Sunrise and sunset times in Motukarara
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Motukarara, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 4:59:02 pm
First light at 6:32:10 am
Sunrise time: 6:59:35 am
Sunset time: 7:38:42 pm
Last light at 8:06:07 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 27.2° · Azimuth: 293° (NW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 39 minutes
2 hours, 39 minutes left for today's sunset in Motukarara
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:23 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:44 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 6:30:19 am
Sunrise time: 6:57:46 am
Sunset time: 7:39:53 pm
Last light at 8:07:20 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 42 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Motukarara
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:30 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:46 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Motukarara, Canterbury
- Latitude: -43.733330 (South)
- Longitude: 172.583328 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Motukarara, Canterbury
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 58 minutes.Longest day in Motukarara, Canterbury
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 30 minutes.
October 2026 - Motukarara, 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 Motukarara.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 27 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Motukarara, Canterbury - from 12 hours, 36 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 3 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 | 6:34:01 am | 7:01:24 am | 7:37:32 pm | 8:04:55 pm | 12h 36m 8s | 3m 1s | 1:19:28 pm | 49.4° | 5:59:53 am | 8:39:03 pm | 5:24:37 am | 9:14:19 pm | 11h 22m 3s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:32:10 am | 6:59:35 am | 7:38:42 pm | 8:06:07 pm | 12h 39m 7s | 2m 59s | 1:19:09 pm | 49.8° | 5:57:57 am | 8:40:20 pm | 5:22:33 am | 9:15:44 pm | 11h 19m 4s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:30:19 am | 6:57:46 am | 7:39:53 pm | 8:07:20 pm | 12h 42m 7s | 3m 0s | 1:18:50 pm | 50.2° | 5:56:01 am | 8:41:38 pm | 5:20:29 am | 9:17:11 pm | 11h 16m 5s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:28:28 am | 6:55:58 am | 7:41:04 pm | 8:08:34 pm | 12h 45m 6s | 2m 59s | 1:18:31 pm | 50.5° | 5:54:05 am | 8:42:57 pm | 5:18:24 am | 9:18:38 pm | 11h 13m 6s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:26:37 am | 6:54:10 am | 7:42:15 pm | 8:09:48 pm | 12h 48m 5s | 2m 59s | 1:18:13 pm | 50.9° | 5:52:09 am | 8:44:16 pm | 5:16:19 am | 9:20:06 pm | 11h 10m 7s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:24:47 am | 6:52:22 am | 7:43:27 pm | 8:11:02 pm | 12h 51m 5s | 3m 0s | 1:17:55 pm | 51.3° | 5:50:13 am | 8:45:36 pm | 5:14:14 am | 9:21:35 pm | 11h 7m 8s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:22:57 am | 6:50:35 am | 7:44:39 pm | 8:12:17 pm | 12h 54m 4s | 2m 59s | 1:17:37 pm | 51.7° | 5:48:17 am | 8:46:57 pm | 5:12:08 am | 9:23:06 pm | 11h 4m 9s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:21:07 am | 6:48:48 am | 7:45:51 pm | 8:13:32 pm | 12h 57m 3s | 2m 59s | 1:17:20 pm | 52.1° | 5:46:21 am | 8:48:19 pm | 5:10:02 am | 9:24:37 pm | 11h 1m 11s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:19:17 am | 6:47:02 am | 7:47:04 pm | 8:14:48 pm | 13h 0m 2s | 2m 59s | 1:17:03 pm | 52.5° | 5:44:25 am | 8:49:41 pm | 5:07:56 am | 9:26:10 pm | 10h 58m 13s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:17:28 am | 6:45:17 am | 7:48:17 pm | 8:16:05 pm | 13h 3m 0s | 2m 58s | 1:16:47 pm | 52.8° | 5:42:29 am | 8:51:04 pm | 5:05:50 am | 9:27:43 pm | 10h 55m 14s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:15:40 am | 6:43:31 am | 7:49:30 pm | 8:17:22 pm | 13h 5m 59s | 2m 59s | 1:16:31 pm | 53.2° | 5:40:34 am | 8:52:28 pm | 5:03:44 am | 9:29:18 pm | 10h 52m 17s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:13:52 am | 6:41:47 am | 7:50:44 pm | 8:18:39 pm | 13h 8m 57s | 2m 58s | 1:16:15 pm | 53.6° | 5:38:38 am | 8:53:52 pm | 5:01:37 am | 9:30:53 pm | 10h 49m 19s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:12:04 am | 6:40:03 am | 7:51:58 pm | 8:19:57 pm | 13h 11m 55s | 2m 58s | 1:16:00 pm | 54° | 5:36:43 am | 8:55:17 pm | 4:59:31 am | 9:32:30 pm | 10h 46m 22s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:17 am | 6:38:20 am | 7:53:12 pm | 8:21:15 pm | 13h 14m 52s | 2m 57s | 1:15:46 pm | 54.3° | 5:34:49 am | 8:56:43 pm | 4:57:24 am | 9:34:08 pm | 10h 43m 25s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:08:30 am | 6:36:37 am | 7:54:27 pm | 8:22:34 pm | 13h 17m 50s | 2m 58s | 1:15:32 pm | 