Sunrise and sunset times in Rapaki
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Rapaki, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 3:50:13 pm
First light at 6:31:54 am
Sunrise time: 6:59:16 am
Sunset time: 7:38:14 pm
Last light at 8:05:36 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 37.8° · Azimuth: 309° (NW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 38 minutes
3 hours, 48 minutes left for today's sunset in Rapaki
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:22 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 6:30:04 am
Sunrise time: 6:57:28 am
Sunset time: 7:39:24 pm
Last light at 8:06:48 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 41 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Rapaki
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:29 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:46 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Rapaki, Canterbury
- Latitude: -43.605721 (South)
- Longitude: 172.681473 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Rapaki, 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 59 minutes.Longest day in Rapaki, 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 29 minutes.
October 2026 - Rapaki, 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 Rapaki.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 27 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Rapaki, Canterbury - from 12 hours, 35 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 | 6:33:45 am | 7:01:05 am | 7:37:04 pm | 8:04:24 pm | 12h 35m 59s | 2m 59s | 1:19:04 pm | 49.5° | 5:59:42 am | 8:38:27 pm | 5:24:31 am | 9:13:38 pm | 11h 22m 12s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:31:54 am | 6:59:16 am | 7:38:14 pm | 8:05:36 pm | 12h 38m 58s | 2m 59s | 1:18:45 pm | 49.9° | 5:57:46 am | 8:39:44 pm | 5:22:28 am | 9:15:02 pm | 11h 19m 14s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:30:04 am | 6:57:28 am | 7:39:24 pm | 8:06:48 pm | 12h 41m 56s | 2m 58s | 1:18:26 pm | 50.3° | 5:55:51 am | 8:41:01 pm | 5:20:24 am | 9:16:28 pm | 11h 16m 16s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:28:13 am | 6:55:40 am | 7:40:35 pm | 8:08:01 pm | 12h 44m 55s | 2m 59s | 1:18:07 pm | 50.7° | 5:53:55 am | 8:42:19 pm | 5:18:20 am | 9:17:55 pm | 11h 13m 17s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:26:23 am | 6:53:52 am | 7:41:46 pm | 8:09:15 pm | 12h 47m 54s | 2m 59s | 1:17:49 pm | 51.1° | 5:51:59 am | 8:43:38 pm | 5:16:15 am | 9:19:23 pm | 11h 10m 19s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:24:33 am | 6:52:05 am | 7:42:57 pm | 8:10:29 pm | 12h 50m 52s | 2m 58s | 1:17:31 pm | 51.4° | 5:50:04 am | 8:44:58 pm | 5:14:11 am | 9:20:51 pm | 11h 7m 21s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:22:43 am | 6:50:18 am | 7:44:09 pm | 8:11:43 pm | 12h 53m 51s | 2m 59s | 1:17:13 pm | 51.8° | 5:48:08 am | 8:46:18 pm | 5:12:06 am | 9:22:21 pm | 11h 4m 23s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:20:54 am | 6:48:32 am | 7:45:21 pm | 8:12:58 pm | 12h 56m 49s | 2m 58s | 1:16:56 pm | 52.2° | 5:46:13 am | 8:47:39 pm | 5:10:01 am | 9:23:52 pm | 11h 1m 25s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:19:05 am | 6:46:46 am | 7:46:33 pm | 8:14:14 pm | 12h 59m 47s | 2m 58s | 1:16:39 pm | 52.6° | 5:44:17 am | 8:49:01 pm | 5:07:55 am | 9:25:24 pm | 10h 58m 28s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:17:16 am | 6:45:01 am | 7:47:45 pm | 8:15:30 pm | 13h 2m 44s | 2m 57s | 1:16:23 pm | 53° | 5:42:22 am | 8:50:24 pm | 5:05:50 am | 9:26:56 pm | 10h 55m 31s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:15:28 am | 6:43:16 am | 7:48:58 pm | 8:16:46 pm | 13h 5m 42s | 2m 58s | 1:16:07 pm | 53.3° | 5:40:27 am | 8:51:47 pm | 5:03:44 am | 9:28:30 pm | 10h 52m 34s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:13:40 am | 6:41:32 am | 7:50:12 pm | 8:18:03 pm | 13h 8m 40s | 2m 58s | 1:15:52 pm | 53.7° | 5:38:33 am | 8:53:11 pm | 5:01:38 am | 9:30:05 pm | 10h 49m 36s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:11:53 am | 6:39:48 am | 7:51:25 pm | 8:19:21 pm | 13h 11m 37s | 2m 57s | 1:15:37 pm | 54.1° | 5:36:38 am | 8:54:36 pm | 4:59:32 am | 9:31:42 pm | 10h 46m 41s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:06 am | 6:38:06 am | 7:52:39 pm | 8:20:39 pm | 13h 14m 33s | 2m 56s | 1:15:22 pm | 54.5° | 5:34:44 am | 8:56:01 pm | 4:57:26 am | 9:33:19 pm | 10h 43m 45s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:08:20 am | 6:36:24 am | 7:53:54 pm | 8:21:57 pm | 13h 17m 30s | 2m 57s | 1:15:09 pm | 54.8° | 