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:45:56 am | 7:14:50 am | 7:57:27 pm | 8:26:20 pm | 12h 42m 37s | 3m 18s | 1:36:08 pm | 46.9° | 6:09:46 am | 9:02:31 pm | 5:32:02 am | 9:40:15 pm | 11h 15m 24s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:43:55 am | 7:12:51 am | 7:58:47 pm | 8:27:43 pm | 12h 45m 56s | 3m 19s | 1:35:49 pm | 47.3° | 6:07:38 am | 9:04:00 pm | 5:29:44 am | 9:41:55 pm | 11h 12m 6s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:41:54 am | 7:10:53 am | 8:00:08 pm | 8:29:07 pm | 12h 49m 15s | 3m 19s | 1:35:31 pm | 47.7° | 6:05:31 am | 9:05:30 pm | 5:27:26 am | 9:43:35 pm | 11h 8m 48s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:39:54 am | 7:08:56 am | 8:01:29 pm | 8:30:31 pm | 12h 52m 33s | 3m 18s | 1:35:12 pm | 48.1° | 6:03:24 am | 9:07:01 pm | 5:25:07 am | 9:45:17 pm | 11h 5m 30s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:37:53 am | 7:06:59 am | 8:02:50 pm | 8:31:55 pm | 12h 55m 51s | 3m 18s | 1:34:54 pm | 48.5° | 6:01:16 am | 9:08:32 pm | 5:22:48 am | 9:47:00 pm | 11h 2m 12s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:35:53 am | 7:05:02 am | 8:04:11 pm | 8:33:20 pm | 12h 59m 9s | 3m 18s | 1:34:37 pm | 48.8° | 5:59:09 am | 9:10:05 pm | 5:20:29 am | 9:48:45 pm | 10h 58m 55s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:33:53 am | 7:03:06 am | 8:05:33 pm | 8:34:46 pm | 13h 2m 27s | 3m 18s | 1:34:19 pm | 49.2° | 5:57:01 am | 9:11:38 pm | 5:18:09 am | 9:50:30 pm | 10h 55m 37s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:31:53 am | 7:01:10 am | 8:06:55 pm | 8:36:12 pm | 13h 5m 45s | 3m 18s | 1:34:03 pm | 49.6° | 5:54:54 am | 9:13:11 pm | 5:15:49 am | 9:52:17 pm | 10h 52m 20s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:29:54 am | 6:59:15 am | 8:08:18 pm | 8:37:39 pm | 13h 9m 3s | 3m 18s | 1:33:46 pm | 50° | 5:52:47 am | 9:14:46 pm | 5:13:28 am | 9:54:05 pm | 10h 49m 2s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:27:55 am | 6:57:20 am | 8:09:41 pm | 8:39:06 pm | 13h 12m 21s | 3m 18s | 1:33:30 pm | 50.4° | 5:50:39 am | 9:16:22 pm | 5:11:07 am | 9:55:54 pm | 10h 45m 45s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:25:57 am | 6:55:26 am | 8:11:04 pm | 8:40:33 pm | 13h 15m 38s | 3m 17s | 1:33:15 pm | 50.7° | 5:48:32 am | 9:17:58 pm | 5:08:45 am | 9:57:45 pm | 10h 42m 29s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:23:59 am | 6:53:33 am | 8:12:28 pm | 8:42:02 pm | 13h 18m 55s | 3m 17s | 1:33:00 pm | 51.1° | 5:46:25 am | 9:19:35 pm | 5:06:23 am | 9:59:37 pm | 10h 39m 12s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:22:01 am | 6:51:40 am | 8:13:52 pm | 8:43:30 pm | 13h 22m 12s | 3m 17s | 1:32:46 pm | 51.5° | 5:44:18 am | 9:21:13 pm | 5:04:01 am | 10:01:30 pm | 10h 35m 56s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:20:04 am | 6:49:48 am | 8:15:16 pm | 8:45:00 pm | 13h 25m 28s | 3m 16s | 1:32:32 pm | 51.8° | 5:42:12 am | 9:22:52 pm | 5:01:39 am | 10:03:25 pm | 10h 32m 40s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:18:08 am | 6:47:56 am | 8:16:41 pm | 8:46:30 pm | 13h 28m 45s | 3m 17s | 1:32:19 pm | 52.2° | 5:40:05 am | 9:24:32 pm | 4:59:16 am | 10:05:21 pm | 10h 29m 25s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:16:12 am | 6:46:06 am | 8:18:06 pm | 8:48:00 pm | 13h 32m 0s | 3m 15s | 1:32:06 pm | 52.6° | 5:37:59 am | 9:26:13 pm | 4:56:53 am | 10:07:19 pm | 10h 26m 10s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:14:17 am | 6:44:16 am | 8:19:32 pm | 8:49:31 pm | 13h 35m 16s | 3m 16s | 1:31:54 pm | 52.9° | 5:35:54 am | 9:27:54 pm | 4:54:30 am | 10:09:18 pm | 10h 22m 55s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:12:22 am | 6:42:27 am | 8:20:57 pm | 8:51:03 pm | 13h 38m 30s | 3m 14s | 1:31:42 pm | 53.3° | 5:33:48 am | 9:29:36 pm | 4:52:07 am | 10:11:18 pm | 10h 19m 42s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:10:28 am | 6:40:39 am | 8:22:24 pm | 8:52:35 pm | 13h 41m 45s | 3m 15s | 1:31:32 pm | 53.7° | 5:31:43 am | 9:31:20 pm | 4:49:43 am | 10:13:20 pm | 10h 16m 28s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:08:35 am | 6:38:52 am | 8:23:50 pm | 8:54:07 pm | 13h 44m 58s | 3m 13s | 1:31:21 pm | 54° | 5:29:39 am | 9:33:04 pm | 4:47:20 am | 10:15:23 pm | 10h 13m 16s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:06:43 am | 6:37:06 am | 8:25:17 pm | 8:55:40 pm | 13h 48m 11s | 3m 13s | 1:31:12 pm | 54.4° | 5:27:35 am | 9:34:48 pm | 4:44:56 am | 10:17:28 pm | 10h 10m 4s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:04:52 am | 6:35:21 am | 8:26:44 pm | 8:57:14 pm | 13h 51m 23s | 3m 12s | 1:31:03 pm | 54.7° | 5:25:31 am | 9:36:34 pm | 4:42:32 am | 10:19:34 pm | 10h 6m 53s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:03:01 am | 6:33:37 am | 8:28:12 pm | 8:58:48 pm | 13h 54m 35s | 3m 12s | 1:30:55 pm | 55.1° | 5:23:29 am | 9:38:21 pm | 4:40:08 am | 10:21:41 pm | 10h 3m 42s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:01:11 am | 6:31:54 am | 8:29:40 pm | 9:00:23 pm | 13h 57m 46s | 3m 11s | 1:30:47 pm | 55.4° | 5:21:26 am | 9:40:08 pm | 4:37:44 am | 10:23:50 pm | 10h 0m 32s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:59:23 am | 6:30:12 am | 8:31:08 pm | 9:01:58 pm | 14h 0m 56s | 3m 10s | 1:30:40 pm | 55.8° | 5:19:25 am | 9:41:56 pm | 4:35:20 am | 10:26:01 pm | 9h 57m 24s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:57:35 am | 6:28:32 am | 8:32:36 pm | 9:03:33 pm | 14h 4m 4s | 3m 8s | 1:30:34 pm | 56.1° | 5:17:24 am | 9:43:45 pm | 4:32:56 am | 10:28:12 pm | 9h 54m 16s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:55:48 am | 6:26:52 am | 8:34:05 pm | 9:05:09 pm | 14h 7m 13s | 3m 9s | 1:30:29 pm | 56.5° | 5:15:23 am | 9:45:34 pm | 4:30:32 am | 10:30:26 pm | 9h 51m 9s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:54:03 am | 6:25:14 am | 8:35:34 pm | 9:06:45 pm | 14h 10m 20s | 3m 7s | 1:30:24 pm | 56.8° | 5:13:24 am | 9:47:24 pm | 4:28:08 am | 10:32:40 pm | 9h 48m 3s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:52:19 am | 6:23:37 am | 8:37:03 pm | 9:08:22 pm | 14h 13m 26s | 3m 6s | 1:30:20 pm | 57.1° | 5:11:25 am | 9:49:15 pm | 4:25:44 am | 10:34:57 pm | 9h 44m 59s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:50:35 am | 6:22:02 am | 8:38:33 pm | 9:09:59 pm | 14h 16m 31s | 3m 5s | 1:30:17 pm | 57.4° | 5:09:28 am | 9:51:07 pm | 4:23:20 am | 10:37:14 pm | 9h 41m 55s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Bluff, Southland
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Bluff, Southland - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Bluff, Southland for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Bluff, Southland.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Bluff
In Bluff, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 11 at 5:45 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 27 at 8:30 am. The earliest sunset is on June 16 at 5:06 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 1 at 9:44 pm.
Bluff gets 7h 16m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 54m versus 8h 37m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Bluff Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Bluff. 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 Bluff.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 19.1° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 65.2° (around Dec 17) in Bluff. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Bluff the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:30 and 13:00 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
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.
Places near Bluff, Southland
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Bluff, Southland — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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