Sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Golden Bay, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 4:39:34 pm
Night ends at 4:51 am4:50:59 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 6:02 am6:01:40 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: 6:30:16 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 7:56:18 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 8:25 pm8:24:59 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:36 pm9:36:02 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 35.89° · Azimuth: 288.2° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 13 hours, 26 minutes
3 hours, 16 minutes left for today's sunset in Golden Bay
Moon set on Oct 22 at 4:18 am
Moon rose on Oct 22 at 3:34 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waxing Gibbous (82%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 8:02 pmTomorrow
October 23, 2026
Night ends at 4:49 am4:49:08 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·First light at 6:00 am6:00:09 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: 6:28:49 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 7:57:26 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dark at 8:26 pm8:26:12 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:38 pm9:37:36 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 13 hours, 28 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Golden Bay
Moon will set on Oct 23 at 4:40 am Moon will rise on Oct 23 at 4:40 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waxing Gibbous (91%)
- Golden Bay, Tasman
- Latitude: -40.75489 (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 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 14 minutes.Longest day in Golden Bay, Tasman
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 0 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours, 6 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.
All times are in Golden Bay's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 18 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Golden Bay, Tasman - from 12 hours, 30 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 48 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | Sunrise Variation |
SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Sunset Variation |
Last LightEnd 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 NoonTime 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 LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:36:03 am | 7:03:31 am | -1m 40s | 7:33:40 pm | +1m 1s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:01:12 pm | 12h 30m 9s | 2m 42s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:18:34 pm | 52.36° | 6:03:42 am | 8:33:39 pm | 5:30:29 am | 9:07:01 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 28m 11s | 🌔 (73%)Waning Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:44 am | 3.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:34:21 am | 7:01:51 am | -1m 40s | 7:34:42 pm | +1m 2s | 8:02:15 pm | 12h 32m 51s | 2m 42s | 1:18:14 pm | 52.75° | 6:01:56 am | 8:34:47 pm | 5:28:36 am | 9:08:14 pm | 11h 25m 29s | 🌔 (63%)Waning Gibbous: 63% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:24 am | 3.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:32:39 am | 7:00:11 am | -1m 40s | 7:35:43 pm | +1m 1s | 8:03:19 pm | 12h 35m 32s | 2m 41s | 1:17:55 pm | 53.13° | 6:00:10 am | 8:35:55 pm | 5:26:44 am | 9:09:29 pm | 11h 22m 48s | 🌔 (51%)Waning Gibbous: 51% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:05 am | 3.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:30:58 am | 6:58:31 am | -1m 40s | 7:36:45 pm | +1m 2s | 8:04:23 pm | 12h 38m 14s | 2m 41s | 1:17:36 pm | 53.52° | 5:58:24 am | 8:37:03 pm | 5:24:51 am | 9:10:45 pm | 11h 20m 7s | 🌓 (40%) Last quarter at 2:25 amLast quarter at 2:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 40% illuminated |