5:32:50 am | 8:57:27 pm | 4:55:20 am | 9:34:57 pm | 10h 40m 48s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:06:35 am | 6:34:42 am | 7:55:08 pm | 8:23:16 pm | 13h 20m 26s | 2m 56s | 1:14:55 pm | 55.2° | 5:30:56 am | 8:58:54 pm | 4:53:14 am | 9:36:37 pm | 10h 37m 54s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:04:50 am | 6:33:02 am | 7:56:24 pm | 8:24:36 pm | 13h 23m 22s | 2m 56s | 1:14:43 pm | 55.6° | 5:29:03 am | 9:00:22 pm | 4:51:08 am | 9:38:17 pm | 10h 34m 58s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:03:05 am | 6:31:22 am | 7:57:39 pm | 8:25:56 pm | 13h 26m 17s | 2m 55s | 1:14:31 pm | 55.9° | 5:27:11 am | 9:01:50 pm | 4:49:02 am | 9:39:59 pm | 10h 32m 4s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:01:22 am | 6:29:43 am | 7:58:55 pm | 8:27:16 pm | 13h 29m 12s | 2m 55s | 1:14:19 pm | 56.3° | 5:25:18 am | 9:03:20 pm | 4:46:56 am | 9:41:42 pm | 10h 29m 10s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:59:39 am | 6:28:05 am | 8:00:11 pm | 8:28:37 pm | 13h 32m 6s | 2m 54s | 1:14:08 pm | 56.7° | 5:23:27 am | 9:04:49 pm | 4:44:50 am | 9:43:26 pm | 10h 26m 17s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:57:57 am | 6:26:28 am | 8:01:28 pm | 8:29:59 pm | 13h 35m 0s | 2m 54s | 1:13:58 pm | 57° | 5:21:36 am | 9:06:20 pm | 4:42:45 am | 9:45:11 pm | 10h 23m 24s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:56:16 am | 6:24:52 am | 8:02:45 pm | 8:31:21 pm | 13h 37m 53s | 2m 53s | 1:13:48 pm | 57.4° | 5:19:45 am | 9:07:51 pm | 4:40:39 am | 9:46:57 pm | 10h 20m 32s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:54:35 am | 6:23:17 am | 8:04:02 pm | 8:32:43 pm | 13h 40m 45s | 2m 52s | 1:13:39 pm | 57.7° | 5:17:55 am | 9:09:24 pm | 4:38:34 am | 9:48:44 pm | 10h 17m 41s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:52:56 am | 6:21:43 am | 8:05:19 pm | 8:34:06 pm | 13h 43m 36s | 2m 51s | 1:13:31 pm | 58.1° | 5:16:06 am | 9:10:56 pm | 4:36:29 am | 9:50:33 pm | 10h 14m 51s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:51:17 am | 6:20:10 am | 8:06:37 pm | 8:35:30 pm | 13h 46m 27s | 2m 51s | 1:13:24 pm | 58.4° | 5:14:17 am | 9:12:30 pm | 4:34:25 am | 9:52:22 pm | 10h 12m 1s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:49:40 am | 6:18:38 am | 8:07:56 pm | 8:36:54 pm | 13h 49m 18s | 2m 51s | 1:13:17 pm | 58.8° | 5:12:30 am | 9:14:04 pm | 4:32:20 am | 9:54:13 pm | 10h 9m 11s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:48:03 am | 6:17:07 am | 8:09:14 pm | 8:38:18 pm | 13h 52m 7s | 2m 49s | 1:13:11 pm | 59.1° | 5:10:43 am | 9:15:39 pm | 4:30:17 am | 9:56:05 pm | 10h 6m 24s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:46:28 am | 6:15:38 am | 8:10:33 pm | 8:39:43 pm | 13h 54m 55s | 2m 48s | 1:13:05 pm | 59.4° | 5:08:56 am | 9:17:14 pm | 4:28:13 am | 9:57:58 pm | 10h 3m 36s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:44:54 am | 6:14:09 am | 8:11:52 pm | 8:41:08 pm | 13h 57m 43s | 2m 48s | 1:13:01 pm | 59.8° | 5:07:11 am | 9:18:50 pm | 4:26:10 am | 9:59:51 pm | 10h 0m 50s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:43:20 am | 6:12:42 am | 8:13:11 pm | 8:42:33 pm | 14h 0m 29s | 2m 46s | 1:12:57 pm | 60.1° | 5:05:27 am | 9:20:27 pm | 4:24:08 am | 10:01:46 pm | 9h 58m 6s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:41:49 am | 6:11:17 am | 8:14:31 pm | 8:43:59 pm | 14h 3m 14s | 2m 45s | 1:12:54 pm | 60.4° | 5:03:44 am | 9:22:04 pm | 4:22:06 am | 10:03:42 pm | 9h 55m 21s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Rapaki, Canterbury
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Rapaki, Canterbury - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Rapaki, 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 Rapaki, Canterbury.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Rapaki
In Rapaki, 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 5:00 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:15 pm.
Rapaki gets 6h 30m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 29m versus 8h 59m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Rapaki Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Rapaki. 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 Rapaki.
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 Rapaki. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Rapaki 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.
Places near Rapaki, Canterbury
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Rapaki, Canterbury — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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