Sunrise and sunset times in Governors Bay
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Governors Bay, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 4:53:15 pm
Night ends at 4:41 am4:41:28 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 5:57 am5:56:52 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: 6:26:58 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: 8:01:41 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 8:32 pm8:31:54 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:48 pm9:47:45 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: 32.78° · Azimuth: 287.4° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 13 hours, 34 minutes
3 hours, 8 minutes left for today's sunset in Governors Bay
Moonset: 4:23 am
Moonrise: 3:32 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 4:39 am4:39:23 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 5:55 am5:55:11 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: 6:25:23 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: 8:02:58 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 8:33 pm8:33:17 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:50 pm9:49:33 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, 37 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Governors Bay
Moonset: 4:43 am Moonrise: 4:41 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waxing Gibbous (91%)
- Governors Bay, Canterbury
- Latitude: -43.622662 (South)
- Longitude: 172.646637 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Governors Bay, Canterbury
The shortest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 55 minutes.Longest day in Governors Bay, Canterbury
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, 26 minutes.
October 2026 - Governors Bay, Canterbury - 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 Governors Bay.
All times are in Governors Bay's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 28 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Governors Bay, Canterbury - from 12 hours, 32 minutes on the first day to 14 hours 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.6:34:26 am | 7:03:12 am | -1m 49s | 7:36:03 pm | +1m 9s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:04:54 pm | 12h 32m 51s | 2m 59s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:19:34 pm | 49.49° | 6:00:27 am | 8:39:01 pm | 5:25:21 am | 9:14:17 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 25m 21s | 🌔 (73%)Waning Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:44 am | 3.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:32:36 am | 7:01:24 am | -1m 48s | 7:37:13 pm | +1m 10s | 8:06:07 pm | 12h 35m 49s | 2m 59s | 1:19:15 pm | 49.88° | 5:58:31 am | 8:40:18 pm | 5:23:17 am | 9:15:42 pm | 11h 22m 22s | 🌔 (63%)Waning Gibbous: 63% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:25 am | 3.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:30:45 am | 6:59:35 am | -1m 49s | 7:38:24 pm | +1m 11s | 8:07:19 pm | 12h 38m 49s | 2m 59s | 1:18:55 pm | 50.27° | 5:56:35 am | 8:41:36 pm | 5:21:13 am | 9:17:08 pm | 11h 19m 23s | 🌔 (51%)Waning Gibbous: 51% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:05 am | 3.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:28:54 am | 6:57:47 am | -1m 48s | 7:39:34 pm | +1m 10s | 8:08:32 pm | 12h 41m 47s | 2m 59s | 1:18:36 pm | 50.65° | 5:54:40 am | 8:42:55 pm | 5:19:09 am | 9:18:35 pm | 11h 16m 26s | 🌓 (40%) Last quarter at 2:25 amLast quarter at 2:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 40% illuminated |
1:18:46 am | 4.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:27:04 am | 6:56:00 am | -1m 47s | 7:40:45 pm | +1m 11s | 8:09:46 pm | 12h 44m 45s | 2m 59s | 1:18:17 pm | 51.04° | 5:52:44 am | 8:44:14 pm | 5:17:05 am | 9:20:03 pm | 11h 13m 27s | 🌒 (29%)Waning Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:26 am | 4.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:25:14 am | 6:54:12 am | -1m 48s | 7:41:56 pm | +1m 11s | 8:11:00 pm | 12h 47m 44s | 2m 58s | 1:17:59 pm | 51.42° | 5:50:48 am | 8:45:34 pm | 5:15:00 am | 9:21:33 pm | 11h 10m 30s | 🌒 (20%)Waning Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:08 am | 5.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:23:24 am | 6:52:26 am | -1m 46s | 7:43:08 pm | +1m 12s | 8:12:15 pm | 12h 50m 42s | 2m 58s | 1:17:41 pm | 51.81° | 5:48:53 am | 8:46:54 pm | 5:12:55 am | 9:23:03 pm | 11h 7m 31s | 🌒 (12%)Waning Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:50 am | 5.