Sunrise and sunset times in Whitianga
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Whitianga, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 22, 2026. Current time: 4:53:15 pm
Night ends at 4:52 am4:51:54 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.·Dawn at 5:57 am5:57:28 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:24:21 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: 7:39:41 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).
Dusk at 8:07 pm8:06:39 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:12 pm9:12:29 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: 32.17° · Azimuth: 280.9° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 13 hours, 15 minutes
2 hours, 46 minutes left for today's sunset in Whitianga
Moonset: 4:02 am
Moonrise: 3:26 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 4:50 am4:50:19 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.·Dawn at 5:56 am5:56:08 am
Dawn, first light: 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: 6:23:05 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: 7:40:39 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).
Dusk at 8:08 pm8:07:41 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 9:14 pm9:13:47 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, 17 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Whitianga
Moonset: 4:27 am Moonrise: 4:30 pmMoon phase: 🌖 Waxing Gibbous (91%)
- Whitianga, Waikato
- Latitude: -36.833328 (South)
- Longitude: 175.699997 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Whitianga, Waikato
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, 38 minutes.Longest day in Whitianga, Waikato
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, 41 minutes.
October 2026 - Whitianga, Waikato - 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 Whitianga.
All times are in Whitianga's time: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 9 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Whitianga, Waikato - from 12 hours, 26 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 35 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.6:27:57 am | 6:53:55 am | -1m 30s | 7:20:46 pm | +51s | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:46:47 pm | 12h 26m 51s | 2m 20s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.1:07:22 pm | 56.28° | 5:57:28 am | 8:17:21 pm | 5:26:21 am | 8:48:33 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 31m 39s | 🌔 (73%)Waning Gibbous: 73% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:32 am | 3.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:26:26 am | 6:52:25 am | -1m 30s | 7:21:36 pm | +50s | 7:47:39 pm | 12h 29m 11s | 2m 20s | 1:07:02 pm | 56.67° | 5:55:54 am | 8:18:16 pm | 5:24:42 am | 8:49:34 pm | 11h 29m 20s | 🌔 (63%)Waning Gibbous: 63% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:07:12 am | 3.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:24:55 am | 6:50:56 am | -1m 29s | 7:22:27 pm | +51s | 7:48:32 pm | 12h 31m 31s | 2m 20s | 1:06:43 pm | 57.05° | 5:54:19 am | 8:19:12 pm | 5:23:03 am | 8:50:35 pm | 11h 27m 0s | 🌔 (51%)Waning Gibbous: 51% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:53 am | 3.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:23:24 am | 6:49:27 am | -1m 29s | 7:23:19 pm | +52s | 7:49:25 pm | 12h 33m 52s | 2m 20s | 1:06:23 pm | 57.44° | 5:52:45 am | 8:20:09 pm | 5:21:24 am | 8:51:37 pm | 11h 24m 39s | 🌓 (40%) Last quarter at 2:25 amLast quarter at 2:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 40% illuminated |
1:06:32 am | 4.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:21:54 am | 6:47:58 am | -1m 29s | 7:24:10 pm | +51s | 7:50:18 pm | 12h 36m 12s | 2m 20s | 1:06:05 pm | 57.82° | 5:51:11 am | 8:21:06 pm | 5:19:45 am | 8:52:40 pm | 11h 22m 20s | 🌒 (29%)Waning Crescent: 29% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:06:15 am | 4.7° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:20:24 am | 6:46:30 am | -1m 28s | 7:25:02 pm | +52s | 7:51:12 pm | 12h 38m 32s | 2m 20s | 1:05:46 pm | 58.21° | 5:49:38 am | 8:22:04 pm | 5:18:05 am | 8:53:44 pm | 11h 20m 1s | 🌒 (20%)Waning Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:55 am | 5.