1:17:46 am | 4.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:29:16 am | 6:56:52 am | -1m 39s | 7:37:47 pm | +1m 2s | 8:05:28 pm | 12h 40m 55s | 2m 41s | 1:17:17 pm | 53.91° | 5:56:38 am | 8:38:13 pm | 5:22:58 am | 9:12:01 pm | 11h 17m 26s | 🌒 (29%)Waning Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:26 am | 4.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:27:35 am | 6:55:13 am | -1m 39s | 7:38:50 pm | +1m 3s | 8:06:33 pm | 12h 43m 37s | 2m 41s | 1:16:59 pm | 54.29° | 5:54:52 am | 8:39:22 pm | 5:21:05 am | 9:13:18 pm | 11h 14m 45s | 🌒 (20%)Waning Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:09 am | 5.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:25:54 am | 6:53:35 am | -1m 38s | 7:39:53 pm | +1m 3s | 8:07:39 pm | 12h 46m 18s | 2m 41s | 1:16:40 pm | 54.67° | 5:53:07 am | 8:40:33 pm | 5:19:12 am | 9:14:37 pm | 11h 12m 4s | 🌒 (12%)Waning Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:49 am | 5.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:24:14 am | 6:51:57 am | -1m 38s | 7:40:56 pm | +1m 3s | 8:08:45 pm | 12h 48m 59s | 2m 41s | 1:16:23 pm | 55.06° | 5:51:21 am | 8:41:44 pm | 5:17:19 am | 9:15:56 pm | 11h 9m 24s | 🌒 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:32 am | 5.8° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:22:34 am | 6:50:20 am | -1m 37s | 7:42:00 pm | +1m 4s | 8:09:51 pm | 12h 51m 40s | 2m 41s | 1:16:05 pm | 55.44° | 5:49:36 am | 8:42:56 pm | 5:15:26 am | 9:17:16 pm | 11h 6m 43s | 🌒 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:14 am | 6.2° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:20:54 am | 6:48:43 am | -1m 37s | 7:43:03 pm | +1m 3s | 8:10:58 pm | 12h 54m 20s | 2m 41s | 1:15:48 pm | 55.82° | 5:47:51 am | 8:44:08 pm | 5:13:32 am | 9:18:37 pm | 11h 4m 4s | 🌒 (0.1%)Waning Crescent: 0.1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:56 am | 6.6° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:19:14 am | 6:47:07 am | -1m 36s | 7:44:08 pm | +1m 5s | 8:12:05 pm | 12h 57m 1s | 2m 40s | 1:15:32 pm | 56.19° | 5:46:06 am | 8:45:21 pm | 5:11:39 am | 9:19:59 pm | 11h 1m 24s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 4:50 amNew moon at 4:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:15:40 am | 6.9° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:17:36 am | 6:45:32 am | -1m 35s | 7:45:12 pm | +1m 4s | 8:13:13 pm | 12h 59m 40s | 2m 40s | 1:15:16 pm | 56.57° | 5:44:21 am | 8:46:35 pm | 5:09:45 am | 9:21:21 pm | 10h 58m 45s | 🌘 (4%)Waxing Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:24 am | 7.3° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:15:57 am | 6:43:57 am | -1m 35s | 7:46:17 pm | +1m 5s | 8:14:22 pm | 13h 2m 20s | 2m 40s | 1:15:00 pm | 56.95° | 5:42:37 am | 8:47:50 pm | 5:07:52 am | 9:22:45 pm | 10h 56m 5s | 🌘 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:08 am | 7.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:14:19 am | 6:42:22 am | -1m 35s | 7:47:22 pm | +1m 5s | 8:15:30 pm | 13h 5m 0s | 2m 40s | 1:14:45 pm | 57.32° | 5:40:53 am | 8:49:05 pm | 5:05:59 am | 9:24:10 pm | 10h 53m 27s | 🌘 (14%)Waxing Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:52 am | 8.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:12:42 am | 6:40:49 am | -1m 33s | 7:48:28 pm | +1m 6s | 8:16:40 pm | 13h 7m 39s | 2m 39s | 1:14:31 pm | 57.69° | 5:39:09 am | 8:50:21 pm | 5:04:06 am | 9:25:36 pm | 10h 50m 48s | 🌘 (22%)Waxing Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:38 am | 8.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:11:06 am | 6:39:16 am | -1m 33s | 7:49:34 pm | +1m 6s | 8:17:50 pm | 13h 10m 18s | 2m 39s | 1:14:17 pm | 58.06° | 5:37:26 am | 8:51:37 pm | 5:02:12 am | 9:27:02 pm | 10h 48m 10s | 🌘 (30%)Waxing Crescent: 30% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:24 am | 8.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:09:30 am | 6:37:44 am | -1m 32s | 7:50:40 pm | +1m 6s | 8:19:00 pm | 13h 12m 56s | 2m 38s | 1:14:03 pm | 58.43° | 5:35:43 am | 8:52:54 pm | 5:00:20 am | 9:28:30 pm | 10h 45m 32s | 🌘 (39%)Waxing Crescent: 39% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:10 am | 9.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:07:54 am | 6:36:12 am | -1m 32s | 7:51:47 pm | +1m 7s | 8:20:11 pm | 13h 15m 35s | 2m 38s | 1:13:50 pm | 58.79° | 5:34:01 am | 8:54:12 pm | 4:58:27 am | 9:29:58 pm | 10h 42m 55s | 🌘 (48%)Waxing Crescent: 48% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:56 am | 9.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:06:20 am | 6:34:42 am | -1m 30s | 7:52:54 pm | +1m 7s | 8:21:22 pm | 13h 18m 12s | 2m 38s | 1:13:38 pm | 59.15° | 5:32:19 am | 8:55:31 pm | 4:56:34 am | 9:31:28 pm | 10h 40m 18s | 🌗 (58%) First quarter at 5:12 amFirst quarter at 5:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 58% illuminated |
