Sunrise and Sunset in Canberra, 2026
Day length at Canberra runs from 9 h 46 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 33 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Canberra: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 5:48 AM, 92° E
- SS Sunset 6:03 PM, 268° W
- MR Moonrise 5:39 PM, 88° E
- MS Moonset 5:15 AM, 268° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:23 AM to 5:32 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:32 AM to 6:21 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:29 PM to 6:18 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:18 PM to 6:28 PM
Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below, the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon.
Day length through the year
- Day length
Month by month
Each month links to a day-by-day table with twilight, golden hour and the moon.
| Month | Sunrise, 1st | Sunset, 1st | Day, 1st | Sunrise, 15th | Sunset, 15th | Day, 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5:52 AM | 8:22 PM | 14 h 30 min | 6:04 AM | 8:21 PM | 14 h 17 min |
| February | 6:22 AM | 8:12 PM | 13 h 50 min | 6:36 AM | 7:58 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| March | 6:50 AM | 7:41 PM | 12 h 51 min | 7:02 AM | 7:22 PM | 12 h 20 min |
| April | 7:16 AM | 6:58 PM | 11 h 42 min | 6:27 AM | 5:40 PM | 11 h 13 min |
| May | 6:40 AM | 5:21 PM | 10 h 41 min | 6:51 AM | 5:08 PM | 10 h 17 min |
| June | 7:03 AM | 4:59 PM | 9 h 56 min | 7:10 AM | 4:58 PM | 9 h 48 min |
| July | 7:13 AM | 5:02 PM | 9 h 49 min | 7:10 AM | 5:09 PM | 9 h 59 min |
| August | 6:59 AM | 5:21 PM | 10 h 22 min | 6:45 AM | 5:32 PM | 10 h 47 min |
| September | 6:24 AM | 5:44 PM | 11 h 20 min | 6:04 AM | 5:54 PM | 11 h 50 min |
| October | 5:41 AM | 6:06 PM | 12 h 25 min | 6:21 AM | 7:18 PM | 12 h 57 min |
| November | 6:01 AM | 7:33 PM | 13 h 32 min | 5:49 AM | 7:47 PM | 13 h 58 min |
| December | 5:42 AM | 8:03 PM | 14 h 21 min | 5:43 AM | 8:14 PM | 14 h 31 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Canberra's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 3, April 2, May 2, May 31, June 30, July 30, August 28, September 27, October 26, November 25, December 24
- New moons
- January 19, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 17, June 15, July 14, August 13, September 11, October 11, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Canberra for the next twelve months as a calendar you subscribe to: each morning runs from first light to sunrise, each evening from sunset to last light, shown as free time. It keeps itself a year ahead.
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Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations (accurate to about a minute; the horizon is assumed flat and at sea level) and the lunar phase method of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms.