Sunrise and sunset times in Matawhero
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Matawhero, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 8:52:37 pm
First light at 6:17:01 am
Sunrise time: 6:42:19 am
Sunset time: 7:13:34 pm
Last light at 7:38:51 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -19.6° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 248° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 31 minutes
Sunset in Matawhero was 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 12:38 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:44 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (64%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:15:25 am
Sunrise time: 6:40:44 am
Sunset time: 7:14:29 pm
Last light at 7:39:49 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 33 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Matawhero
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 1:46 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:46 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Matawhero, Gisborne
- Latitude: -38.666672 (South)
- Longitude: 177.966675 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Matawhero, Gisborne
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 30 minutes.Longest day in Matawhero, Gisborne
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 14 hours and 55 minutes.
October 2026 - Matawhero, Gisborne - 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 Matawhero.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 13 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Matawhero, Gisborne - from 12 hours, 28 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 41 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 | 6:18:37 am | 6:43:53 am | 7:12:38 pm | 7:37:54 pm | 12h 28m 45s | 2m 30s | 12:58:16 pm | 54.4° | 5:47:19 am | 8:09:13 pm | 5:15:18 am | 8:41:14 pm | 11h 29m 41s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:17:01 am | 6:42:19 am | 7:13:34 pm | 7:38:51 pm | 12h 31m 15s | 2m 30s | 12:57:56 pm | 54.8° | 5:45:39 am | 8:10:13 pm | 5:13:33 am | 8:42:19 pm | 11h 27m 10s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:15:25 am | 6:40:44 am | 7:14:29 pm | 7:39:49 pm | 12h 33m 45s | 2m 30s | 12:57:37 pm | 55.2° | 5:44:00 am | 8:11:14 pm | 5:11:48 am | 8:43:25 pm | 11h 24m 41s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:13:49 am | 6:39:10 am | 7:15:25 pm | 7:40:46 pm | 12h 36m 15s | 2m 30s | 12:57:18 pm | 55.6° | 5:42:20 am | 8:12:15 pm | 5:10:03 am | 8:44:33 pm | 11h 22m 12s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:12:14 am | 6:37:37 am | 7:16:22 pm | 7:41:44 pm | 12h 38m 45s | 2m 30s | 12:56:59 pm | 56° | 5:40:41 am | 8:13:17 pm | 5:08:18 am | 8:45:40 pm | 11h 19m 41s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:10:39 am | 6:36:03 am | 7:17:18 pm | 7:42:43 pm | 12h 41m 15s | 2m 30s | 12:56:41 pm | 56.4° | 5:39:02 am | 8:14:20 pm | 5:06:32 am | 8:46:49 pm | 11h 17m 12s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:09:04 am | 6:34:30 am | 7:18:15 pm | 7:43:42 pm | 12h 43m 45s | 2m 30s | 12:56:23 pm | 56.8° | 5:37:23 am | 8:15:23 pm | 5:04:47 am | 8:47:59 pm | 11h 14m 43s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:07:29 am | 6:32:58 am | 7:19:12 pm | 7:44:41 pm | 12h 46m 14s | 2m 29s | 12:56:05 pm | 57.1° | 5:35:44 am | 8:16:27 pm | 5:03:01 am | 8:49:09 pm | 11h 12m 14s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:05:55 am | 6:31:26 am | 7:20:10 pm | 7:45:41 pm | 12h 48m 44s | 2m 30s | 12:55:48 pm | 57.5° | 5:34:05 am | 8:17:31 pm | 5:01:16 am | 8:50:20 pm | 11h 9m 45s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:04:21 am | 6:29:55 am | 7:21:08 pm | 7:46:42 pm | 12h 51m 13s | 2m 29s | 12:55:31 pm | 57.9° | 5:32:26 am | 8:18:36 pm | 4:59:30 am | 8:51:32 pm | 11h 7m 16s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:02:47 am | 6:28:24 am | 7:22:06 pm | 7:47:42 pm | 12h 53m 42s | 2m 29s | 12:55:15 pm | 58.3° | 5:30:48 am | 8:19:42 pm | 4:57:45 am | 8:52:45 pm | 11h 4m 47s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:01:14 am | 6:26:53 am | 7:23:04 pm | 7:48:44 pm | 12h 56m 11s | 2m 29s | 12:54:59 pm | 58.7° | 5:29:10 am | 8:20:48 pm | 4:55:59 am | 8:53:59 pm | 11h 2m 20s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:59:42 am | 6:25:24 am | 7:24:03 pm | 7:49:45 pm | 12h 58m 39s | 2m 28s | 12:54:44 pm | 59° | 5:27:32 am | 8:21:55 pm | 4:54:14 am | 8:55:13 pm | 10h 59m 52s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 5:58:10 am | 6:23:55 am | 7:25:03 pm | 7:50:47 pm | 13h 1m 8s | 2m 29s | 12:54:29 pm | 59.4° | 5:25:55 am | 8:23:02 pm | 4:52:29 am | 8:56:29 pm | 10h 57m 23s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 5:56:38 am | 6:22:26 am | 7:26:02 pm | 7:51:50 pm | 13h 3m 36s | 2m 28s | 12:54:14 pm | 59.8° | 5:24:18 am | 8:24:10 pm | 4:50:44 am | 8:57:45 pm | 10h 54m 56s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 5:55:07 am | 6:20:58 am | 7:27:02 pm | 7:52:53 pm | 13h 6m 4s | 2m 28s | 12:54:00 pm | 60.1° | 5:22:42 am | 8:25:19 pm | 4:48:59 am | 8:59:02 pm | 10h 52m 29s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:53:37 am | 6:19:31 am | 7:28:03 pm | 7:53:57 pm | 13h 8m 32s | 2m 28s | 12:53:47 pm | 60.5° | 5:21:06 am | 8:26:29 pm | 4:47:14 am | 9:00:20 pm | 10h 50m 2s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:52:08 am | 6:18:05 am | 7:29:04 pm | 7:55:01 pm | 13h 10m 59s | 2m 27s | 12:53:34 pm | 60.9° | 5:19:30 am | 8:27:39 pm | 4:45:30 am | 9:01:39 pm | 10h 47m 36s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:50:39 am | 6:16:40 am | 7:30:05 pm | 7:56:06 pm | 13h 13m 25s | 2m 26s | 12:53:22 pm | 61.2° | 5:17:55 am | 8:28:49 pm | 4:43:46 am | 9:02:59 pm | 10h 45m 10s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:49:11 am | 6:15:15 am | 7:31:06 pm | 7:57:11 pm | 13h 15m 51s | 2m 26s | 12:53:11 pm | 61.6° | 5:16:21 am | 8:30:01 pm | 4:42:02 am | 9:04:19 pm | 10h 42m 45s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:47:43 am | 6:13:51 am | 7:32:08 pm | 7:58:16 pm | 13h 18m 17s | 2m 26s | 12:53:00 pm | 62° | 5:14:47 am | 8:31:13 pm | 4:40:19 am | 9:05:41 pm | 10h 40m 21s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:46:17 am | 6:12:29 am | 7:33:10 pm | 7:59:23 pm | 13h 20m 41s | 2m 24s | 12:52:50 pm | 62.3° | 5:13:14 am | 8:32:25 pm | 4:38:36 am | 9:07:03 pm | 10h 37m 57s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:44:51 am | 6:11:07 am | 7:34:13 pm | 8:00:29 pm | 13h 23m 6s | 2m 25s | 12:52:40 pm | 62.7° | 5:11:41 am | 8:33:39 pm | 4:36:53 am | 9:08:27 pm | 10h 35m 33s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:43:26 am | 6:09:46 am | 7:35:16 pm | 8:01:36 pm | 13h 25m 30s | 2m 24s | 12:52:31 pm | 63° | 5:10:09 am | 8:34:53 pm | 4:35:11 am | 9:09:51 pm | 10h 33m 10s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:42:02 am | 6:08:26 am | 7:36:20 pm | 8:02:44 pm | 13h 27m 54s | 2m 24s | 12:52:23 pm | 63.4° | 5:08:38 am | 8:36:07 pm | 4:33:30 am | 9:11:16 pm | 10h 30m 47s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:40:39 am | 6:07:07 am | 7:37:23 pm | 8:03:51 pm | 13h 30m 16s | 2m 22s | 12:52:15 pm | 63.7° | 5:07:08 am | 8:37:22 pm | 4:31:49 am | 9:12:42 pm | 10h 28m 26s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:39:17 am | 6:05:49 am | 7:38:27 pm | 8:05:00 pm | 13h 32m 38s | 2m 22s | 12:52:08 pm | 64° | 5:05:39 am | 8:38:38 pm | 4:30:08 am | 9:14:08 pm | 10h 26m 6s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:37:56 am | 6:04:33 am | 7:39:32 pm | 8:06:09 pm | 13h 34m 59s | 2m 21s | 12:52:02 pm | 64.4° | 5:04:10 am | 8:39:54 pm | 4:28:29 am | 9:15:36 pm | 10h 23m 45s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:36:36 am | 6:03:17 am | 7:40:37 pm | 8:07:18 pm | 13h 37m 20s | 2m 21s | 12:51:57 pm | 64.7° | 5:02:43 am | 8:41:11 pm | 4:26:50 am | 9:17:04 pm | 10h 21m 26s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:35:17 am | 6:02:03 am | 7:41:42 pm | 8:08:28 pm | 13h 39m 39s | 2m 19s | 12:51:52 pm | 65° | 5:01:16 am | 8:42:29 pm | 4:25:12 am | 9:18:33 pm | 10h 19m 8s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:33:59 am | 6:00:50 am | 7:42:47 pm | 8:09:38 pm | 13h 41m 57s | 2m 18s | 12:51:48 pm | 65.4° | 4:59:50 am | 8:43:47 pm | 4:23:34 am | 9:20:03 pm | 10h 16m 51s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Matawhero, Gisborne
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Matawhero, Gisborne - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Matawhero, Gisborne for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Matawhero, Gisborne.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Matawhero
In Matawhero, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 8 at 5:35 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:25 am. The earliest sunset is on June 14 at 4:54 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 4 at 8:37 pm.
Matawhero gets 5h 24m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 55m versus 9h 30m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Matawhero Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Matawhero. 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 Matawhero.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 27.9° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 74.7° (around Dec 20) in Matawhero. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma.
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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