Sunrise and sunset times in Ruatahuna
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Ruatahuna, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 6:44:45 pm
First light at 6:19:35 am
Sunrise time: 6:44:51 am
Sunset time: 7:18:30 pm
Last light at 7:43:47 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 5.5° · Azimuth: 270° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 33 minutes
33 minutes left for today's sunset in Ruatahuna
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 12:42 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:49 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (65%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:17:59 am
Sunrise time: 6:43:18 am
Sunset time: 7:19:26 pm
Last light at 7:44:44 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 36 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Ruatahuna
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 1:49 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:50 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty
- Latitude: -38.549999 (South)
- Longitude: 176.949997 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty
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 31 minutes.Longest day in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty
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 54 minutes.
October 2026 - Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty - 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 Ruatahuna.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 10 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty - from 12 hours, 31 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 | 6:21:11 am | 6:46:25 am | 7:17:35 pm | 7:42:50 pm | 12h 31m 10s | 2m 30s | 1:02:00 pm | 54.6° | 5:49:52 am | 8:14:08 pm | 5:17:50 am | 8:46:11 pm | 11h 27m 16s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:19:35 am | 6:44:51 am | 7:18:30 pm | 7:43:47 pm | 12h 33m 39s | 2m 29s | 1:01:41 pm | 54.9° | 5:48:13 am | 8:15:09 pm | 5:16:05 am | 8:47:17 pm | 11h 24m 48s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:17:59 am | 6:43:18 am | 7:19:26 pm | 7:44:44 pm | 12h 36m 8s | 2m 29s | 1:01:22 pm | 55.3° | 5:46:34 am | 8:16:10 pm | 5:14:20 am | 8:48:23 pm | 11h 22m 18s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:16:24 am | 6:41:44 am | 7:20:22 pm | 7:45:42 pm | 12h 38m 38s | 2m 30s | 1:01:03 pm | 55.7° | 5:44:55 am | 8:17:11 pm | 5:12:35 am | 8:49:31 pm | 11h 19m 49s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:14:49 am | 6:40:11 am | 7:21:18 pm | 7:46:40 pm | 12h 41m 7s | 2m 29s | 1:00:45 pm | 56.1° | 5:43:16 am | 8:18:14 pm | 5:10:50 am | 8:50:39 pm | 11h 17m 21s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:13:15 am | 6:38:39 am | 7:22:15 pm | 7:47:39 pm | 12h 43m 36s | 2m 29s | 1:00:27 pm | 56.5° | 5:41:37 am | 8:19:16 pm | 5:09:05 am | 8:51:48 pm | 11h 14m 52s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:11:40 am | 6:37:07 am | 7:23:12 pm | 7:48:38 pm | 12h 46m 5s | 2m 29s | 1:00:09 pm | 56.9° | 5:39:58 am | 8:20:20 pm | 5:07:20 am | 8:52:58 pm | 35h 12m 23s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:10:06 am | 6:35:35 am | 7:24:09 pm | 7:49:37 pm | 12h 48m 34s | 2m 29s | 12:59:52 pm | 57.6° | 5:38:20 am | 8:21:24 pm | 5:05:35 am | 8:54:09 pm | -12h 48m 34s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:10:06 am | 6:35:35 am | 7:24:09 pm | 7:49:37 pm | 12h 48m 34s | 0m 0s | 12:59:52 pm | 57.6° | 5:38:20 am | 8:21:24 pm | 5:05:35 am | 8:54:09 pm | 11h 9m 55s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:08:33 am | 6:34:04 am | 7:25:06 pm | 7:50:37 pm | 12h 51m 2s | 2m 28s | 12:59:35 pm | 58° | 5:36:42 am | 8:22:28 pm | 5:03:50 am | 8:55:20 pm | 11h 7m 27s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:07:00 am | 6:32:33 am | 7:26:04 pm | 7:51:38 pm | 12h 53m 31s | 2m 29s | 12:59:19 pm | 58.4° | 5:35:04 am | 8:23:34 pm | 5:02:05 am | 8:56:33 pm | 11h 4m 59s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:05:27 am | 6:31:03 am | 7:27:02 pm | 7:52:39 pm | 12h 55m 59s | 2m 28s | 12:59:03 pm | 58.8° | 5:33:26 am | 8:24:39 pm | 5:00:20 am | 8:57:46 pm | 11h 2m 32s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:03:55 am | 6:29:34 am | 7:28:01 pm | 7:53:40 pm | 12h 58m 27s | 2m 28s | 12:58:47 pm | 59.1° | 5:31:49 am | 8:25:46 pm | 4:58:35 am | 8:59:00 pm | 11h 0m 4s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:02:23 am | 6:28:05 am | 7:29:00 pm | 7:54:42 pm | 13h 0m 55s | 2m 