Sunrise and sunset times in Timaru
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Timaru, as well as the whole calendar for November 2026.
Today
November 15, 2026. Current time: 8:37:30 pm
Night ends at 3:54 am3:54:21 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 5:25 am5:24:58 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: 5:58:23 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: 8:41:18 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 9:15 pm9:14:51 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 10:46 pm10:46:12 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: -0.22° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 243.38° (SW)
Daylight Golden Hour Blue Hour Twilight Night
Day length: 14 hours, 42 minutes
3 minutes left for today's sunset in Timaru
Moonset: 1:15 am
Moonrise: 10:02 amMoon phase: 🌘 Waxing Crescent (30%)🌕 Full moon: Nov 25 at 3:53 am · 🌑 New moon: Dec 9 at 1:51 pmTomorrow
November 16, 2026
Night ends at 3:52 am3:52:28 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 5:24 am5:23:49 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: 5:57:21 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: 8:42:40 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 9:16 pm9:16:21 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 10:48 pm10:48:25 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, 45 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Timaru
Moonset: 1:45 am Moonrise: 11:07 amMoon phase: 🌘 Waxing Crescent (40%)
- Timaru, Canterbury
- Latitude: -44.400002 (South)
- Longitude: 171.25 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Timaru, Canterbury
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, 50 minutes.Longest day in Timaru, Canterbury
The longest day of the year will be in 1 month and 7 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours, 32 minutes.
November 2026 - Timaru, 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 November in Timaru.
All times are in Timaru's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 7 minutes over the course of November 2026 in Timaru, Canterbury - from 14 hours, 6 minutes on the first day to 15 hours, 13 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. | Moonrise | Moonset |
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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.5:44:16 am | 6:15:53 am | -1m 27s | 8:22:02 pm | +1m 22s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.8:53:47 pm | 14h 6m 9s | 2m 49s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:18:33 pm | 59.96° | 5:05:21 am | 9:32:55 pm | 4:22:30 am | 10:16:09 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.9h 52m 25s | 🌔 (55%)Waning Gibbous: 55% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:34 am | 14.4° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 2 | 5:42:43 am | 6:14:27 am | -1m 26s | 8:23:24 pm | +1m 22s | 8:55:17 pm | 14h 8m 57s | 2m 48s | 1:18:31 pm | 60.28° | 5:03:36 am | 9:34:37 pm | 4:20:24 am | 10:18:12 pm | 9h 49m 39s | 🌓 (43%) Last quarter at 9:28 amLast quarter at 9:28 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
1:18:31 am | 14.7° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 3 | 5:41:12 am | 6:13:03 am | -1m 24s | 8:24:47 pm | +1m 23s | 8:56:46 pm | 14h 11m 44s | 2m 46s | 1:18:31 pm | 60.60° | 5:01:52 am | 9:36:20 pm | 4:18:18 am | 10:20:17 pm | 9h 46m 54s | 🌒 (33%)Waning Crescent: 33% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:31 am | 15.0° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 4 | 5:39:42 am | 6:11:41 am | -1m 22s | 8:26:09 pm | +1m 22s | 8:58:16 pm | 14h 14m 28s | 2m 45s | 1:18:31 pm | 60.91° | 5:00:09 am | 9:38:03 pm | 4:16:13 am | 10:22:22 pm | 9h 44m 11s | 🌒 (23%)Waning Crescent: 23% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:31 am | 15.3° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 5 | 5:38:14 am | 6:10:20 am | -1m 21s | 8:27:32 pm | +1m 23s | 8:59:46 pm | 14h 17m 12s | 2m 44s | 1:18:32 pm | 61.22° | 4:58:28 am | 9:39:47 pm | 4:14:09 am | 10:24:29 pm | 9h 41m 28s | 🌒 (15%)Waning Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:32 am | 15.6° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 6 | 5:36:47 am | 6:09:00 am | -1m 20s | 8:28:55 pm | +1m 23s | 9:01:17 pm | 14h 19m 55s | 2m 42s | 1:18:33 pm | 61.52° | 4:56:47 am | 9:41:30 pm | 4:12:06 am | 10:26:36 pm | 9h 38m 47s | 🌒 (8%)Waning Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:32 am | 15.9° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 7 | 5:35:21 am | 6:07:42 am | -1m 18s | 8:30:18 pm | +1m 23s | 