Sunrise and sunset times in The Forks
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in The Forks, as well as the whole calendar for November 2026.
Today
November 1, 2026. Current time: 11:23:01 am
Night ends at 4:32 am4:32:19 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 5:51 am5:51:29 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:22:22 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: 8:23:38 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 8:55 pm8:54:39 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 10:14 pm10:14:21 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: 51.38° · Azimuth: 50.74° (NE)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 14 hours, 1 minute
9 hours left for today's sunset in The Forks
Moon rose on Nov 1 at 2:17 am
Moon set on Nov 1 at 11:17 amMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (60%)🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 8:02 pm · 🌕 Full moon: Nov 25 at 3:53 amTomorrow
November 2, 2026
Night ends at 4:30 am4:30:20 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 5:50 am5:50:01 am
Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:21:00 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: 8:24:57 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 8:56 pm8:56:04 pm
End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 10:16 pm10:16:17 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: 14 hours, 3 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in The Forks
Moon will rise on Nov 2 at 2:53 am Moon will set on Nov 2 at 12:35 pmMoon phase: 🌓 Last Quarter (43%)
- The Forks, West Coast
- Latitude: -43.25 (South)
- Longitude: 170.233337 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in The Forks, West Coast
The shortest day of the year was around 4 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours, 58 minutes.Longest day in The Forks, West Coast
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 21 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours, 23 minutes.
November 2026 - The Forks, West Coast - 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 November in The Forks.
All times are in The Forks's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 4 minutes over the course of November 2026 in The Forks, West Coast - from 14 hours, 1 minute on the first day to 15 hours, 5 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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| Sun, Nov 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.5:51:29 am | 6:22:22 am | -1m 23s | 8:23:38 pm | +1m 18s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:54:39 pm | 14h 1m 16s | 2m 42s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:22:37 pm | 61.12° | 5:13:38 am | 9:32:42 pm | 4:32:19 am | 10:14:21 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.9h 57m 22s | 🌔 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:38 am | 14.4° S |
| Mon, Nov 2 | 5:50:01 am | 6:21:00 am | -1m 22s | 8:24:57 pm | +1m 19s | 8:56:04 pm | 14h 3m 57s | 2m 41s | 1:22:35 pm | 61.43° | 5:11:59 am | 9:34:19 pm | 4:30:20 am | 10:16:17 pm | 9h 54m 42s | 🌓 (43%) Last quarter at 9:28 amLast quarter at 9:28 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:22:36 am | 14.7° S |
| Tue, Nov 3 | 5:48:33 am | 6:19:39 am | -1m 21s | 8:26:16 pm | +1m 19s | 8:57:30 pm | 14h 6m 37s | 2m 39s | 1:22:34 pm | 61.75° | 5:10:20 am | 9:35:56 pm | 4:28:22 am | 10:18:14 pm | 9h 52m 4s | 🌒 (33%)Waning Crescent: 33% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:34 am | 15.0° S |
| Wed, Nov 4 | 5:47:08 am | 6:18:20 am | -1m 19s | 8:27:35 pm | +1m 19s | 8:58:56 pm | 14h 9m 15s | 2m 38s | 1:22:35 pm | 62.06° | 5:08:42 am | 9:37:34 pm | 4:26:25 am | 10:20:11 pm | 9h 49m 28s | 🌒 (23%)Waning Crescent: 23% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:35 am | 15.3° S |
| Thu, Nov 5 | 5:45:43 am | 6:17:03 am | -1m 17s | 8:28:54 pm | +1m 19s | 9:00:22 pm | 14h 11m 51s | 2m 37s | 1:22:36 pm | 62.37° | 5:07:06 am | 9:39:12 pm | 4:24:29 am | 10:22:10 pm | 9h 46m 53s | 🌒 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:36 am | 15.6° S |
| Fri, Nov 6 | 5:44:20 am | 6:15:47 am | -1m 16s | 8:30:14 pm | +1m 20s | 9:01:48 pm | 14h 14m 27s | 2m 35s | 1:22:37 pm | 62.67° | 5:05:31 am | 9:40:51 pm | 4:22:34 am | 10:24:09 pm | 9h 44m 18s | 🌒 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:36 am | 15.9° S |
