Sunrise and Sunset in Sydney, 2026
Day length at Sydney runs from 9 h 54 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 25 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Sydney: light and direction
Monday, September 28
- SR Sunrise 5:37 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 5:55 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 7:41 PM, 72° ENE
- MS Moonset 6:02 AM, 284° WNW
- Moon 98% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 5:12 AM to 5:22 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 5:22 AM to 6:10 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 5:23 PM to 6:11 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 6:11 PM to 6:20 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 | 5:48 AM | 8:09 PM | 14 h 21 min | 6:00 AM | 8:09 PM | 14 h 09 min |
| February | 6:16 AM | 8:01 PM | 13 h 45 min | 6:30 AM | 7:48 PM | 13 h 18 min |
| March | 6:43 AM | 7:32 PM | 12 h 49 min | 6:54 AM | 7:14 PM | 12 h 20 min |
| April | 7:07 AM | 6:51 PM | 11 h 44 min | 6:17 AM | 5:33 PM | 11 h 16 min |
| May | 6:29 AM | 5:15 PM | 10 h 46 min | 6:40 AM | 5:03 PM | 10 h 23 min |
| June | 6:51 AM | 4:54 PM | 10 h 03 min | 6:58 AM | 4:53 PM | 9 h 55 min |
| July | 7:01 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 56 min | 6:58 AM | 5:04 PM | 10 h 06 min |
| August | 6:48 AM | 5:16 PM | 10 h 28 min | 6:35 AM | 5:25 PM | 10 h 50 min |
| September | 6:14 AM | 5:37 PM | 11 h 23 min | 5:55 AM | 5:46 PM | 11 h 51 min |
| October | 5:33 AM | 5:58 PM | 12 h 25 min | 6:14 AM | 7:08 PM | 12 h 54 min |
| November | 5:55 AM | 7:23 PM | 13 h 28 min | 5:44 AM | 7:36 PM | 13 h 52 min |
| December | 5:37 AM | 7:51 PM | 14 h 14 min | 5:38 AM | 8:02 PM | 14 h 24 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Sydney'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 Sydney 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.