Sunrise and Sunset in Christchurch, 2026
Day length at Christchurch runs from 7 h 57 min at the winter solstice to 16 h 30 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Christchurch: light and direction
Saturday, September 26
- SR Sunrise 6:59 AM, 91° E
- SS Sunset 6:57 PM, 269° W
- MR Moonrise 6:35 PM, 83° E
- MS Moonset 6:38 AM, 272° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:27 AM to 6:39 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:39 AM to 7:43 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:13 PM to 7:17 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:17 PM to 7:29 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 | 8:09 AM | 4:13 PM | 8 h 04 min | 8:03 AM | 4:31 PM | 8 h 28 min |
| February | 7:43 AM | 4:59 PM | 9 h 16 min | 7:19 AM | 5:24 PM | 10 h 05 min |
| March | 6:51 AM | 5:48 PM | 10 h 57 min | 6:21 AM | 6:12 PM | 11 h 51 min |
| April | 6:43 AM | 7:40 PM | 12 h 57 min | 6:13 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 49 min |
| May | 5:41 AM | 8:28 PM | 14 h 47 min | 5:19 AM | 8:49 PM | 15 h 30 min |
| June | 5:00 AM | 9:11 PM | 16 h 11 min | 4:54 AM | 9:22 PM | 16 h 28 min |
| July | 4:58 AM | 9:23 PM | 16 h 25 min | 5:11 AM | 9:14 PM | 16 h 03 min |
| August | 5:34 AM | 8:52 PM | 15 h 18 min | 5:55 AM | 8:28 PM | 14 h 33 min |
| September | 6:21 AM | 7:52 PM | 13 h 31 min | 6:42 AM | 7:21 PM | 12 h 39 min |
| October | 7:07 AM | 6:45 PM | 11 h 38 min | 7:30 AM | 6:15 PM | 10 h 45 min |
| November | 6:58 AM | 4:42 PM | 9 h 44 min | 7:22 AM | 4:21 PM | 8 h 59 min |
| December | 7:47 AM | 4:05 PM | 8 h 18 min | 8:02 AM | 4:02 PM | 8 h 00 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Christchurch's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 1, March 3, April 2, May 1, May 31, June 30, July 29, August 28, September 26, October 26, November 24, December 24
- New moons
- January 18, February 17, March 19, April 17, May 16, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 10, November 9, December 9
In your calendar
Sunrise and sunset at Christchurch 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.