Sunrise and sunset times in Stratford
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Stratford, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 4:38:23 pm
Night ends at 4:50 am4:50:06 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 5:59 am5:58:46 am
Dawn, the start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:26:43 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: 7:48:43 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 8:17 pm8:16:45 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:26 pm9:25:46 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: 35.51° · Azimuth: 286.3° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 13 hours, 22 minutes
3 hours, 10 minutes left for today's sunset in Stratford
Moon set on Oct 22 at 4:11 am
Moon rose on Oct 22 at 3:30 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 4:48 am4:48:21 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 am5:57:19 am
Dawn, the start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:25:20 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: 7:49:48 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 8:18 pm8:17:54 pm
Dusk, the end of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:27 pm9:27:13 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, 24 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Stratford
Moon will set on Oct 23 at 4:34 am Moon will rise on Oct 23 at 4:35 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waxing Gibbous (91%)
- Stratford, Taranaki
- Latitude: -39.33762 (South)
- Longitude: 174.283676 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Stratford, Taranaki
The shortest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours, 23 minutes.Longest day in Stratford, Taranaki
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 14 hours, 56 minutes.
October 2026 - Stratford, Taranaki - 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 Stratford.
All times are in Stratford's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 15 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Stratford, Taranaki - from 12 hours, 28 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 43 minutes 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.6:31:41 am | 6:58:34 am | -1m 37s | 7:27:29 pm | +57s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:54:26 pm | 12h 28m 55s | 2m 34s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:13:01 pm | 53.78° | 6:00:03 am | 8:26:10 pm | 5:27:39 am | 8:58:41 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 29m 29s | 🌔 (73%)Waning Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:13:11 am | 3.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:30:03 am | 6:56:58 am | -1m 36s | 7:28:26 pm | +57s | 7:55:25 pm | 12h 31m 28s | 2m 34s | 1:12:42 pm | 54.16° | 5:58:22 am | 8:27:13 pm | 5:25:52 am | 8:59:50 pm | 11h 26m 56s | 🌔 (63%)Waning Gibbous: 63% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:52 am | 3.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:28:26 am | 6:55:22 am | -1m 36s | 7:29:24 pm | +58s | 7:56:25 pm | 12h 34m 2s | 2m 34s | 1:12:22 pm | 54.55° | 5:56:40 am | 8:28:16 pm | 5:24:05 am | 9:00:59 pm | 11h 24m 23s | 🌔 (51%)Waning Gibbous: 51% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:12:32 am | 3.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:26:48 am | 6:53:47 am | -1m 35s | 7:30:22 pm | +58s | 7:57:25 pm | 12h 36m 35s | 2m 34s | 1:12:03 pm | 54.94° | 5:54:59 am | 8:29:20 pm | 5:22:17 am | 9:02:10 pm | 11h 21m 50s | 🌓 (40%) Last quarter at 2:25 amLast quarter at 2:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 40% illuminated |
1:12:13 am | 4.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:25:11 am | 6:52:12 am | -1m 35s | 7:31:20 pm | +58s | 7:58:25 pm | 12h 39m 8s | 2m 33s | 1:11:44 pm | 55.32° | 5:53:17 am | 8:30:25 pm | 5:20:29 am | 9:03:21 pm | 11h 19m 17s | 🌒 (29%)Waning Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:53 am | 4.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:23:34 am | 6:50:37 am | -1m 35s | 7:32:19 pm | +59s | 7:59:26 pm | 12h 41m 42s | 2m 33s | 1:11:26 pm | 55.71° | 5:51:36 am | 8:31:30 pm | 5:18:42 am | 9:04:33 pm | 11h 16m 44s | 🌒 (20%)Waning Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:35 am | 5.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:21:57 am | 6:49:03 am | -1m 34s | 7:33:18 pm | +59s | 8:00:28 pm | 12h 44m 15s | 2m 33s | 1:11:08 pm | 56.09° | 5:49:55 am | 8:32:36 pm | 5:16:54 am | 9:05:46 pm | 11h 14m 11s | 🌒 (12%)Waning Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:11:17 am | 5.