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:21:34 am | 6:50:39 am | -1m 47s | 7:44:20 pm | +1m 12s | 8:13:30 pm | 12h 53m 41s | 2m 58s | 1:17:23 pm | 52.19° | 5:46:57 am | 8:48:15 pm | 5:10:50 am | 9:24:34 pm | 11h 4m 33s | 🌒 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:32 am | 5.8° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:19:45 am | 6:48:53 am | -1m 46s | 7:45:32 pm | +1m 12s | 8:14:46 pm | 12h 56m 39s | 2m 58s | 1:17:05 pm | 52.57° | 5:45:02 am | 8:49:37 pm | 5:08:45 am | 9:26:06 pm | 11h 1m 36s | 🌒 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:17:14 am | 6.2° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:17:56 am | 6:47:08 am | -1m 45s | 7:46:44 pm | +1m 12s | 8:16:02 pm | 12h 59m 36s | 2m 58s | 1:16:48 pm | 52.95° | 5:43:06 am | 8:51:00 pm | 5:06:39 am | 9:27:39 pm | 10h 58m 39s | 🌒 (0.1%)Waning Crescent: 0.1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:56 am | 6.6° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:16:08 am | 6:45:23 am | -1m 45s | 7:47:57 pm | +1m 13s | 8:17:18 pm | 13h 2m 34s | 2m 58s | 1:16:32 pm | 53.33° | 5:41:11 am | 8:52:24 pm | 5:04:34 am | 9:29:14 pm | 10h 55m 42s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 4:50 amNew moon at 4:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:16:40 am | 6.9° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:14:20 am | 6:43:39 am | -1m 44s | 7:49:10 pm | +1m 13s | 8:18:35 pm | 13h 5m 31s | 2m 57s | 1:16:16 pm | 53.70° | 5:39:16 am | 8:53:48 pm | 5:02:28 am | 9:30:49 pm | 10h 52m 45s | 🌘 (4%)Waxing Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:24 am | 7.3° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:12:32 am | 6:41:55 am | -1m 44s | 7:50:24 pm | +1m 14s | 8:19:53 pm | 13h 8m 29s | 2m 57s | 1:16:00 pm | 54.08° | 5:37:22 am | 8:55:13 pm | 5:00:22 am | 9:32:26 pm | 10h 49m 48s | 🌘 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:16:08 am | 7.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:45 am | 6:40:12 am | -1m 43s | 7:51:38 pm | +1m 14s | 8:21:11 pm | 13h 11m 26s | 2m 57s | 1:15:45 pm | 54.45° | 5:35:27 am | 8:56:38 pm | 4:58:16 am | 9:34:03 pm | 10h 46m 52s | 🌘 (14%)Waxing Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:52 am | 8.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:08:59 am | 6:38:30 am | -1m 42s | 7:52:52 pm | +1m 14s | 8:22:30 pm | 13h 14m 22s | 2m 56s | 1:15:31 pm | 54.82° | 5:33:33 am | 8:58:05 pm | 4:56:10 am | 9:35:42 pm | 10h 43m 57s | 🌘 (22%)Waxing Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:38 am | 8.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:07:13 am | 6:36:49 am | -1m 41s | 7:54:06 pm | +1m 14s | 8:23:49 pm | 13h 17m 17s | 2m 56s | 1:15:17 pm | 55.19° | 5:31:39 am | 8:59:32 pm | 4:54:03 am | 9:37:22 pm | 10h 41m 2s | 🌘 (30%)Waxing Crescent: 30% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:24 am | 8.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:05:28 am | 6:35:08 am | -1m 41s | 7:55:21 pm | +1m 15s | 8:25:08 pm | 13h 20m 13s | 2m 56s | 1:15:03 pm | 55.56° | 5:29:46 am | 9:01:00 pm | 4:51:57 am | 9:39:03 pm | 10h 38m 7s | 🌘 (39%)Waxing Crescent: 39% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:15:10 am | 9.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:03:43 am | 6:33:28 am | -1m 40s | 7:56:37 pm | +1m 16s | 8:26:28 pm | 13h 23m 9s | 2m 55s | 1:14:50 pm | 55.92° | 5:27:53 am | 9:02:29 pm | 4:49:51 am | 9:40:45 pm | 10h 35m 12s | 🌘 (48%)Waxing Crescent: 48% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:56 am | 9.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:01:59 am | 6:31:49 am | -1m 39s | 7:57:52 pm | +1m 15s | 8:27:49 pm | 13h 26m 3s | 2m 55s | 1:14:38 pm | 56.29° | 5:26:01 am | 9:03:58 pm | 4:47:45 am | 9:42:28 pm | 10h 32m 19s | 🌗 (58%) First quarter at 5:12 amFirst quarter at 5:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 58% illuminated |
