Sunrise and sunset times in Waiau
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Waiau, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 8:15:57 pm
First light at 6:31:24 am
Sunrise time: 6:58:20 am
Sunset time: 7:36:13 pm
Last light at 8:03:09 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -8.2° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 257° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 37 minutes
Sunset in Waiau was 39 minutes ago
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:16 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:47 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (64%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:29:37 am
Sunrise time: 6:56:35 am
Sunset time: 7:37:21 pm
Last light at 8:04:18 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 40 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Waiau
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:23 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:49 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Waiau, Canterbury
- Latitude: -42.650002 (South)
- Longitude: 173.050003 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Waiau, 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 9 hours and 5 minutes.Longest day in Waiau, 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 22 minutes.
October 2026 - Waiau, 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 Waiau.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 24 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Waiau, Canterbury - from 12 hours, 35 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 59 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.
|
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.
|
Moon phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 6:33:12 am | 7:00:06 am | 7:35:06 pm | 8:02:00 pm | 12h 35m 0s | 2m 53s | 1:17:36 pm | 50.5° | 5:59:44 am | 8:35:28 pm | 5:25:13 am | 9:09:59 pm | 11h 23m 14s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:31:24 am | 6:58:20 am | 7:36:13 pm | 8:03:09 pm | 12h 37m 53s | 2m 53s | 1:17:17 pm | 50.9° | 5:57:52 am | 8:36:42 pm | 5:23:14 am | 9:11:20 pm | 11h 20m 22s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:29:37 am | 6:56:35 am | 7:37:21 pm | 8:04:18 pm | 12h 40m 46s | 2m 53s | 1:16:58 pm | 51.2° | 5:55:59 am | 8:37:56 pm | 5:21:14 am | 9:12:41 pm | 11h 17m 28s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:27:49 am | 6:54:49 am | 7:38:28 pm | 8:05:28 pm | 12h 43m 39s | 2m 53s | 1:16:39 pm | 51.6° | 5:54:07 am | 8:39:11 pm | 5:19:14 am | 9:14:04 pm | 11h 14m 37s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:26:02 am | 6:53:05 am | 7:39:36 pm | 8:06:39 pm | 12h 46m 31s | 2m 52s | 1:16:21 pm | 52° | 5:52:15 am | 8:40:26 pm | 5:17:13 am | 9:15:28 pm | 11h 11m 44s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:24:15 am | 6:51:20 am | 7:40:45 pm | 8:07:50 pm | 12h 49m 25s | 2m 54s | 1:16:03 pm | 52.4° | 5:50:23 am | 8:41:42 pm | 5:15:13 am | 9:16:53 pm | 11h 8m 52s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:22:29 am | 6:49:37 am | 7:41:53 pm | 8:09:01 pm | 12h 52m 16s | 2m 51s | 1:15:45 pm | 52.8° | 5:48:30 am | 8:42:59 pm | 5:13:12 am | 9:18:18 pm | 11h 6m 0s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:20:43 am | 6:47:53 am | 7:43:02 pm | 8:10:13 pm | 12h 55m 9s | 2m 53s | 1:15:28 pm | 53.2° | 5:46:38 am | 8:44:17 pm | 5:11:11 am | 9:19:45 pm | 11h 3m 8s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:18:57 am | 6:46:10 am | 7:44:11 pm | 8:11:25 pm | 12h 58m 1s | 2m 52s | 1:15:11 pm | 53.5° | 5:44:47 am | 8:45:35 pm | 5:09:10 am | 9:21:12 pm | 11h 0m 17s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:17:11 am | 6:44:28 am | 7:45:21 pm | 8:12:38 pm | 13h 0m 53s | 2m 52s | 1:14:55 pm | 53.9° | 5:42:55 am | 8:46:54 pm | 5:07:08 am | 9:22:41 pm | 10h 57m 25s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:15:26 am | 6:42:46 am | 7:46:31 pm | 8:13:51 pm | 13h 3m 45s | 2m 52s | 1:14:39 pm | 54.3° | 5:41:04 am | 8:48:14 pm | 5:05:07 am | 9:24:11 pm | 10h 54m 34s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:13:42 am | 6:41:05 am | 7:47:41 pm | 8:15:05 pm | 13h 6m 36s | 2m 51s | 1:14:23 pm | 54.7° | 5:39:12 am | 8:49:34 pm | 5:03:05 am | 9:25:41 pm | 10h 51m 44s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:11:57 am | 6:39:25 am | 7:48:52 pm | 8:16:19 pm | 13h 9m 27s | 2m 51s | 1:14:08 pm | 55° | 5:37:22 am | 8:50:55 pm | 5:01:04 am | 9:27:13 pm | 10h 48m 53s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:14 am | 6:37:45 am | 7:50:03 pm | 8:17:34 pm | 13h 12m 18s | 2m 51s | 1:13:54 pm | 55.4° | 5:35:31 am | 8:52:17 pm | 4:59:02 am | 9:28:46 pm | 10h 46m 3s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:08:31 am | 6:36:06 am | 7:51:14 pm | 8:18:49 pm | 13h 15m 8s | 2m 50s | 1:13:40 pm | 55.8° | 5:33:41 am | 8:53:40 pm | 4:57:01 am | 9:30:19 pm | 10h 43m 14s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:06:49 