Sunrise and sunset times in Waitaki
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Waitaki, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 6:01:34 pm
First light at 6:36:48 am
Sunrise time: 7:04:49 am
Sunset time: 7:45:20 pm
Last light at 8:13:21 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 17.2° · Azimuth: 283° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 40 minutes
1 hour, 43 minutes left for today's sunset in Waitaki
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 1:35 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:44 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 6:34:53 am
Sunrise time: 7:02:56 am
Sunset time: 7:46:35 pm
Last light at 8:14:38 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 43 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Waitaki
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:43 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:46 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Waitaki, Otago
- Latitude: -44.933331 (South)
- Longitude: 171.100006 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Waitaki, Otago
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 8 hours and 49 minutes.Longest day in Waitaki, Otago
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 40 minutes.
October 2026 - Waitaki, Otago - 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 Waitaki.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 31 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Waitaki, Otago - from 12 hours, 37 minutes on the first day to 14 hours, 8 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 | 6:38:43 am | 7:06:42 am | 7:44:06 pm | 8:12:04 pm | 12h 37m 24s | 3m 7s | 1:25:24 pm | 48.2° | 6:03:49 am | 8:46:59 pm | 5:27:38 am | 9:23:10 pm | 11h 20m 43s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:36:48 am | 7:04:49 am | 7:45:20 pm | 8:13:21 pm | 12h 40m 31s | 3m 7s | 1:25:05 pm | 48.6° | 6:01:48 am | 8:48:21 pm | 5:25:29 am | 9:24:40 pm | 11h 17m 36s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:34:53 am | 7:02:56 am | 7:46:35 pm | 8:14:38 pm | 12h 43m 39s | 3m 8s | 1:24:45 pm | 49° | 5:59:48 am | 8:49:43 pm | 5:23:19 am | 9:26:12 pm | 11h 14m 29s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:32:58 am | 7:01:04 am | 7:47:50 pm | 8:15:56 pm | 12h 46m 46s | 3m 7s | 1:24:27 pm | 49.3° | 5:57:47 am | 8:51:06 pm | 5:21:09 am | 9:27:45 pm | 11h 11m 22s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:31:03 am | 6:59:12 am | 7:49:05 pm | 8:17:14 pm | 12h 49m 53s | 3m 7s | 1:24:08 pm | 49.7° | 5:55:46 am | 8:52:30 pm | 5:18:59 am | 9:29:18 pm | 11h 8m 15s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:29:09 am | 6:57:20 am | 7:50:21 pm | 8:18:32 pm | 12h 53m 1s | 3m 8s | 1:23:50 pm | 50.1° | 5:53:46 am | 8:53:55 pm | 5:16:48 am | 9:30:53 pm | 11h 5m 8s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:27:15 am | 6:55:29 am | 7:51:36 pm | 8:19:51 pm | 12h 56m 7s | 3m 6s | 1:23:33 pm | 50.5° | 5:51:45 am | 8:55:21 pm | 5:14:37 am | 9:32:29 pm | 11h 2m 3s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:25:21 am | 6:53:39 am | 7:52:53 pm | 8:21:11 pm | 12h 59m 14s | 3m 7s | 1:23:16 pm | 50.9° | 5:49:45 am | 8:56:47 pm | 5:12:25 am | 9:34:06 pm | 10h 58m 55s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:23:27 am | 6:51:48 am | 7:54:09 pm | 8:22:31 pm | 13h 2m 21s | 3m 7s | 1:22:59 pm | 51.3° | 5:47:44 am | 8:58:14 pm | 5:10:14 am | 9:35:44 pm | 10h 55m 50s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:21:34 am | 6:49:59 am | 7:55:26 pm | 8:23:51 pm | 13h 5m 27s | 3m 6s | 1:22:42 pm | 51.6° | 5:45:44 am | 8:59:41 pm | 5:08:02 am | 9:37:23 pm | 10h 52m 44s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:19:41 am | 6:48:10 am | 7:56:43 pm | 8:25:12 pm | 13h 8m 33s | 3m 6s | 1:22:27 pm | 52° | 5:43:43 am | 9:01:10 pm | 5:05:50 am | 9:39:04 pm | 10h 49m 39s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:17:49 am | 6:46:22 am | 7:58:01 pm | 8:26:34 pm | 13h 11m 39s | 3m 6s | 1:22:11 pm | 52.4° | 5:41:43 am | 9:02:39 pm | 5:03:37 am | 9:40:45 pm | 10h 46m 33s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:15:57 am | 6:44:34 am | 7:59:19 pm | 8:27:56 pm | 13h 14m 45s | 3m 6s | 1:21:56 pm | 52.8° | 5:39:44 am | 9:04:09 pm | 5:01:25 am | 9:42:28 pm | 10h 43m 28s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:14:05 am | 6:42:47 am | 8:00:37 pm | 8:29:18 pm | 13h 17m 50s | 3m 5s | 1:21:42 pm | 53.1° | 5:37:44 am | 9:05:40 pm | 4:59:12 am | 9:44:12 pm | 10h 40m 23s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:12:15 am | 6:41:00 am | 8:01:56 pm | 8:30:42 pm | 13h 20m 56s | 3m 6s | 1:21:28 pm | 53.5° | 5:35:45 am | 9:07:11 pm | 4:56:59 am | 9:45:57 pm | 10h 37m 