Sunrise and Sunset in Karori, 2026
Day length at Karori runs from 9 h 11 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 10 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Karori: light and direction
Sunday, September 27
- SR Sunrise 7:03 AM, 93° E
- SS Sunset 7:22 PM, 267° W
- MR Moonrise 8:02 PM, 80° E
- MS Moonset 6:54 AM, 276° W
- Moon 100% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:35 AM to 6:46 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:46 AM to 7:39 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:46 PM to 7:39 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:39 PM to 7:50 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 | 5:51 AM | 8:57 PM | 15 h 06 min | 6:05 AM | 8:55 PM | 14 h 50 min |
| February | 6:26 AM | 8:42 PM | 14 h 16 min | 6:44 AM | 8:25 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| March | 7:01 AM | 8:05 PM | 13 h 04 min | 7:18 AM | 7:42 PM | 12 h 24 min |
| April | 7:36 AM | 7:13 PM | 11 h 37 min | 6:51 AM | 5:51 PM | 11 h 00 min |
| May | 7:08 AM | 5:28 PM | 10 h 20 min | 7:22 AM | 5:12 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| June | 7:37 AM | 5:01 PM | 9 h 24 min | 7:45 AM | 4:58 PM | 9 h 13 min |
| July | 7:48 AM | 5:02 PM | 9 h 14 min | 7:43 AM | 5:11 PM | 9 h 28 min |
| August | 7:29 AM | 5:26 PM | 9 h 57 min | 7:12 AM | 5:40 PM | 10 h 28 min |
| September | 6:47 AM | 5:56 PM | 11 h 09 min | 6:23 AM | 6:10 PM | 11 h 47 min |
| October | 6:56 AM | 7:27 PM | 12 h 31 min | 6:33 AM | 7:42 PM | 13 h 09 min |
| November | 6:08 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 54 min | 5:53 AM | 8:19 PM | 14 h 26 min |
| December | 5:43 AM | 8:37 PM | 14 h 54 min | 5:42 AM | 8:50 PM | 15 h 08 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Karori'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 Karori 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.