am | 6:34:28 am | 7:52:26 pm | 8:20:05 pm | 13h 17m 58s | 2m 50s | 1:13:27 pm | 56.2° | 5:31:51 am | 8:55:03 pm | 4:55:00 am | 9:31:54 pm | 10h 40m 24s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:05:07 am | 6:32:50 am | 7:53:38 pm | 8:21:22 pm | 13h 20m 48s | 2m 50s | 1:13:14 pm | 56.5° | 5:30:02 am | 8:56:27 pm | 4:52:58 am | 9:33:30 pm | 10h 37m 35s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:03:26 am | 6:31:13 am | 7:54:51 pm | 8:22:38 pm | 13h 23m 38s | 2m 50s | 1:13:02 pm | 56.9° | 5:28:13 am | 8:57:52 pm | 4:50:57 am | 9:35:07 pm | 10h 34m 46s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:01:45 am | 6:29:37 am | 7:56:04 pm | 8:23:56 pm | 13h 26m 27s | 2m 49s | 1:12:51 pm | 57.3° | 5:26:24 am | 8:59:17 pm | 4:48:56 am | 9:36:45 pm | 10h 31m 58s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:00:06 am | 6:28:02 am | 7:57:17 pm | 8:25:14 pm | 13h 29m 15s | 2m 48s | 1:12:40 pm | 57.6° | 5:24:36 am | 9:00:43 pm | 4:46:55 am | 9:38:24 pm | 10h 29m 11s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:58:27 am | 6:26:28 am | 7:58:31 pm | 8:26:32 pm | 13h 32m 3s | 2m 48s | 1:12:29 pm | 58° | 5:22:49 am | 9:02:10 pm | 4:44:55 am | 9:40:04 pm | 10h 26m 24s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:56:49 am | 6:24:55 am | 7:59:45 pm | 8:27:51 pm | 13h 34m 50s | 2m 47s | 1:12:20 pm | 58.3° | 5:21:02 am | 9:03:37 pm | 4:42:54 am | 9:41:45 pm | 10h 23m 38s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:55:12 am | 6:23:23 am | 8:00:59 pm | 8:29:10 pm | 13h 37m 36s | 2m 46s | 1:12:11 pm | 58.7° | 5:19:16 am | 9:05:06 pm | 4:40:54 am | 9:43:28 pm | 10h 20m 53s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:53:36 am | 6:21:52 am | 8:02:14 pm | 8:30:30 pm | 13h 40m 22s | 2m 46s | 1:12:03 pm | 59° | 5:17:31 am | 9:06:34 pm | 4:38:54 am | 9:45:11 pm | 10h 18m 8s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:52:00 am | 6:20:22 am | 8:03:29 pm | 8:31:50 pm | 13h 43m 7s | 2m 45s | 1:11:55 pm | 59.4° | 5:15:46 am | 9:08:04 pm | 4:36:55 am | 9:46:55 pm | 10h 15m 24s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:50:26 am | 6:18:53 am | 8:04:44 pm | 8:33:10 pm | 13h 45m 51s | 2m 44s | 1:11:48 pm | 59.7° | 5:14:02 am | 9:09:34 pm | 4:34:56 am | 9:48:41 pm | 10h 12m 41s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:48:53 am | 6:17:25 am | 8:05:59 pm | 8:34:31 pm | 13h 48m 34s | 2m 43s | 1:11:42 pm | 60.1° | 5:12:19 am | 9:11:05 pm | 4:32:58 am | 9:50:27 pm | 10h 9m 59s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:47:21 am | 6:15:58 am | 8:07:15 pm | 8:35:53 pm | 13h 51m 17s | 2m 43s | 1:11:37 pm | 60.4° | 5:10:37 am | 9:12:36 pm | 4:31:00 am | 9:52:14 pm | 10h 7m 18s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:45:50 am | 6:14:33 am | 8:08:32 pm | 8:37:15 pm | 13h 53m 59s | 2m 42s | 1:11:32 pm | 60.7° | 5:08:56 am | 9:14:09 pm | 4:29:02 am | 9:54:02 pm | 10h 4m 37s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:44:20 am | 6:13:09 am | 8:09:48 pm | 8:38:37 pm | 13h 56m 39s | 2m 40s | 1:11:28 pm | 61.1° | 5:07:16 am | 9:15:41 pm | 4:27:05 am | 9:55:52 pm | 10h 1m 58s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:42:51 am | 6:11:46 am | 8:11:05 pm | 8:40:00 pm | 13h 59m 19s | 2m 40s | 1:11:25 pm | 61.4° | 5:05:36 am | 9:17:14 pm | 4:25:09 am | 9:57:42 pm | 9h 59m 19s | 🌔 (66%) |
💡 Got a cool idea? 🤦 Found any errors?
We're always improving this website!
Sunrise and Sunset photos in Waiau, Canterbury
Enjoy this beautiful gallery of images of the sunset and sunrise at Waiau, Canterbury. All images provided by our fantastic community of photographers!
Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Waiau, Canterbury - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Waiau, 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 Waiau, Canterbury.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Waiau
In Waiau, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 10 at 5:41 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 28 at 7:57 am. The earliest sunset is on June 15 at 5:01 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 3 at 9:10 pm.
Waiau gets 6h 16m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 22m versus 9h 05m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Waiau Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Waiau. 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 Waiau.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 23.6° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 70.1° (around Dec 17) in Waiau. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Waiau the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:11 and 12:41 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 Waiau, Canterbury
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Waiau, Canterbury — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
Rotherham 10 kmSherwood 13 kmMendip Hills 19 kmPhoebe 20 kmCulverden 21 kmSpotswood 21 kmParnassus 22 kmHawkeswood 23 km