| Sat, Nov 7 | 5:42:59 am | 6:14:32 am | -1m 15s | 8:31:33 pm | +1m 19s | 9:03:15 pm | 14h 17m 1s | 2m 34s | 1:22:40 pm | 62.97° | 5:03:57 am | 9:42:30 pm | 4:20:39 am | 10:26:09 pm | 9h 41m 47s | 🌒 (4%)Waning Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:38 am | 16.2° S |
| Sun, Nov 8 | 5:41:39 am | 6:13:20 am | -1m 12s | 8:32:53 pm | +1m 20s | 9:04:42 pm | 14h 19m 33s | 2m 32s | 1:22:44 pm | 63.26° | 5:02:25 am | 9:44:09 pm | 4:18:46 am | 10:28:10 pm | 9h 39m 16s | 🌒 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:42 am | 16.5° S |
| Mon, Nov 9 | 5:40:20 am | 6:12:09 am | -1m 11s | 8:34:12 pm | +1m 19s | 9:06:08 pm | 14h 22m 3s | 2m 31s | 1:22:48 pm | 63.55° | 5:00:54 am | 9:45:48 pm | 4:16:54 am | 10:30:11 pm | 9h 36m 47s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 8:02 pmNew moon at 8:02 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
1:22:46 am | 16.8° S |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 5:39:04 am | 6:10:59 am | -1m 10s | 8:35:32 pm | +1m 20s | 9:07:35 pm | 14h 24m 33s | 2m 29s | 1:22:53 pm | 63.83° | 4:59:24 am | 9:47:28 pm | 4:15:02 am | 10:32:13 pm | 9h 34m 20s | 🌘 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:50 am | 17.1° S |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 5:37:49 am | 6:09:52 am | -1m 7s | 8:36:51 pm | +1m 19s | 9:09:02 pm | 14h 26m 59s | 2m 27s | 1:22:59 pm | 64.11° | 4:57:57 am | 9:49:07 pm | 4:13:12 am | 10:34:15 pm | 9h 31m 55s | 🌘 (5%)Waxing Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:56 am | 17.4° S |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 5:36:36 am | 6:08:46 am | -1m 6s | 8:38:10 pm | +1m 19s | 9:10:28 pm | 14h 29m 24s | 2m 25s | 1:23:06 pm | 64.39° | 4:56:31 am | 9:50:47 pm | 4:11:24 am | 10:36:17 pm | 9h 29m 32s | 🌘 (9%)Waxing Crescent: 9% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:02 am | 17.6° S |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 5:35:24 am | 6:07:42 am | -1m 4s | 8:39:29 pm | +1m 19s | 9:11:55 pm | 14h 31m 47s | 2m 23s | 1:23:14 pm | 64.66° | 4:55:06 am | 9:52:27 pm | 4:09:36 am | 10:38:20 pm | 9h 27m 11s | 🌘 (15%)Waxing Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:10 am | 17.9° S |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5:34:15 am | 6:06:40 am | -1m 2s | 8:40:48 pm | +1m 19s | 9:13:21 pm | 14h 34m 8s | 2m 21s | 1:23:23 pm | 64.92° | 4:53:44 am | 9:54:06 pm | 4:07:50 am | 10:40:23 pm | 9h 24m 51s | 🌘 (23%)Waxing Crescent: 23% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:19 am | 18.2° S |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5:33:07 am | 6:05:39 am | -1m 1s | 8:42:07 pm | +1m 19s | 9:14:47 pm | 14h 36m 28s | 2m 19s | 1:23:32 pm | 65.18° | 4:52:23 am | 9:55:45 pm | 4:06:06 am | 10:42:26 pm | 9h 22m 34s | 🌘 (31%)Waxing Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:27 am | 18.4° S |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 5:32:01 am | 6:04:41 am | -58s | 8:43:26 pm | +1m 19s | 9:16:13 pm | 14h 38m 45s | 2m 17s | 1:23:43 pm | 65.43° | 4:51:04 am | 9:57:25 pm | 4:04:23 am | 10:44:30 pm | 9h 20m 19s | 🌘 (40%)Waxing Crescent: 40% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:38 am | 18.7° S |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 5:30:58 am | 6:03:45 am | -56s | 8:44:44 pm | +1m 18s | 9:17:39 pm | 14h 40m 59s | 2m 14s | 1:23:54 pm | 65.68° | 4:49:47 am | 9:59:03 pm | 4:02:42 am | 10:46:33 pm | 9h 18m 7s | 🌘 (50%)Waxing Crescent: 50% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:48 am | 18.9° S |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5:29:56 am | 6:02:51 am | -54s | 8:46:01 pm | +1m 17s | 9:19:04 pm | 14h 43m 10s | 2m 12s | 1:24:06 pm | 65.92° | 4:48:32 am | 10:00:42 pm | 4:01:02 am | 10:48:36 pm | 9h 15m 57s | 🌗 (60%) First quarter at 12:47 amFirst quarter at 12:47 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 60% illuminated |
1:24:00 am | 19.2° S |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 5:28:56 am | 6:01:58 am | -53s | 8:47:19 pm | +1m 18s | 9:20:29 pm | 14h 45m 21s | 2m 9s | 1:24:19 pm | 66.16° | 4:47:19 am | 10:02:20 pm | 3:59:25 am | 10:50:39 pm | 9h 13m 49s | 🌖 (69%)Waxing Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:12 am | 19.4° S |