9:02:47 pm | 14h 22m 36s | 2m 41s | 1:18:36 pm | 61.82° | 4:55:09 am | 9:43:14 pm | 4:10:03 am | 10:28:44 pm | 9h 36m 8s | 🌒 (4%)Waning Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:34 am | 16.2° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 8 | 5:33:57 am | 6:06:26 am | -1m 16s | 8:31:41 pm | +1m 23s | 9:04:18 pm | 14h 25m 15s | 2m 39s | 1:18:40 pm | 62.11° | 4:53:31 am | 9:44:59 pm | 4:08:02 am | 10:30:53 pm | 9h 33m 31s | 🌒 (1%)Waning Crescent: 1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:38 am | 16.5° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 9 | 5:32:35 am | 6:05:12 am | -1m 14s | 8:33:03 pm | +1m 22s | 9:05:49 pm | 14h 27m 51s | 2m 37s | 1:18:44 pm | 62.40° | 4:51:55 am | 9:46:44 pm | 4:06:01 am | 10:33:03 pm | 9h 30m 56s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 8:02 pmNew moon at 8:02 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.2% illuminated |
1:18:42 am | 16.8° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 10 | 5:31:14 am | 6:03:59 am | -1m 13s | 8:34:26 pm | +1m 23s | 9:07:19 pm | 14h 30m 27s | 2m 36s | 1:18:49 pm | 62.68° | 4:50:20 am | 9:48:28 pm | 4:04:01 am | 10:35:13 pm | 9h 28m 22s | 🌘 (2%)Waxing Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:46 am | 17.1° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 11 | 5:29:55 am | 6:02:48 am | -1m 11s | 8:35:49 pm | +1m 23s | 9:08:50 pm | 14h 33m 1s | 2m 34s | 1:18:55 pm | 62.96° | 4:48:47 am | 9:50:13 pm | 4:02:03 am | 10:37:24 pm | 9h 25m 50s | 🌘 (5%)Waxing Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:52 am | 17.4° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 12 | 5:28:38 am | 6:01:39 am | -1m 9s | 8:37:12 pm | +1m 23s | 9:10:21 pm | 14h 35m 33s | 2m 32s | 1:19:02 pm | 63.24° | 4:47:16 am | 9:51:58 pm | 4:00:05 am | 10:39:36 pm | 9h 23m 19s | 🌘 (9%)Waxing Crescent: 9% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:18:58 am | 17.6° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 13 | 5:27:23 am | 6:00:31 am | -1m 8s | 8:38:34 pm | +1m 22s | 9:11:51 pm | 14h 38m 3s | 2m 30s | 1:19:10 pm | 63.51° | 4:45:46 am | 9:53:43 pm | 3:58:09 am | 10:41:48 pm | 9h 20m 52s | 🌘 (15%)Waxing Crescent: 15% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:06 am | 17.9° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 14 | 5:26:10 am | 5:59:26 am | -1m 5s | 8:39:56 pm | +1m 22s | 9:13:21 pm | 14h 40m 30s | 2m 28s | 1:19:19 pm | 63.77° | 4:44:18 am | 9:55:28 pm | 3:56:14 am | 10:44:00 pm | 9h 18m 27s | 🌘 (23%)Waxing Crescent: 23% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:15 am | 18.2° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 15 | 5:24:58 am | 5:58:23 am | -1m 3s | 8:41:18 pm | +1m 22s | 9:14:51 pm | 14h 42m 55s | 2m 25s | 1:19:28 pm | 64.03° | 4:42:52 am | 9:57:13 pm | 3:54:21 am | 10:46:12 pm | 9h 16m 3s | 🌘 (31%)Waxing Crescent: 31% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:23 am | 18.4° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 16 | 5:23:49 am | 5:57:21 am | -1m 2s | 8:42:40 pm | +1m 22s | 9:16:21 pm | 14h 45m 19s | 2m 23s | 1:19:39 pm | 64.28° | 4:41:28 am | 9:58:57 pm | 3:52:28 am | 10:48:25 pm | 9h 13m 42s | 🌘 (40%)Waxing Crescent: 40% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:34 am | 18.7° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 17 | 5:22:41 am | 5:56:22 am | -59s | 8:44:01 pm | +1m 21s | 9:17:50 pm | 14h 47m 39s | 2m 21s | 1:19:50 pm | 64.53° | 4:40:06 am | 10:00:41 pm | 3:50:38 am | 10:50:38 pm | 9h 11m 24s | 🌘 (50%)Waxing Crescent: 50% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:19:44 am | 18.9° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 18 | 5:21:36 am | 5:55:25 am | -57s | 8:45:22 pm | +1m 21s | 9:19:19 pm | 14h 49m 57s | 2m 18s | 1:20:02 pm | 64.77° | 4:38:45 am | 10:02:25 pm | 3:48:49 am | 10:52:50 pm | 9h 9m 7s | 🌗 (60%) First quarter at 12:47 amFirst quarter at 12:47 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 60% illuminated |
