Sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 3:45:29 pm
First light at 6:33:50 am
Sunrise time: 6:59:57 am
Sunset time: 7:35:49 pm
Last light at 8:01:57 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 40.2° · Azimuth: 308° (NW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 35 minutes
3 hours, 50 minutes left for today's sunset in Golden Bay
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:08 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:56 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (66%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:32:08 am
Sunrise time: 6:58:17 am
Sunset time: 7:36:51 pm
Last light at 8:03:00 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 38 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Golden Bay
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:15 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:58 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Golden Bay, Tasman
- Latitude: -40.754890 (South)
- Longitude: 172.897339 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Golden Bay, Tasman
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 18 minutes.Longest day in Golden Bay, Tasman
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 9 minutes.
October 2026 - Golden Bay, Tasman - 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 Golden Bay.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 18 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Golden Bay, Tasman - from 12 hours, 33 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 51 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 | 6:35:32 am | 7:01:37 am | 7:34:48 pm | 8:00:53 pm | 12h 33m 11s | 2m 42s | 1:18:13 pm | 52.4° | 6:03:07 am | 8:33:18 pm | 5:29:49 am | 9:06:36 pm | 11h 25m 9s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:33:50 am | 6:59:57 am | 7:35:49 pm | 8:01:57 pm | 12h 35m 52s | 2m 41s | 1:17:53 pm | 52.7° | 6:01:21 am | 8:34:25 pm | 5:27:57 am | 9:07:49 pm | 11h 22m 28s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:32:08 am | 6:58:17 am | 7:36:51 pm | 8:03:00 pm | 12h 38m 34s | 2m 42s | 1:17:34 pm | 53.1° | 5:59:35 am | 8:35:33 pm | 5:26:05 am | 9:09:04 pm | 11h 19m 47s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:30:27 am | 6:56:38 am | 7:37:53 pm | 8:04:04 pm | 12h 41m 15s | 2m 41s | 1:17:16 pm | 53.5° | 5:57:49 am | 8:36:42 pm | 5:24:12 am | 9:10:19 pm | 11h 17m 6s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:28:45 am | 6:54:59 am | 7:38:56 pm | 8:05:09 pm | 12h 43m 57s | 2m 42s | 1:16:57 pm | 53.9° | 5:56:04 am | 8:37:51 pm | 5:22:19 am | 9:11:35 pm | 11h 14m 24s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:27:04 am | 6:53:20 am | 7:39:58 pm | 8:06:14 pm | 12h 46m 38s | 2m 41s | 1:16:39 pm | 54.3° | 5:54:18 am | 8:39:01 pm | 5:20:26 am | 9:12:52 pm | 11h 11m 44s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:25:24 am | 6:51:42 am | 7:41:01 pm | 8:07:19 pm | 12h 49m 19s | 2m 41s | 1:16:22 pm | 54.7° | 5:52:32 am | 8:40:11 pm | 5:18:33 am | 9:14:10 pm | 11h 9m 3s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:23:43 am | 6:50:04 am | 7:42:05 pm | 8:08:25 pm | 12h 52m 1s | 2m 42s | 1:16:04 pm | 55.1° | 5:50:47 am | 8:41:22 pm | 5:16:39 am | 9:15:29 pm | 11h 6m 22s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:22:03 am | 6:48:27 am | 7:43:08 pm | 8:09:32 pm | 12h 54m 41s | 2m 40s | 1:15:48 pm | 55.4° | 5:49:02 am | 8:42:34 pm | 5:14:46 am | 9:16:49 pm | 11h 3m 42s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:20:24 am | 6:46:50 am | 7:44:12 pm | 8:10:39 pm | 12h 57m 22s | 2m 41s | 1:15:31 pm | 55.8° | 5:47:16 am | 8:43:46 pm | 5:12:53 am | 9:18:10 pm | 11h 1m 2s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:18:45 am | 6:45:14 am | 7:45:17 pm | 8:11:46 pm | 13h 0m 3s | 2m 41s | 1:15:15 pm | 56.2° | 5:45:32 am | 8:44:59 pm | 5:10:59 am | 9:19:31 pm | 10h 58m 22s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:17:06 am | 6:43:39 am | 7:46:21 pm | 8:12:54 pm | 13h 2m 42s | 2m 39s | 1:15:00 pm | 56.6° | 5:43:47 am | 8:46:13 pm | 5:09:06 am | 9:20:54 pm | 10h 55m 43s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:15:28 am | 6:42:04 am | 7:47:26 pm | 8:14:02 pm | 13h 5m 22s | 2m 40s | 1:14:45 pm | 56.9° | 5:42:03 am | 8:47:27 pm | 5:07:13 am | 9:22:18 pm | 10h 53m 3s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:13:50 am | 6:40:29 am | 7:48:32 pm | 8:15:11 pm | 13h 8m 3s | 2m 41s | 1:14:31 pm | 57.3° | 5:40:19 am | 8:48:42 pm | 5:05:19 am | 9:23:42 pm | 10h 50m 24s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:12:13 am | 6:38:56 am | 7:49:38 pm | 8:16:20 pm | 13h 10m 42s | 2m 39s | 1:14:17 pm | 57.7° | 5:38:36 am | 8:49:58 pm | 5:03:26 am | 9:25:07 pm | 10h 47m 