28s | 12:58:33 pm | 59.5° | 5:30:12 am | 8:26:53 pm | 4:56:50 am | 9:00:15 pm | 10h 57m 37s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:00:52 am | 6:26:37 am | 7:29:59 pm | 7:55:45 pm | 13h 3m 22s | 2m 27s | 12:58:18 pm | 59.9° | 5:28:35 am | 8:28:01 pm | 4:55:05 am | 9:01:31 pm | 10h 55m 11s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 5:59:21 am | 6:25:10 am | 7:30:59 pm | 7:56:47 pm | 13h 5m 49s | 2m 27s | 12:58:04 pm | 60.3° | 5:26:59 am | 8:29:09 pm | 4:53:21 am | 9:02:48 pm | 10h 52m 44s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:57:51 am | 6:23:43 am | 7:31:59 pm | 7:57:51 pm | 13h 8m 16s | 2m 27s | 12:57:51 pm | 60.6° | 5:25:24 am | 8:30:18 pm | 4:51:37 am | 9:04:05 pm | 10h 50m 18s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:56:22 am | 6:22:17 am | 7:33:00 pm | 7:58:54 pm | 13h 10m 43s | 2m 27s | 12:57:38 pm | 61° | 5:23:48 am | 8:31:28 pm | 4:49:53 am | 9:05:24 pm | 10h 47m 52s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:54:54 am | 6:20:52 am | 7:34:01 pm | 7:59:59 pm | 13h 13m 9s | 2m 26s | 12:57:26 pm | 61.4° | 5:22:14 am | 8:32:39 pm | 4:48:09 am | 9:06:43 pm | 10h 45m 27s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:53:26 am | 6:19:28 am | 7:35:02 pm | 8:01:04 pm | 13h 15m 34s | 2m 25s | 12:57:15 pm | 61.7° | 5:20:40 am | 8:33:50 pm | 4:46:26 am | 9:08:03 pm | 10h 43m 2s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:51:59 am | 6:18:04 am | 7:36:03 pm | 8:02:09 pm | 13h 17m 59s | 2m 25s | 12:57:04 pm | 62.1° | 5:19:06 am | 8:35:01 pm | 4:44:43 am | 9:09:25 pm | 10h 40m 39s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:50:32 am | 6:16:42 am | 7:37:05 pm | 8:03:15 pm | 13h 20m 23s | 2m 24s | 12:56:54 pm | 62.4° | 5:17:34 am | 8:36:14 pm | 4:43:00 am | 9:10:47 pm | 10h 38m 15s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:49:07 am | 6:15:20 am | 7:38:08 pm | 8:04:21 pm | 13h 22m 48s | 2m 25s | 12:56:44 pm | 62.8° | 5:16:01 am | 8:37:26 pm | 4:41:18 am | 9:12:09 pm | 10h 35m 52s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:47:43 am | 6:14:00 am | 7:39:10 pm | 8:05:27 pm | 13h 25m 10s | 2m 22s | 12:56:35 pm | 63.1° | 5:14:30 am | 8:38:40 pm | 4:39:37 am | 9:13:33 pm | 10h 33m 30s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:46:19 am | 6:12:40 am | 7:40:13 pm | 8:06:35 pm | 13h 27m 33s | 2m 23s | 12:56:27 pm | 63.5° | 5:12:59 am | 8:39:54 pm | 4:37:56 am | 9:14:58 pm | 10h 31m 8s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:44:56 am | 6:11:21 am | 7:41:17 pm | 8:07:42 pm | 13h 29m 56s | 2m 23s | 12:56:19 pm | 63.8° | 5:11:29 am | 8:41:09 pm | 4:36:15 am | 9:16:23 pm | 10h 28m 47s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:43:34 am | 6:10:04 am | 7:42:21 pm | 8:08:50 pm | 13h 32m 17s | 2m 21s | 12:56:12 pm | 64.2° | 5:10:00 am | 8:42:24 pm | 4:34:36 am | 9:17:49 pm | 10h 26m 27s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:42:14 am | 6:08:48 am | 7:43:25 pm | 8:09:59 pm | 13h 34m 37s | 2m 20s | 12:56:06 pm | 64.5° | 5:08:32 am | 8:43:40 pm | 4:32:56 am | 9:19:16 pm | 10h 24m 7s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:40:54 am | 6:07:32 am | 7:44:29 pm | 8:11:08 pm | 13h 36m 57s | 2m 20s | 12:56:01 pm | 64.8° | 5:07:05 am | 8:44:57 pm | 4:31:18 am | 9:20:44 pm | 10h 21m 49s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:39:36 am | 6:06:18 am | 7:45:34 pm | 8:12:17 pm | 13h 39m 16s | 2m 19s | 12:55:56 pm | 65.2° | 5:05:39 am | 8:46:14 pm | 4:29:40 am | 9:22:12 pm | 10h 19m 32s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:38:18 am | 6:05:06 am | 7:46:39 pm | 8:13:27 pm | 13h 41m 33s | 2m 17s | 12:55:52 pm | 65.5° | 5:04:14 am | 8:47:31 pm | 4:28:03 am | 9:23:42 pm | 10h 17m 15s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Ruatahuna
In Ruatahuna, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 8 at 5:39 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:29 am. The earliest sunset is on June 13 at 4:58 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 5 at 8:41 pm.
Ruatahuna gets 5h 23m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 54m versus 9h 31m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Ruatahuna Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Ruatahuna. 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 Ruatahuna.
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 Ruatahuna. 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.
Places near Ruatahuna, Bay of Plenty
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