1:19:56 am | 19.2° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 19 | 5:20:32 am | 5:54:29 am | -56s | 8:46:42 pm | +1m 20s | 9:20:47 pm | 14h 52m 13s | 2m 16s | 1:20:15 pm | 65.01° | 4:37:27 am | 10:04:08 pm | 3:47:02 am | 10:55:03 pm | 9h 6m 54s | 🌖 (69%)Waxing Gibbous: 69% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:08 am | 19.4° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 20 | 5:19:31 am | 5:53:36 am | -53s | 8:48:02 pm | +1m 20s | 9:22:15 pm | 14h 54m 26s | 2m 13s | 1:20:29 pm | 65.24° | 4:36:11 am | 10:05:50 pm | 3:45:16 am | 10:57:15 pm | 9h 4m 43s | 🌖 (79%)Waxing Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:22 am | 19.6° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 21 | 5:18:32 am | 5:52:45 am | -51s | 8:49:21 pm | +1m 19s | 9:23:42 pm | 14h 56m 36s | 2m 10s | 1:20:43 pm | 65.47° | 4:34:57 am | 10:07:32 pm | 3:43:33 am | 10:59:27 pm | 9h 2m 36s | 🌖 (87%)Waxing Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:36 am | 19.9° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 22 | 5:17:36 am | 5:51:57 am | -48s | 8:50:39 pm | +1m 18s | 9:25:09 pm | 14h 58m 42s | 2m 7s | 1:20:58 pm | 65.68° | 4:33:46 am | 10:09:13 pm | 3:41:52 am | 11:01:38 pm | 9h 0m 31s | 🌖 (93%)Waxing Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:20:50 am | 20.1° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 23 | 5:16:41 am | 5:51:10 am | -47s | 8:51:57 pm | +1m 18s | 9:26:34 pm | 15h 0m 47s | 2m 4s | 1:21:15 pm | 65.90° | 4:32:37 am | 10:10:54 pm | 3:40:12 am | 11:03:49 pm | 8h 58m 29s | 🌖 (98%)Waxing Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:07 am | 20.3° S | ||
| Tue, Nov 24 | 5:15:50 am | 5:50:26 am | -44s | 8:53:14 pm | +1m 17s | 9:27:59 pm | 15h 2m 48s | 2m 1s | 1:21:32 pm | 66.10° | 4:31:31 am | 10:12:33 pm | 3:38:35 am | 11:05:59 pm | 8h 56m 30s | 🌖 (99.7%)Waxing Gibbous: 99.7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:24 am | 20.5° S | ||
| Wed, Nov 25 | 5:15:00 am | 5:49:44 am | -42s | 8:54:31 pm | +1m 17s | 9:29:23 pm | 15h 4m 47s | 1m 58s | 1:21:49 pm | 66.30° | 4:30:27 am | 10:14:11 pm | 3:37:01 am | 11:08:08 pm | 8h 54m 34s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 3:53 amFull moon at 3:53 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99% illuminated |
1:21:40 am | 20.7° S | ||
| Thu, Nov 26 | 5:14:13 am | 5:49:05 am | -39s | 8:55:46 pm | +1m 15s | 9:30:46 pm | 15h 6m 41s | 1m 55s | 1:22:08 pm | 66.50° | 4:29:25 am | 10:15:48 pm | 3:35:29 am | 11:10:15 pm | 8h 52m 42s | 🌔 (95%)Waning Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:21:59 am | 20.9° S | ||
| Fri, Nov 27 | 5:13:29 am | 5:48:28 am | -37s | 8:57:00 pm | +1m 14s | 9:32:08 pm | 15h 8m 32s | 1m 51s | 1:22:27 pm | 66.69° | 4:28:26 am | 10:17:24 pm | 3:34:00 am | 11:12:21 pm | 8h 50m 54s | 🌔 (88%)Waning Gibbous: 88% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:17 am | 21.1° S | ||
| Sat, Nov 28 | 5:12:47 am | 5:47:54 am | -34s | 8:58:14 pm | +1m 14s | 9:33:28 pm | 15h 10m 20s | 1m 48s | 1:22:47 pm | 66.87° | 4:27:30 am | 10:18:58 pm | 3:32:33 am | 11:14:26 pm | 8h 49m 7s | 🌔 (80%)Waning Gibbous: 80% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:37 am | 21.3° S | ||
| Sun, Nov 29 | 5:12:07 am | 5:47:21 am | -33s | 8:59:26 pm | +1m 12s | 9:34:47 pm | 15h 12m 5s | 1m 44s | 1:23:07 pm | 67.04° | 4:26:37 am | 10:20:31 pm | 3:31:10 am | 11:16:29 pm | 8h 47m 26s | 🌔 (70%)Waning Gibbous: 70% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:22:56 am | 21.4° S | ||
| Mon, Nov 30 | 5:11:31 am | 5:46:52 am | -29s | 9:00:37 pm | +1m 11s | 9:36:05 pm | 15h 13m 45s | 1m 41s | 1:23:29 pm | 67.21° | 4:25:47 am | 10:22:02 pm | 3:29:49 am | 11:18:31 pm | 8h 45m 48s | 🌔 (59%)Waning Gibbous: 59% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:23:18 am | 21.6° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Timaru, Canterbury - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Timaru, 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 Timaru, Canterbury.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Timaru
In Timaru, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 11 at 5:44 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 27 at 8:12 am. The earliest sunset is on June 15 at 5:01 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:22 pm.
Timaru gets 6h 42m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 32m versus 8h 50m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Timaru Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Timaru. 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 Timaru.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 21.6° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 68° (around Dec 17) in Timaru. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Timaru the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:18 and 12:49 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 Timaru, Canterbury
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Timaru, Canterbury — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
Gleniti 4 kmSalisbury 5 kmWashdyke 6 kmFairview 7 kmOtipua 8 kmKingsdown 8 kmLevels 8 kmPareora West 10 km
Larger cities around Timaru, and how much earlier or later the sun sets there today: