Sunrise and sunset in Cairns

Cairns Sunrise, Sunset and Moon in August 2026

Local time (GMT+10)

Day length goes from 11 h 22 min on August 1 to 11 h 45 min on August 31. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:25 AM and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:10 PM.

Every day

Dawn and dusk are civil twilight (the sun 6 degrees below the horizon); golden hour starts when the evening sun is 6 degrees up; full dark is astronomical twilight, 18 degrees down. A blank moonrise or moonset means it falls on the next day.

DateDawnSunriseSunsetDuskGolden hourFull darkDay lengthChangeMoonMoonriseMoonset
Aug 16:20 AM6:42 AM6:04 PM6:27 PM5:34 PM7:19 PM11 h 22 minWaning gibbous, 93%8:20 PM8:17 AM
Aug 26:19 AM6:42 AM6:05 PM6:27 PM5:34 PM7:19 PM11 h 23 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 87%9:11 PM8:52 AM
Aug 36:19 AM6:42 AM6:05 PM6:27 PM5:35 PM7:19 PM11 h 23 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 79%10:02 PM9:27 AM
Aug 46:19 AM6:41 AM6:05 PM6:28 PM5:35 PM7:20 PM11 h 24 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 69%10:56 PM10:04 AM
Aug 56:18 AM6:41 AM6:05 PM6:28 PM5:35 PM7:20 PM11 h 24 min+0.0 minLast quarter, 59%11:53 PM10:44 AM
Aug 66:18 AM6:40 AM6:06 PM6:28 PM5:36 PM7:20 PM11 h 26 min+2.0 minLast quarter 12:21 PM11:28 AM
Aug 76:17 AM6:40 AM6:06 PM6:28 PM5:36 PM7:20 PM11 h 26 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 38%12:55 AM12:18 PM
Aug 86:17 AM6:39 AM6:06 PM6:29 PM5:36 PM7:20 PM11 h 27 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 28%1:59 AM1:15 PM
Aug 96:16 AM6:39 AM6:06 PM6:29 PM5:36 PM7:20 PM11 h 27 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 19%3:05 AM2:18 PM
Aug 106:16 AM6:38 AM6:07 PM6:29 PM5:37 PM7:20 PM11 h 29 min+2.0 minWaning crescent, 11%4:09 AM3:26 PM
Aug 116:15 AM6:38 AM6:07 PM6:29 PM5:37 PM7:21 PM11 h 29 min+0.0 minWaning crescent, 6%5:09 AM4:33 PM
Aug 126:15 AM6:37 AM6:07 PM6:29 PM5:37 PM7:21 PM11 h 30 min+1.0 minWaning crescent, 2%6:02 AM5:38 PM
Aug 136:14 AM6:37 AM6:07 PM6:30 PM5:37 PM7:21 PM11 h 30 min+0.0 minNew moon 3:37 AM6:49 AM6:39 PM
Aug 146:14 AM6:36 AM6:07 PM6:30 PM5:38 PM7:21 PM11 h 31 min+1.0 minNew moon, 1%7:31 AM7:37 PM
Aug 156:13 AM6:36 AM6:08 PM6:30 PM5:38 PM7:21 PM11 h 32 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 3%8:10 AM8:31 PM
Aug 166:13 AM6:35 AM6:08 PM6:30 PM5:38 PM7:21 PM11 h 33 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 8%8:47 AM9:24 PM
Aug 176:12 AM6:34 AM6:08 PM6:30 PM5:38 PM7:21 PM11 h 34 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 15%9:24 AM10:16 PM
Aug 186:12 AM6:34 AM6:08 PM6:30 PM5:39 PM7:21 PM11 h 34 min+0.0 minWaxing crescent, 24%10:01 AM11:08 PM
Aug 196:11 AM6:33 AM6:08 PM6:31 PM5:39 PM7:21 PM11 h 35 min+1.0 minWaxing crescent, 33%10:41 AM
Aug 206:10 AM6:32 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:39 PM7:22 PM11 h 37 min+2.0 minFirst quarter 12:46 PM11:23 AM12:01 AM
Aug 216:10 AM6:32 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:39 PM7:22 PM11 h 37 min+0.0 minFirst quarter, 54%12:09 PM12:55 AM
Aug 226:09 AM6:31 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:22 PM11 h 38 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 64%12:58 PM1:48 AM
Aug 236:08 AM6:30 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:22 PM11 h 39 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 74%1:50 PM2:40 AM
Aug 246:08 AM6:30 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:22 PM11 h 39 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 83%2:44 PM3:30 AM
Aug 256:07 AM6:29 AM6:09 PM6:31 PM5:40 PM7:22 PM11 h 40 min+1.0 minWaxing gibbous, 90%3:38 PM4:16 AM
Aug 266:06 AM6:28 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:40 PM7:22 PM11 h 42 min+2.0 minWaxing gibbous, 96%4:31 PM4:59 AM
Aug 276:06 AM6:28 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:41 PM7:22 PM11 h 42 min+0.0 minWaxing gibbous, 99%5:23 PM5:39 AM
Aug 286:05 AM6:27 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:41 PM7:22 PM11 h 43 min+1.0 minFull moon 2:18 PM6:15 PM6:17 AM
Aug 296:04 AM6:26 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:41 PM7:22 PM11 h 44 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 99%7:06 PM6:53 AM
Aug 306:04 AM6:25 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:41 PM7:22 PM11 h 45 min+1.0 minWaning gibbous, 96%7:58 PM7:28 AM
Aug 316:03 AM6:25 AM6:10 PM6:32 PM5:41 PM7:23 PM11 h 45 min+0.0 minWaning gibbous, 90%8:52 PM8:05 AM

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Sources

Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, for a flat horizon; hills and buildings delay a real sunrise.