45s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:10:37 am | 6:37:23 am | 7:50:44 pm | 8:17:30 pm | 13h 13m 21s | 2m 39s | 1:14:04 pm | 58.1° | 5:36:53 am | 8:51:14 pm | 5:01:33 am | 9:26:34 pm | 10h 45m 7s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:09:01 am | 6:35:51 am | 7:51:50 pm | 8:18:41 pm | 13h 15m 59s | 2m 38s | 1:13:51 pm | 58.4° | 5:35:10 am | 8:52:31 pm | 4:59:40 am | 9:28:01 pm | 10h 42m 30s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:07:26 am | 6:34:20 am | 7:52:57 pm | 8:19:51 pm | 13h 18m 37s | 2m 38s | 1:13:39 pm | 58.8° | 5:33:28 am | 8:53:49 pm | 4:57:48 am | 9:29:30 pm | 10h 39m 53s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:05:52 am | 6:32:50 am | 7:54:05 pm | 8:21:03 pm | 13h 21m 15s | 2m 38s | 1:13:27 pm | 59.2° | 5:31:47 am | 8:55:07 pm | 4:55:56 am | 9:30:59 pm | 10h 37m 15s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:04:18 am | 6:31:20 am | 7:55:12 pm | 8:22:14 pm | 13h 23m 52s | 2m 37s | 1:13:16 pm | 59.5° | 5:30:06 am | 8:56:26 pm | 4:54:04 am | 9:32:29 pm | 10h 34m 40s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:02:45 am | 6:29:52 am | 7:56:20 pm | 8:23:27 pm | 13h 26m 28s | 2m 36s | 1:13:06 pm | 59.9° | 5:28:26 am | 8:57:46 pm | 4:52:12 am | 9:34:00 pm | 10h 32m 4s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:01:13 am | 6:28:24 am | 7:57:29 pm | 8:24:39 pm | 13h 29m 5s | 2m 37s | 1:12:56 pm | 60.2° | 5:26:46 am | 8:59:07 pm | 4:50:21 am | 9:35:32 pm | 10h 29m 29s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:59:42 am | 6:26:58 am | 7:58:38 pm | 8:25:53 pm | 13h 31m 40s | 2m 35s | 1:12:48 pm | 60.6° | 5:25:07 am | 9:00:28 pm | 4:48:30 am | 9:37:05 pm | 10h 26m 54s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:58:12 am | 6:25:32 am | 7:59:47 pm | 8:27:06 pm | 13h 34m 15s | 2m 35s | 1:12:39 pm | 60.9° | 5:23:29 am | 9:01:49 pm | 4:46:39 am | 9:38:39 pm | 10h 24m 20s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:56:43 am | 6:24:07 am | 8:00:56 pm | 8:28:20 pm | 13h 36m 49s | 2m 34s | 1:12:32 pm | 61.3° | 5:21:52 am | 9:03:12 pm | 4:44:49 am | 9:40:14 pm | 10h 21m 48s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:55:15 am | 6:22:44 am | 8:02:06 pm | 8:29:35 pm | 13h 39m 22s | 2m 33s | 1:12:25 pm | 61.6° | 5:20:15 am | 9:04:35 pm | 4:43:00 am | 9:41:50 pm | 10h 19m 16s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:53:48 am | 6:21:22 am | 8:03:16 pm | 8:30:50 pm | 13h 41m 54s | 2m 32s | 1:12:19 pm | 62° | 5:18:39 am | 9:05:58 pm | 4:41:11 am | 9:43:27 pm | 10h 16m 45s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:52:22 am | 6:20:01 am | 8:04:26 pm | 8:32:05 pm | 13h 44m 25s | 2m 31s | 1:12:13 pm | 62.3° | 5:17:04 am | 9:07:22 pm | 4:39:23 am | 9:45:04 pm | 10h 14m 15s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:50:57 am | 6:18:41 am | 8:05:37 pm | 8:33:21 pm | 13h 46m 56s | 2m 31s | 1:12:09 pm | 62.6° | 5:15:31 am | 9:08:47 pm | 4:37:35 am | 9:46:43 pm | 10h 11m 45s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:49:33 am | 6:17:22 am | 8:06:48 pm | 8:34:37 pm | 13h 49m 26s | 2m 30s | 1:12:05 pm | 63° | 5:13:58 am | 9:10:12 pm | 4:35:48 am | 9:48:22 pm | 10h 9m 17s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:48:10 am | 6:16:05 am | 8:07:59 pm | 8:35:54 pm | 13h 51m 54s | 2m 28s | 1:12:02 pm | 63.3° | 5:12:26 am | 9:11:38 pm | 4:34:02 am | 9:50:02 pm | 10h 6m 49s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Golden Bay, Tasman
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay, Tasman - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay, Tasman for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Golden Bay, Tasman.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Golden Bay
In Golden Bay, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 9 at 5:48 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:51 am. The earliest sunset is on June 14 at 5:08 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 3 at 9:04 pm.
Golden Bay gets 5h 51m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 09m versus 9h 18m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Golden Bay Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Golden Bay. 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 Golden Bay.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 25.4° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 71.9° (around Dec 17) in Golden Bay. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Golden Bay the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:11 and 12:42 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 Golden Bay, Tasman
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Golden Bay, Tasman — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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