1:14:44 am | 9.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:00:16 am | 6:30:11 am | -1m 38s | 7:59:08 pm | +1m 16s | 8:29:10 pm | 13h 28m 57s | 2m 54s | 1:14:26 pm | 56.65° | 5:24:09 am | 9:05:28 pm | 4:45:39 am | 9:44:13 pm | 10h 29m 26s | 🌖 (67%)Waxing Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:32 am | 10.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:58:34 am | 6:28:34 am | -1m 37s | 8:00:25 pm | +1m 17s | 8:30:32 pm | 13h 31m 51s | 2m 54s | 1:14:15 pm | 57.00° | 5:22:17 am | 9:06:59 pm | 4:43:34 am | 9:45:58 pm | 10h 26m 33s | 🌖 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:20 am | 10.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:56:52 am | 6:26:58 am | -1m 36s | 8:01:41 pm | +1m 16s | 8:31:54 pm | 13h 34m 43s | 2m 53s | 1:14:05 pm | 57.36° | 5:20:26 am | 9:08:31 pm | 4:41:28 am | 9:47:45 pm | 10h 23m 42s | 🌖 (84%)Waxing Gibbous: 84% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:10 am | 11.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:55:11 am | 6:25:23 am | -1m 35s | 8:02:58 pm | +1m 17s | 8:33:17 pm | 13h 37m 35s | 2m 52s | 1:13:55 pm | 57.71° | 5:18:36 am | 9:10:03 pm | 4:39:23 am | 9:49:33 pm | 10h 20m 50s | 🌖 (91%)Waxing Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:14:00 am | 11.3° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:53:32 am | 6:23:48 am | -1m 35s | 8:04:16 pm | +1m 18s | 8:34:40 pm | 13h 40m 28s | 2m 52s | 1:13:46 pm | 58.06° | 5:16:47 am | 9:11:36 pm | 4:37:18 am | 9:51:22 pm | 10h 17m 59s | 🌖 (96%)Waxing Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:50 am | 11.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:51:53 am | 6:22:15 am | -1m 33s | 8:05:34 pm | +1m 18s | 8:36:03 pm | 13h 43m 19s | 2m 51s | 1:13:38 pm | 58.41° | 5:14:58 am | 9:13:10 pm | 4:35:13 am | 9:53:12 pm | 10h 15m 9s | 🌖 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:42 am | 12.0° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:50:15 am | 6:20:43 am | -1m 32s | 8:06:52 pm | +1m 18s | 8:37:28 pm | 13h 46m 9s | 2m 50s | 1:13:30 pm | 58.75° | 5:13:10 am | 9:14:44 pm | 4:33:09 am | 9:55:03 pm | 10h 12m 20s | 🌕 (99.7%) Full moon at 5:11 pmFull moon at 5:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.7% illuminated |
1:13:34 am | 12.4° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:48:38 am | 6:19:12 am | -1m 31s | 8:08:10 pm | +1m 18s | 8:38:52 pm | 13h 48m 58s | 2m 49s | 1:13:23 pm | 59.09° | 5:11:22 am | 9:16:19 pm | 4:31:04 am | 9:56:55 pm | 10h 9m 33s | 🌔 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:26 am | 12.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:47:02 am | 6:17:43 am | -1m 29s | 8:09:29 pm | +1m 19s | 8:40:17 pm | 13h 51m 46s | 2m 48s | 1:13:17 pm | 59.43° | 5:09:36 am | 9:17:55 pm | 4:29:01 am | 9:58:49 pm | 10h 6m 45s | 🌔 (93%)Waning Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:20 am | 13.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:45:27 am | 6:16:14 am | -1m 29s | 8:10:48 pm | +1m 19s | 8:41:42 pm | 13h 54m 34s | 2m 47s | 1:13:12 pm | 59.76° | 5:07:50 am | 9:19:31 pm | 4:26:58 am | 10:00:43 pm | 10h 3m 59s | 🌔 (85%)Waning Gibbous: 85% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:15 am | 13.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:43:54 am | 6:14:47 am | -1m 27s | 8:12:07 pm | +1m 19s | 8:43:08 pm | 13h 57m 20s | 2m 46s | 1:13:07 pm | 60.09° | 5:06:06 am | 9:21:08 pm | 4:24:55 am | 10:02:38 pm | 10h 1m 14s | 🌔 (76%)Waning Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:09 am | 13.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:42:21 am | 6:13:21 am | -1m 26s | 8:13:26 pm | +1m 19s | 8:44:34 pm | 14h 0m 5s | 2m 45s | 1:13:03 pm | 60.42° | 5:04:22 am | 9:22:46 pm | 4:22:53 am | 10:04:35 pm | 9h 58m 31s | 🌔 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:05 am | 14.0° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Governors Bay, Canterbury - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Governors Bay, Canterbury for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Governors Bay, Canterbury.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Governors Bay
In Governors Bay, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 10 at 5:41 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 27 at 8:04 am. The earliest sunset is on June 15 at 4:58 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:13 pm.
Governors Bay gets 6h 30m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 26m versus 8h 55m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Governors Bay Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Governors 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 Governors Bay.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 22.6° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 69.1° (around Dec 17) in Governors 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 Governors Bay the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:12 and 12:43 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.
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