1:13:44 am | 9.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:04:46 am | 6:33:12 am | -1m 30s | 7:54:02 pm | +1m 8s | 8:22:34 pm | 13h 20m 50s | 2m 37s | 1:13:26 pm | 59.51° | 5:30:38 am | 8:56:50 pm | 4:54:42 am | 9:32:58 pm | 10h 37m 42s | 🌖 (67%)Waxing Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:32 am | 10.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:03:13 am | 6:31:44 am | -1m 28s | 7:55:09 pm | +1m 7s | 8:23:46 pm | 13h 23m 25s | 2m 36s | 1:13:15 pm | 59.87° | 5:28:58 am | 8:58:10 pm | 4:52:51 am | 9:34:30 pm | 10h 35m 7s | 🌖 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:20 am | 10.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:01:40 am | 6:30:16 am | -1m 28s | 7:56:18 pm | +1m 9s | 8:24:59 pm | 13h 26m 2s | 2m 36s | 1:13:05 pm | 60.23° | 5:27:18 am | 8:59:31 pm | 4:50:59 am | 9:36:02 pm | 10h 32m 31s | 🌖 (84%)Waxing Gibbous: 84% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:10 am | 11.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:00:09 am | 6:28:49 am | -1m 27s | 7:57:26 pm | +1m 8s | 8:26:12 pm | 13h 28m 37s | 2m 35s | 1:12:55 pm | 60.58° | 5:25:39 am | 9:00:52 pm | 4:49:08 am | 9:37:36 pm | 10h 29m 58s | 🌖 (91%)Waxing Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:00 am | 11.3° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:58:39 am | 6:27:24 am | -1m 25s | 7:58:35 pm | +1m 9s | 8:27:26 pm | 13h 31m 11s | 2m 35s | 1:12:46 pm | 60.93° | 5:24:00 am | 9:02:14 pm | 4:47:17 am | 9:39:10 pm | 10h 27m 24s | 🌖 (96%)Waxing Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:50 am | 11.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:57:09 am | 6:25:59 am | -1m 25s | 7:59:44 pm | +1m 9s | 8:28:40 pm | 13h 33m 45s | 2m 34s | 1:12:38 pm | 61.27° | 5:22:23 am | 9:03:36 pm | 4:45:27 am | 9:40:45 pm | 10h 24m 51s | 🌖 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:42 am | 12.0° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:55:40 am | 6:24:35 am | -1m 24s | 8:00:54 pm | +1m 10s | 8:29:55 pm | 13h 36m 19s | 2m 33s | 1:12:30 pm | 61.62° | 5:20:46 am | 9:04:59 pm | 4:43:38 am | 9:42:21 pm | 10h 22m 19s | 🌕 (99.7%) Full moon at 5:11 pmFull moon at 5:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.7% illuminated |
1:12:34 am | 12.4° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:54:13 am | 6:23:13 am | -1m 22s | 8:02:04 pm | +1m 10s | 8:31:10 pm | 13h 38m 51s | 2m 32s | 1:12:23 pm | 61.96° | 5:19:10 am | 9:06:23 pm | 4:41:48 am | 9:43:58 pm | 10h 19m 48s | 🌔 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:26 am | 12.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:52:46 am | 6:21:52 am | -1m 21s | 8:03:14 pm | +1m 10s | 8:32:26 pm | 13h 41m 22s | 2m 31s | 1:12:17 pm | 62.30° | 5:17:34 am | 9:07:47 pm | 4:40:00 am | 9:45:36 pm | 10h 17m 18s | 🌔 (93%)Waning Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:20 am | 13.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:51:21 am | 6:20:32 am | -1m 20s | 8:04:25 pm | +1m 11s | 8:33:41 pm | 13h 43m 53s | 2m 31s | 1:12:11 pm | 62.63° | 5:16:00 am | 9:09:12 pm | 4:38:12 am | 9:47:15 pm | 10h 14m 48s | 🌔 (85%)Waning Gibbous: 85% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:13 am | 13.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:49:57 am | 6:19:13 am | -1m 19s | 8:05:35 pm | +1m 10s | 8:34:58 pm | 13h 46m 22s | 2m 30s | 1:12:07 pm | 62.96° | 5:14:27 am | 9:10:38 pm | 4:36:25 am | 9:48:55 pm | 10h 12m 20s | 🌔 (76%)Waning Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:09 am | 13.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:48:34 am | 6:17:55 am | -1m 18s | 8:06:47 pm | +1m 12s | 8:36:14 pm | 13h 48m 52s | 2m 29s | 1:12:03 pm | 63.29° | 5:12:55 am | 9:12:04 pm | 4:34:39 am | 9:50:35 pm | 10h 9m 52s | 🌔 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:05 am | 14.0° S |
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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 5:50 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:53 am. The earliest sunset is on June 14 at 5:06 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 3 at 9:02 pm.
Golden Bay gets 5h 51m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 06m versus 9h 14m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
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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