54.7° | 5:32:54 am | 8:58:10 pm | 4:55:17 am | 9:35:47 pm | 10h 40m 29s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:06:44 am | 6:34:56 am | 7:55:42 pm | 8:23:54 pm | 13h 20m 46s | 2m 56s | 1:15:19 pm | 55.1° | 5:31:00 am | 8:59:37 pm | 4:53:11 am | 9:37:27 pm | 10h 37m 33s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:04:59 am | 6:33:15 am | 7:56:58 pm | 8:25:14 pm | 13h 23m 43s | 2m 57s | 1:15:06 pm | 55.4° | 5:29:07 am | 9:01:06 pm | 4:51:04 am | 9:39:08 pm | 10h 34m 37s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:03:14 am | 6:31:35 am | 7:58:13 pm | 8:26:34 pm | 13h 26m 38s | 2m 55s | 1:14:54 pm | 55.8° | 5:27:14 am | 9:02:35 pm | 4:48:58 am | 9:40:51 pm | 10h 31m 42s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:01:30 am | 6:29:55 am | 7:59:30 pm | 8:27:55 pm | 13h 29m 35s | 2m 57s | 1:14:43 pm | 56.2° | 5:25:21 am | 9:04:04 pm | 4:46:51 am | 9:42:34 pm | 10h 28m 47s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:59:47 am | 6:28:17 am | 8:00:46 pm | 8:29:17 pm | 13h 32m 29s | 2m 54s | 1:14:32 pm | 56.5° | 5:23:29 am | 9:05:35 pm | 4:44:45 am | 9:44:19 pm | 10h 25m 54s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:58:04 am | 6:26:40 am | 8:02:03 pm | 8:30:39 pm | 13h 35m 23s | 2m 54s | 1:14:21 pm | 56.9° | 5:21:37 am | 9:07:06 pm | 4:42:38 am | 9:46:05 pm | 10h 23m 0s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:56:23 am | 6:25:03 am | 8:03:21 pm | 8:32:01 pm | 13h 38m 18s | 2m 55s | 1:14:12 pm | 57.2° | 5:19:46 am | 9:08:38 pm | 4:40:32 am | 9:47:51 pm | 10h 20m 7s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:54:42 am | 6:23:28 am | 8:04:38 pm | 8:33:24 pm | 13h 41m 10s | 2m 52s | 1:14:03 pm | 57.6° | 5:17:55 am | 9:10:10 pm | 4:38:26 am | 9:49:39 pm | 10h 17m 15s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:53:02 am | 6:21:53 am | 8:05:56 pm | 8:34:47 pm | 13h 44m 3s | 2m 53s | 1:13:55 pm | 57.9° | 5:16:06 am | 9:11:44 pm | 4:36:21 am | 9:51:29 pm | 10h 14m 24s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:51:23 am | 6:20:20 am | 8:07:14 pm | 8:36:11 pm | 13h 46m 54s | 2m 51s | 1:13:47 pm | 58.3° | 5:14:17 am | 9:13:18 pm | 4:34:15 am | 9:53:19 pm | 10h 11m 33s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:49:45 am | 6:18:47 am | 8:08:33 pm | 8:37:36 pm | 13h 49m 46s | 2m 52s | 1:13:40 pm | 58.6° | 5:12:28 am | 9:14:52 pm | 4:32:10 am | 9:55:10 pm | 10h 8m 43s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:48:08 am | 6:17:16 am | 8:09:52 pm | 8:39:00 pm | 13h 52m 36s | 2m 50s | 1:13:34 pm | 59° | 5:10:41 am | 9:16:28 pm | 4:30:06 am | 9:57:03 pm | 10h 5m 54s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:46:32 am | 6:15:46 am | 8:11:11 pm | 8:40:25 pm | 13h 55m 25s | 2m 49s | 1:13:29 pm | 59.3° | 5:08:54 am | 9:18:04 pm | 4:28:01 am | 9:58:56 pm | 10h 3m 7s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:44:57 am | 6:14:18 am | 8:12:31 pm | 8:41:51 pm | 13h 58m 13s | 2m 48s | 1:13:24 pm | 59.7° | 5:07:08 am | 9:19:40 pm | 4:25:58 am | 10:00:51 pm | 10h 0m 19s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:43:24 am | 6:12:50 am | 8:13:51 pm | 8:43:17 pm | 14h 1m 1s | 2m 48s | 1:13:20 pm | 60° | 5:05:23 am | 9:21:17 pm | 4:23:54 am | 10:02:46 pm | 9h 57m 33s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:41:51 am | 6:11:24 am | 8:15:11 pm | 8:44:43 pm | 14h 3m 47s | 2m 46s | 1:13:17 pm | 60.3° | 5:03:40 am | 9:22:55 pm | 4:21:52 am | 10:04:43 pm | 9h 54m 48s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Motukarara, Canterbury
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Motukarara, Canterbury - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Motukarara, 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 Motukarara, Canterbury.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Motukarara
In Motukarara, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 10 at 5:39 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 8:02 am. The earliest sunset is on June 15 at 4:59 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:16 pm.
Motukarara gets 6h 32m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 30m versus 8h 58m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Motukarara Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Motukarara. 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 Motukarara.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 22.4° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 68.9° (around Dec 17) in Motukarara. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Motukarara the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:13 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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