Sunrise and Sunset in Napier, 2026
Day length at Napier runs from 9 h 22 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 58 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Napier: light and direction
Thursday, October 1
- SR Sunrise 6:48 AM, 95° E
- SS Sunset 7:17 PM, 265° W
- MR Moonrise not on this date
- MS Moonset 8:53 AM, 304° NW
- Moon 80% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:21 AM to 6:32 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:32 AM to 7:23 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:42 PM to 7:34 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:34 PM to 7:44 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 | 8:43 PM | 14 h 55 min | 6:02 AM | 8:41 PM | 14 h 39 min |
| February | 6:22 AM | 8:29 PM | 14 h 07 min | 6:39 AM | 8:14 PM | 13 h 35 min |
| March | 6:55 AM | 7:54 PM | 12 h 59 min | 7:09 AM | 7:33 PM | 12 h 24 min |
| April | 7:27 AM | 7:06 PM | 11 h 39 min | 6:40 AM | 5:44 PM | 11 h 04 min |
| May | 6:56 AM | 5:23 PM | 10 h 27 min | 7:09 AM | 5:08 PM | 9 h 59 min |
| June | 7:23 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 34 min | 7:31 AM | 4:55 PM | 9 h 24 min |
| July | 7:34 AM | 4:59 PM | 9 h 25 min | 7:29 AM | 5:07 PM | 9 h 38 min |
| August | 7:17 AM | 5:21 PM | 10 h 04 min | 7:00 AM | 5:34 PM | 10 h 34 min |
| September | 6:36 AM | 5:49 PM | 11 h 13 min | 6:14 AM | 6:02 PM | 11 h 48 min |
| October | 6:48 AM | 7:17 PM | 12 h 29 min | 6:26 AM | 7:31 PM | 13 h 05 min |
| November | 6:03 AM | 7:50 PM | 13 h 47 min | 5:49 AM | 8:06 PM | 14 h 17 min |
| December | 5:39 AM | 8:23 PM | 14 h 44 min | 5:39 AM | 8:35 PM | 14 h 56 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Napier'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 Napier 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.