19s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:10:24 am | 6:39:15 am | 8:03:15 pm | 8:32:05 pm | 13h 24m 0s | 3m 4s | 1:21:15 pm | 53.9° | 5:33:46 am | 9:08:44 pm | 4:54:46 am | 9:47:44 pm | 10h 34m 15s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:08:35 am | 6:37:30 am | 8:04:34 pm | 8:33:29 pm | 13h 27m 4s | 3m 4s | 1:21:02 pm | 54.2° | 5:31:47 am | 9:10:17 pm | 4:52:33 am | 9:49:31 pm | 10h 31m 12s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:06:46 am | 6:35:46 am | 8:05:54 pm | 8:34:54 pm | 13h 30m 8s | 3m 4s | 1:20:50 pm | 54.6° | 5:29:49 am | 9:11:51 pm | 4:50:20 am | 9:51:20 pm | 10h 28m 9s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:04:58 am | 6:34:03 am | 8:07:14 pm | 8:36:19 pm | 13h 33m 11s | 3m 3s | 1:20:38 pm | 55° | 5:27:51 am | 9:13:26 pm | 4:48:07 am | 9:53:10 pm | 10h 25m 7s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:03:10 am | 6:32:21 am | 8:08:35 pm | 8:37:45 pm | 13h 36m 14s | 3m 3s | 1:20:28 pm | 55.3° | 5:25:54 am | 9:15:01 pm | 4:45:54 am | 9:55:02 pm | 10h 22m 4s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:01:23 am | 6:30:39 am | 8:09:56 pm | 8:39:11 pm | 13h 39m 17s | 3m 3s | 1:20:17 pm | 55.7° | 5:23:57 am | 9:16:37 pm | 4:43:40 am | 9:56:54 pm | 10h 19m 3s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:59:37 am | 6:28:59 am | 8:11:17 pm | 8:40:38 pm | 13h 42m 18s | 3m 1s | 1:20:08 pm | 56° | 5:22:01 am | 9:18:15 pm | 4:41:27 am | 9:58:48 pm | 10h 16m 2s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:57:52 am | 6:27:19 am | 8:12:38 pm | 8:42:05 pm | 13h 45m 19s | 3m 1s | 1:19:59 pm | 56.4° | 5:20:05 am | 9:19:52 pm | 4:39:15 am | 10:00:43 pm | 10h 13m 3s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:56:08 am | 6:25:41 am | 8:14:00 pm | 8:43:33 pm | 13h 48m 19s | 3m 0s | 1:19:51 pm | 56.8° | 5:18:10 am | 9:21:31 pm | 4:37:02 am | 10:02:39 pm | 10h 10m 4s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:54:25 am | 6:24:04 am | 8:15:22 pm | 8:45:01 pm | 13h 51m 18s | 2m 59s | 1:19:43 pm | 57.1° | 5:16:16 am | 9:23:10 pm | 4:34:49 am | 10:04:37 pm | 10h 7m 6s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:52:43 am | 6:22:28 am | 8:16:45 pm | 8:46:30 pm | 13h 54m 17s | 2m 59s | 1:19:36 pm | 57.4° | 5:14:22 am | 9:24:50 pm | 4:32:37 am | 10:06:36 pm | 10h 4m 8s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:51:01 am | 6:20:53 am | 8:18:08 pm | 8:47:59 pm | 13h 57m 15s | 2m 58s | 1:19:30 pm | 57.8° | 5:12:30 am | 9:26:31 pm | 4:30:25 am | 10:08:36 pm | 10h 1m 11s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:49:21 am | 6:19:19 am | 8:19:31 pm | 8:49:28 pm | 14h 0m 12s | 2m 57s | 1:19:25 pm | 58.1° | 5:10:38 am | 9:28:12 pm | 4:28:13 am | 10:10:37 pm | 9h 58m 15s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:47:42 am | 6:17:46 am | 8:20:54 pm | 8:50:58 pm | 14h 3m 8s | 2m 56s | 1:19:20 pm | 58.5° | 5:08:46 am | 9:29:54 pm | 4:26:01 am | 10:12:39 pm | 9h 55m 21s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:46:04 am | 6:16:15 am | 8:22:18 pm | 8:52:28 pm | 14h 6m 3s | 2m 55s | 1:19:16 pm | 58.8° | 5:06:56 am | 9:31:37 pm | 4:23:50 am | 10:14:43 pm | 9h 52m 27s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:44:28 am | 6:14:45 am | 8:23:41 pm | 8:53:59 pm | 14h 8m 56s | 2m 53s | 1:19:13 pm | 59.1° | 5:05:07 am | 9:33:20 pm | 4:21:39 am | 10:16:47 pm | 9h 49m 36s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Waitaki, Otago
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Waitaki, Otago - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Waitaki, Otago for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Waitaki, Otago.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Waitaki
In Waitaki, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 11 at 5:40 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 27 at 8:13 am. The earliest sunset is on June 15 at 5:01 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 2 at 9:26 pm.
Waitaki gets 6h 50m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 40m versus 8h 49m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 10m.
Waitaki Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Waitaki. 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 Waitaki.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 21.1° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 67.5° (around Dec 17) in Waitaki. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Waitaki the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:19 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 Waitaki, Otago
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Waitaki, Otago — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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