Sunrise and Sunset in Christchurch, 2026
Day length at Christchurch runs from 8 h 56 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 26 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Christchurch: light and direction
Friday, October 2
- SR Sunrise 7:01 AM, 96° E
- SS Sunset 7:37 PM, 264° W
- MR Moonrise 1:21 AM, 51° NE
- MS Moonset 9:44 AM, 310° NW
- Moon 70% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:33 AM to 6:44 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:44 AM to 7:39 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:59 PM to 7:55 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:55 PM to 8:06 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 | 9:14 PM | 15 h 22 min | 6:07 AM | 9:10 PM | 15 h 03 min |
| February | 6:29 AM | 8:56 PM | 14 h 27 min | 6:49 AM | 8:38 PM | 13 h 49 min |
| March | 7:07 AM | 8:15 PM | 13 h 08 min | 7:25 AM | 7:51 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| April | 7:46 AM | 7:21 PM | 11 h 35 min | 7:02 AM | 5:57 PM | 10 h 55 min |
| May | 7:21 AM | 5:32 PM | 10 h 11 min | 7:36 AM | 5:15 PM | 9 h 39 min |
| June | 7:52 AM | 5:02 PM | 9 h 10 min | 8:01 AM | 4:59 PM | 8 h 58 min |
| July | 8:04 AM | 5:03 PM | 8 h 59 min | 7:58 AM | 5:13 PM | 9 h 15 min |
| August | 7:43 AM | 5:29 PM | 9 h 46 min | 7:25 AM | 5:44 PM | 10 h 19 min |
| September | 6:57 AM | 6:03 PM | 11 h 06 min | 6:32 AM | 6:18 PM | 11 h 46 min |
| October | 7:03 AM | 7:36 PM | 12 h 33 min | 6:39 AM | 7:53 PM | 13 h 14 min |
| November | 6:12 AM | 8:15 PM | 14 h 03 min | 5:55 AM | 8:33 PM | 14 h 38 min |
| December | 5:44 AM | 8:53 PM | 15 h 09 min | 5:42 AM | 9:07 PM | 15 h 25 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Christchurch's own time zone.
- Full moons
- January 3, February 2, March 4, 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 18, 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 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.