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:20:21 am | 6:47:29 am | -1m 34s | 7:34:17 pm | +59s | 8:01:29 pm | 12h 46m 48s | 2m 33s | 1:10:50 pm | 56.47° | 5:48:14 am | 8:33:43 pm | 5:15:06 am | 9:07:00 pm | 11h 11m 38s | 🌒 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:59 am | 5.8° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:18:45 am | 6:45:55 am | -1m 34s | 7:35:17 pm | +1m 0s | 8:02:32 pm | 12h 49m 22s | 2m 33s | 1:10:33 pm | 56.85° | 5:46:33 am | 8:34:50 pm | 5:13:18 am | 9:08:14 pm | 11h 9m 6s | 🌒 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:42 am | 6.2° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:17:09 am | 6:44:23 am | -1m 32s | 7:36:17 pm | +1m 0s | 8:03:34 pm | 12h 51m 54s | 2m 33s | 1:10:16 pm | 57.23° | 5:44:53 am | 8:35:58 pm | 5:11:30 am | 9:09:30 pm | 11h 6m 33s | 🌒 (0.1%)Waning Crescent: 0.1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:10:25 am | 6.6° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:15:34 am | 6:42:50 am | -1m 33s | 7:37:17 pm | +1m 0s | 8:04:38 pm | 12h 54m 27s | 2m 32s | 1:09:59 pm | 57.61° | 5:43:13 am | 8:37:06 pm | 5:09:42 am | 9:10:46 pm | 11h 4m 2s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 4:50 amNew moon at 4:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:10:07 am | 6.9° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:14:00 am | 6:41:19 am | -1m 31s | 7:38:17 pm | +1m 0s | 8:05:41 pm | 12h 56m 58s | 2m 32s | 1:09:43 pm | 57.99° | 5:41:33 am | 8:38:15 pm | 5:07:54 am | 9:12:03 pm | 11h 1m 31s | 🌘 (4%)Waxing Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:51 am | 7.3° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:12:25 am | 6:39:48 am | -1m 31s | 7:39:18 pm | +1m 1s | 8:06:45 pm | 12h 59m 30s | 2m 32s | 1:09:28 pm | 58.36° | 5:39:53 am | 8:39:25 pm | 5:06:06 am | 9:13:22 pm | 10h 58m 59s | 🌘 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:36 am | 7.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:52 am | 6:38:17 am | -1m 31s | 7:40:20 pm | +1m 2s | 8:07:50 pm | 13h 2m 3s | 2m 32s | 1:09:12 pm | 58.73° | 5:38:14 am | 8:40:35 pm | 5:04:18 am | 9:14:41 pm | 10h 56m 28s | 🌘 (14%)Waxing Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:19 am | 8.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:09:19 am | 6:36:48 am | -1m 29s | 7:41:21 pm | +1m 1s | 8:08:55 pm | 13h 4m 33s | 2m 31s | 1:08:58 pm | 59.11° | 5:36:35 am | 8:41:46 pm | 5:02:31 am | 9:16:01 pm | 10h 53m 58s | 🌘 (22%)Waxing Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:09:05 am | 8.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:07:46 am | 6:35:19 am | -1m 29s | 7:42:23 pm | +1m 2s | 8:10:01 pm | 13h 7m 4s | 2m 31s | 1:08:44 pm | 59.47° | 5:34:56 am | 8:42:58 pm | 5:00:43 am | 9:17:21 pm | 10h 51m 28s | 🌘 (30%)Waxing Crescent: 30% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:51 am | 8.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:06:14 am | 6:33:51 am | -1m 28s | 7:43:26 pm | +1m 3s | 8:11:07 pm | 13h 9m 35s | 2m 31s | 1:08:30 pm | 59.84° | 5:33:19 am | 8:44:10 pm | 4:58:56 am | 9:18:43 pm | 10h 48m 57s | 🌘 (39%)Waxing Crescent: 39% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:36 am | 9.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:04:43 am | 6:32:23 am | -1m 28s | 7:44:28 pm | +1m 2s | 8:12:14 pm | 13h 12m 5s | 2m 30s | 1:08:18 pm | 60.21° | 5:31:41 am | 8:45:23 pm | 4:57:09 am | 9:20:06 pm | 10h 46m 29s | 🌘 (48%)Waxing Crescent: 48% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:25 am | 9.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:03:13 am | 6:30:57 am | -1m 26s | 7:45:32 pm | +1m 4s | 8:13:21 pm | 13h 14m 35s | 2m 30s | 1:08:05 pm | 60.57° | 5:30:04 am | 8:46:37 pm | 4:55:23 am | 9:21:29 pm | 10h 43m 59s | 🌗 (58%) First quarter at 5:12 amFirst quarter at 5:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 58% illuminated |