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:18:54 am | 6:45:03 am | -1m 27s | 7:25:55 pm | +53s | 7:52:07 pm | 12h 40m 52s | 2m 20s | 1:05:28 pm | 58.59° | 5:48:04 am | 8:23:02 pm | 5:16:26 am | 8:54:48 pm | 11h 17m 40s | 🌒 (12%)Waning Crescent: 12% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:37 am | 5.4° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:17:25 am | 6:43:35 am | -1m 28s | 7:26:47 pm | +52s | 7:53:02 pm | 12h 43m 12s | 2m 20s | 1:05:10 pm | 58.97° | 5:46:31 am | 8:24:01 pm | 5:14:46 am | 8:55:53 pm | 11h 15m 22s | 🌒 (5%)Waning Crescent: 5% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:19 am | 5.8° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:15:56 am | 6:42:09 am | -1m 26s | 7:27:40 pm | +53s | 7:53:57 pm | 12h 45m 31s | 2m 20s | 1:04:53 pm | 59.36° | 5:44:57 am | 8:25:01 pm | 5:13:07 am | 8:56:59 pm | 11h 13m 2s | 🌒 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:05:02 am | 6.2° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:14:27 am | 6:40:42 am | -1m 27s | 7:28:33 pm | +53s | 7:54:53 pm | 12h 47m 51s | 2m 19s | 1:04:36 pm | 59.73° | 5:43:24 am | 8:26:01 pm | 5:11:28 am | 8:58:05 pm | 11h 10m 44s | 🌒 (0.1%)Waning Crescent: 0.1% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:45 am | 6.6° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:12:59 am | 6:39:17 am | -1m 25s | 7:29:27 pm | +54s | 7:55:49 pm | 12h 50m 10s | 2m 19s | 1:04:19 pm | 60.11° | 5:41:52 am | 8:27:02 pm | 5:09:49 am | 8:59:13 pm | 11h 8m 25s | 🌑 (1%) New moon at 4:50 amNew moon at 4:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 1% illuminated |
1:04:27 am | 6.9° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:11:31 am | 6:37:52 am | -1m 25s | 7:30:21 pm | +54s | 7:56:46 pm | 12h 52m 29s | 2m 19s | 1:04:03 pm | 60.49° | 5:40:19 am | 8:28:03 pm | 5:08:10 am | 9:00:21 pm | 11h 6m 6s | 🌘 (4%)Waxing Crescent: 4% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:04:11 am | 7.3° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:10:04 am | 6:36:27 am | -1m 25s | 7:31:15 pm | +54s | 7:57:43 pm | 12h 54m 48s | 2m 19s | 1:03:48 pm | 60.86° | 5:38:48 am | 8:29:05 pm | 5:06:31 am | 9:01:30 pm | 11h 3m 49s | 🌘 (8%)Waxing Crescent: 8% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:56 am | 7.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:08:37 am | 6:35:04 am | -1m 23s | 7:32:10 pm | +55s | 7:58:41 pm | 12h 57m 6s | 2m 18s | 1:03:33 pm | 61.24° | 5:37:16 am | 8:30:08 pm | 5:04:52 am | 9:02:40 pm | 11h 1m 30s | 🌘 (14%)Waxing Crescent: 14% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:41 am | 8.1° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:07:11 am | 6:33:40 am | -1m 24s | 7:33:05 pm | +55s | 7:59:39 pm | 12h 59m 25s | 2m 18s | 1:03:18 pm | 61.61° | 5:35:45 am | 8:31:11 pm | 5:03:14 am | 9:03:51 pm | 10h 59m 13s | 🌘 (22%)Waxing Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:25 am | 8.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:05:46 am | 6:32:18 am | -1m 22s | 7:34:00 pm | +55s | 8:00:37 pm | 13h 1m 42s | 2m 18s | 1:03:04 pm | 61.98° | 5:34:14 am | 8:32:15 pm | 5:01:35 am | 9:05:03 pm | 10h 56m 57s | 🌘 (30%)Waxing Crescent: 30% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:03:11 am | 8.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:04:21 am | 6:30:57 am | -1m 21s | 7:34:56 pm | +56s | 8:01:36 pm | 13h 3m 59s | 2m 17s | 1:02:51 pm | 62.34° | 5:32:44 am | 8:33:20 pm | 4:59:58 am | 9:06:15 pm | 10h 54m 40s | 🌘 (39%)Waxing Crescent: 39% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:58 am | 9.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:02:57 am | 6:29:36 am | -1m 21s | 7:35:52 pm | +56s | 8:02:36 pm | 13h 6m 16s | 2m 17s | 1:02:38 pm | 62.71° | 5:31:15 am | 8:34:25 pm | 4:58:20 am | 9:07:28 pm | 10h 52m 24s | 🌘 (48%)Waxing Crescent: 48% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:45 am | 9.5° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:01:33 am | 6:28:16 am | -1m 20s | 7:36:49 pm | +57s | 8:03:36 pm | 13h 8m 33s | 2m 17s | 1:02:25 pm | 63.07° | 5:29:46 am | 8:35:31 pm | 4:56:43 am | 9:08:42 pm | 10h 50m 8s | 🌗 (58%) First quarter at 5:12 amFirst quarter at 5:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 58% illuminated |
1:02:31 am | 9.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:00:11 am | 6:26:57 am | -1m 19s | 7:37:46 pm | +57s | 8:04:37 pm | 13h 10m 49s | 2m 16s | 1:02:14 pm | 63.43° | 5:28:17 am | 8:36:37 pm | 4:55:06 am | 9:09:57 pm | 10h 47m 52s | 🌖 (67%)Waxing Gibbous: 67% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:20 am | 10.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:58:49 am | 6:25:38 am | -1m 19s | 7:38:43 pm | +57s | 8:05:38 pm | 13h 13m 5s | 2m 16s | 1:02:03 pm | 63.79° | 5:26:49 am | 8:37:44 pm | 4:53:30 am | 9:11:13 pm | 10h 45m 38s | 🌖 (76%)Waxing Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:02:09 am | 10.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:57:28 am | 6:24:21 am | -1m 17s | 7:39:41 pm | +58s | 8:06:39 pm | 13h 15m 20s | 2m 15s | 1:01:52 pm | 64.14° | 5:25:22 am | 8:38:52 pm | 4:51:54 am | 9:12:29 pm | 10h 43m 24s | 🌖 (84%)Waxing Gibbous: 84% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:57 am | 11.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:56:08 am | 6:23:05 am | -1m 16s | 7:40:39 pm | +58s | 8:07:41 pm | 13h 17m 34s | 2m 14s | 1:01:42 pm | 64.50° | 5:23:56 am | 8:40:00 pm | 4:50:19 am | 9:13:47 pm | 10h 41m 10s | 🌖 (91%)Waxing Gibbous: 91% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:47 am | 11.3° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:54:48 am | 6:21:49 am | -1m 16s | 7:41:38 pm | +59s | 8:08:44 pm | 13h 19m 49s | 2m 14s | 1:01:33 pm | 64.85° | 5:22:30 am | 8:41:09 pm | 4:48:44 am | 9:15:05 pm | 10h 38m 57s | 🌖 (96%)Waxing Gibbous: 96% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:37 am | 11.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:53:30 am | 6:20:35 am | -1m 14s | 7:42:37 pm | +59s | 8:09:47 pm | 13h 22m 2s | 2m 13s | 1:01:25 pm | 65.19° | 5:21:06 am | 8:42:18 pm | 4:47:10 am | 9:16:24 pm | 10h 36m 45s | 🌖 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:29 am | 12.0° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:52:13 am | 6:19:22 am | -1m 13s | 7:43:36 pm | +59s | 8:10:50 pm | 13h 24m 14s | 2m 13s | 1:01:17 pm | 65.54° | 5:19:42 am | 8:43:28 pm | 4:45:37 am | 9:17:44 pm | 10h 34m 34s | 🌕 (99.7%) Full moon at 5:11 pmFull moon at 5:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.7% illuminated |
1:01:21 am | 12.4° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:50:56 am | 6:18:10 am | -1m 12s | 7:44:35 pm | +59s | 8:11:54 pm | 13h 26m 25s | 2m 12s | 1:01:10 pm | 65.88° | 5:18:19 am | 8:44:39 pm | 4:44:04 am | 9:19:04 pm | 10h 32m 24s | 🌔 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:13 am | 12.7° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:49:41 am | 6:16:59 am | -1m 11s | 7:45:35 pm | +1m 0s | 8:12:58 pm | 13h 28m 36s | 2m 11s | 1:01:04 pm | 66.21° | 5:16:57 am | 8:45:50 pm | 4:42:32 am | 9:20:25 pm | 10h 30m 14s | 🌔 (93%)Waning Gibbous: 93% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:07 am | 13.0° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:48:27 am | 6:15:49 am | -1m 10s | 7:46:36 pm | +1m 1s | 8:14:03 pm | 13h 30m 47s | 2m 10s | 1:00:59 pm | 66.55° | 5:15:35 am | 8:47:02 pm | 4:41:01 am | 9:21:47 pm | 10h 28m 4s | 🌔 (85%)Waning Gibbous: 85% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:01:02 am | 13.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:47:14 am | 6:14:40 am | -1m 9s | 7:47:37 pm | +1m 1s | 8:15:08 pm | 13h 32m 57s | 2m 9s | 1:00:54 pm | 66.88° | 5:14:15 am | 8:48:14 pm | 4:39:31 am | 9:23:10 pm | 10h 25m 56s | 🌔 (76%)Waning Gibbous: 76% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:56 am | 13.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:46:02 am | 6:13:33 am | -1m 7s | 7:48:38 pm | +1m 1s | 8:16:14 pm | 13h 35m 5s | 2m 8s | 1:00:50 pm | 67.20° | 5:12:56 am | 8:49:27 pm | 4:38:01 am | 9:24:33 pm | 10h 23m 49s | 🌔 (66%)Waning Gibbous: 66% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 1:00:52 am | 14.0° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Whitianga, Waikato - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Whitianga, Waikato for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Whitianga, Waikato.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Whitianga
In Whitianga, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 7 at 5:51 am, while the latest sunrise is on April 4 at 7:32 am. The earliest sunset is on June 13 at 5:07 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 5 at 8:39 pm.
Whitianga gets 5h 03m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 41m versus 9h 38m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Whitianga Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Whitianga. 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 Whitianga.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 29.6° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 76.2° (around Dec 20) in Whitianga. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma.
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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