Sunrise and Sunset in Whanganui, 2026
Day length at Whanganui runs from 9 h 20 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 01 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Whanganui: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 7:02 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 7:21 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 8:00 PM, 80° E
- MS Moonset 6:53 AM, 276° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:35 AM to 6:45 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:45 AM to 7:37 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:45 PM to 7:37 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:37 PM to 7:48 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 | 5:54 AM | 8:52 PM | 14 h 58 min | 6:08 AM | 8:49 PM | 14 h 41 min |
| February | 6:28 AM | 8:38 PM | 14 h 10 min | 6:45 AM | 8:22 PM | 13 h 37 min |
| March | 7:02 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 00 min | 7:17 AM | 7:40 PM | 12 h 23 min |
| April | 7:34 AM | 7:13 PM | 11 h 39 min | 6:48 AM | 5:51 PM | 11 h 03 min |
| May | 7:04 AM | 5:29 PM | 10 h 25 min | 7:18 AM | 5:14 PM | 9 h 56 min |
| June | 7:32 AM | 5:03 PM | 9 h 31 min | 7:40 AM | 5:01 PM | 9 h 21 min |
| July | 7:42 AM | 5:05 PM | 9 h 23 min | 7:38 AM | 5:14 PM | 9 h 36 min |
| August | 7:25 AM | 5:28 PM | 10 h 03 min | 7:09 AM | 5:41 PM | 10 h 32 min |
| September | 6:44 AM | 5:56 PM | 11 h 12 min | 6:22 AM | 6:09 PM | 11 h 47 min |
| October | 6:55 AM | 7:25 PM | 12 h 30 min | 6:33 AM | 7:39 PM | 13 h 06 min |
| November | 6:10 AM | 7:58 PM | 13 h 48 min | 5:55 AM | 8:14 PM | 14 h 19 min |
| December | 5:46 AM | 8:32 PM | 14 h 46 min | 5:45 AM | 8:44 PM | 14 h 59 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Whanganui'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 Whanganui 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.