1:08:11 am | 9.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:01:43 am | 6:29:31 am | -1m 26s | 7:46:35 pm | +1m 3s | 8:14:28 pm | 13h 17m 4s | 2m 29s | 1:07:54 pm | 60.93° | 5:28:28 am | 8:47:52 pm | 4:53:37 am | 9:22:54 pm | 10h 41m 31s | 🌖 (67%)Waxing Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:08:00 am | 10.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:00:15 am | 6:28:06 am | -1m 25s | 7:47:39 pm | +1m 4s | 8:15:36 pm | 13h 19m 33s | 2m 29s | 1:07:43 pm | 61.29° | 5:26:52 am | 8:49:07 pm | 4:51:51 am | 9:24:19 pm | 10h 39m 4s | 🌖 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:49 am | 10.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:58:46 am | 6:26:43 am | -1m 23s | 7:48:43 pm | +1m 4s | 8:16:45 pm | 13h 22m 0s | 2m 28s | 1:07:32 pm | 61.64° | 5:25:17 am | 8:50:22 pm | 4:50:06 am | 9:25:46 pm | 10h 36m 37s | 🌖 (84%)Waxing Gibbous: 84% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:37 am | 11.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:57:19 am | 6:25:20 am | -1m 23s | 7:49:48 pm | +1m 5s | 8:17:54 pm | 13h 24m 28s | 2m 27s | 1:07:22 pm | 61.99° | 5:23:43 am | 8:51:39 pm | 4:48:21 am | 9:27:13 pm | 10h 34m 10s | 🌖 (91%)Waxing Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:27 am | 11.3° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:55:53 am | 6:23:58 am | -1m 22s | 7:50:53 pm | +1m 5s | 8:19:03 pm | 13h 26m 55s | 2m 27s | 1:07:13 pm | 62.34° | 5:22:09 am | 8:52:55 pm | 4:46:36 am | 9:28:41 pm | 10h 31m 44s | 🌖 (96%)Waxing Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:17 am | 11.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:54:28 am | 6:22:37 am | -1m 21s | 7:51:58 pm | +1m 5s | 8:20:13 pm | 13h 29m 21s | 2m 26s | 1:07:05 pm | 62.69° | 5:20:37 am | 8:54:13 pm | 4:44:52 am | 9:30:10 pm | 10h 29m 20s | 🌖 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:09 am | 12.0° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:53:04 am | 6:21:18 am | -1m 19s | 7:53:04 pm | +1m 6s | 8:21:24 pm | 13h 31m 46s | 2m 25s | 1:06:57 pm | 63.03° | 5:19:05 am | 8:55:31 pm | 4:43:09 am | 9:31:39 pm | 10h 26m 55s | 🌕 (99.7%) Full moon at 5:11 pmFull moon at 5:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.7% illuminated |
1:07:01 am | 12.4° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:51:40 am | 6:19:59 am | -1m 19s | 7:54:10 pm | +1m 6s | 8:22:34 pm | 13h 34m 11s | 2m 25s | 1:06:50 pm | 63.37° | 5:17:34 am | 8:56:50 pm | 4:41:26 am | 9:33:10 pm | 10h 24m 32s | 🌔 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:53 am | 12.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:50:18 am | 6:18:42 am | -1m 17s | 7:55:16 pm | +1m 6s | 8:23:46 pm | 13h 36m 34s | 2m 24s | 1:06:44 pm | 63.71° | 5:16:03 am | 8:58:09 pm | 4:39:44 am | 9:34:41 pm | 10h 22m 9s | 🌔 (93%)Waning Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:47 am | 13.0° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:48:57 am | 6:17:25 am | -1m 17s | 7:56:23 pm | +1m 7s | 8:24:57 pm | 13h 38m 58s | 2m 23s | 1:06:39 pm | 64.05° | 5:14:34 am | 8:59:29 pm | 4:38:03 am | 9:36:13 pm | 10h 19m 47s | 🌔 (85%)Waning Gibbous: 85% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:42 am | 13.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:47:37 am | 6:16:10 am | -1m 15s | 7:57:30 pm | +1m 7s | 8:26:09 pm | 13h 41m 20s | 2m 22s | 1:06:34 pm | 64.38° | 5:13:06 am | 9:00:49 pm | 4:36:22 am | 9:37:46 pm | 10h 17m 27s | 🌔 (76%)Waning Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:36 am | 13.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:46:18 am | 6:14:57 am | -1m 13s | 7:58:37 pm | +1m 7s | 8:27:22 pm | 13h 43m 40s | 2m 21s | 1:06:30 pm | 64.70° | 5:11:39 am | 9:02:10 pm | 4:34:42 am | 9:39:20 pm | 10h 15m 7s | 🌔 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:32 am | 14.0° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Stratford, Taranaki - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Stratford, Taranaki for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Stratford, Taranaki.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Stratford
In Stratford, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 8 at 5:49 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:43 am. The earliest sunset is on June 13 at 5:05 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 4 at 8:52 pm.
Stratford gets 5h 33m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 56m versus 9h 23m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Stratford Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Stratford. 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 Stratford.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 27° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 73.5° (around Dec 17) in Stratford. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Stratford the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:06 and 12:37 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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