| Fri, Nov 20 | 5:27:59 am | 6:01:08 am | -50s | 8:48:35 pm | +1m 16s | 9:21:53 pm | 14h 47m 27s | 2m 7s | 1:24:33 pm | 66.39° | 4:46:08 am | 10:03:57 pm | 3:57:49 am | 10:52:41 pm | 9h 11m 45s | 🌖 (79%)Waxing Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:26 am | 19.6° S |
| Sat, Nov 21 | 5:27:03 am | 6:00:20 am | -48s | 8:49:52 pm | +1m 17s | 9:23:16 pm | 14h 49m 32s | 2m 4s | 1:24:47 pm | 66.62° | 4:45:00 am | 10:05:34 pm | 3:56:16 am | 10:54:43 pm | 9h 9m 43s | 🌖 (87%)Waxing Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:39 am | 19.9° S |
| Sun, Nov 22 | 5:26:10 am | 5:59:35 am | -45s | 8:51:07 pm | +1m 15s | 9:24:39 pm | 14h 51m 32s | 2m 1s | 1:25:03 pm | 66.84° | 4:43:53 am | 10:07:10 pm | 3:54:44 am | 10:56:45 pm | 9h 7m 44s | 🌖 (93%)Waxing Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:24:55 am | 20.1° S |
| Mon, Nov 23 | 5:25:20 am | 5:58:51 am | -44s | 8:52:23 pm | +1m 16s | 9:26:02 pm | 14h 53m 32s | 1m 59s | 1:25:19 pm | 67.05° | 4:42:49 am | 10:08:45 pm | 3:53:15 am | 10:58:45 pm | 9h 5m 47s | 🌖 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:11 am | 20.3° S |
| Tue, Nov 24 | 5:24:31 am | 5:58:10 am | -41s | 8:53:37 pm | +1m 14s | 9:27:23 pm | 14h 55m 27s | 1m 56s | 1:25:36 pm | 67.25° | 4:41:48 am | 10:10:19 pm | 3:51:48 am | 11:00:45 pm | 9h 3m 54s | 🌖 (99.7%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:25:28 am | 20.5° S |
| Wed, Nov 25 | 5:23:45 am | 5:57:31 am | -39s | 8:54:50 pm | +1m 13s | 9:28:44 pm | 14h 57m 19s | 1m 53s | 1:25:53 pm | 67.45° | 4:40:49 am | 10:11:53 pm | 3:50:24 am | 11:02:43 pm | 9h 2m 4s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 3:53 amFull moon at 3:53 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
1:25:44 am | 20.7° S |
| Thu, Nov 26 | 5:23:01 am | 5:56:54 am | -37s | 8:56:03 pm | +1m 13s | 9:30:03 pm | 14h 59m 9s | 1m 49s | 1:26:12 pm | 67.65° | 4:39:52 am | 10:13:25 pm | 3:49:02 am | 11:04:41 pm | 9h 0m 17s | 🌔 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:03 am | 20.9° S |
| Fri, Nov 27 | 5:22:20 am | 5:56:20 am | -34s | 8:57:15 pm | +1m 12s | 9:31:22 pm | 15h 0m 55s | 1m 46s | 1:26:31 pm | 67.84° | 4:38:58 am | 10:14:56 pm | 3:47:43 am | 11:06:37 pm | 8h 58m 33s | 🌔 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:21 am | 21.1° S |
| Sat, Nov 28 | 5:21:41 am | 5:55:48 am | -32s | 8:58:26 pm | +1m 11s | 9:32:39 pm | 15h 2m 38s | 1m 43s | 1:26:51 pm | 68.02° | 4:38:07 am | 10:16:26 pm | 3:46:26 am | 11:08:32 pm | 8h 56m 52s | 🌔 (80%)Waning Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:26:41 am | 21.3° S |
| Sun, Nov 29 | 5:21:05 am | 5:55:18 am | -30s | 8:59:36 pm | +1m 10s | 9:33:55 pm | 15h 4m 18s | 1m 40s | 1:27:12 pm | 68.19° | 4:37:19 am | 10:17:54 pm | 3:45:13 am | 11:10:24 pm | 8h 55m 15s | 🌔 (70%)Waning Gibbous: 70% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:02 am | 21.4° S |
| Mon, Nov 30 | 5:20:31 am | 5:54:51 am | -27s | 9:00:45 pm | +1m 9s | 9:35:11 pm | 15h 5m 54s | 1m 36s | 1:27:33 pm | 68.36° | 4:36:33 am | 10:19:21 pm | 3:44:03 am | 11:12:16 pm | 8h 53m 41s | 🌔 (59%)Waning Gibbous: 59% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:27:22 am | 21.6° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in The Forks, West Coast - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in The Forks, West Coast for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in The Forks, West Coast.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in The Forks
In The Forks, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 10 at 5:52 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 27 at 8:12 am. The earliest sunset is on June 14 at 5:09 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:22 pm.
The Forks gets 6h 25m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 23m versus 8h 58m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
The Forks Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in The Forks. 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 The Forks.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 22.7° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 68.8° (around Dec 17) in The Forks. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over The Forks the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:22 and 12:53 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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