Sunrise and Sunset in Invercargill, 2026
Day length at Invercargill runs from 8 h 35 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 49 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Invercargill: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 7:27 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 7:50 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 8:35 PM, 78° ENE
- MS Moonset 7:16 AM, 277° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:57 AM to 7:08 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 7:08 AM to 8:06 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 7:10 PM to 8:08 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 8:08 PM to 8:20 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 | 5:58 AM | 9:42 PM | 15 h 44 min | 6:14 AM | 9:37 PM | 15 h 23 min |
| February | 6:39 AM | 9:21 PM | 14 h 42 min | 7:00 AM | 9:00 PM | 14 h 00 min |
| March | 7:21 AM | 8:36 PM | 13 h 15 min | 7:41 AM | 8:09 PM | 12 h 28 min |
| April | 8:04 AM | 7:36 PM | 11 h 32 min | 7:23 AM | 6:10 PM | 10 h 47 min |
| May | 7:44 AM | 5:43 PM | 9 h 59 min | 8:01 AM | 5:24 PM | 9 h 23 min |
| June | 8:19 AM | 5:09 PM | 8 h 50 min | 8:29 AM | 5:05 PM | 8 h 36 min |
| July | 8:31 AM | 5:10 PM | 8 h 39 min | 8:25 AM | 5:20 PM | 8 h 55 min |
| August | 8:08 AM | 5:39 PM | 9 h 31 min | 7:48 AM | 5:55 PM | 10 h 07 min |
| September | 7:18 AM | 6:17 PM | 10 h 59 min | 6:51 AM | 6:34 PM | 11 h 43 min |
| October | 7:19 AM | 7:55 PM | 12 h 36 min | 6:52 AM | 8:14 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| November | 6:23 AM | 8:38 PM | 14 h 15 min | 6:04 AM | 8:59 PM | 14 h 55 min |
| December | 5:51 AM | 9:21 PM | 15 h 30 min | 5:48 AM | 9:35 PM | 15 h 47 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Invercargill'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 Invercargill 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.