Sunrise and Sunset in Paraparaumu, 2026
Day length at Paraparaumu runs from 9 h 13 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 08 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Paraparaumu: light and direction
Sunday, October 4
- SR Sunrise 6:50 AM, 96° E
- SS Sunset 7:28 PM, 264° W
- MR Moonrise 3:03 AM, 53° NE
- MS Moonset 11:59 AM, 306° NW
- Moon 50% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:22 AM to 6:33 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:33 AM to 7:26 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:52 PM to 7:45 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:45 PM to 7:56 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 | 8:55 PM | 15 h 04 min | 6:05 AM | 8:52 PM | 14 h 47 min |
| February | 6:26 AM | 8:40 PM | 14 h 14 min | 6:44 AM | 8:24 PM | 13 h 40 min |
| March | 7:01 AM | 8:03 PM | 13 h 02 min | 7:17 AM | 7:41 PM | 12 h 24 min |
| April | 7:35 AM | 7:12 PM | 11 h 37 min | 6:49 AM | 5:50 PM | 11 h 01 min |
| May | 7:06 AM | 5:28 PM | 10 h 22 min | 7:20 AM | 5:12 PM | 9 h 52 min |
| June | 7:35 AM | 5:01 PM | 9 h 26 min | 7:43 AM | 4:58 PM | 9 h 15 min |
| July | 7:45 AM | 5:02 PM | 9 h 17 min | 7:41 AM | 5:11 PM | 9 h 30 min |
| August | 7:27 AM | 5:26 PM | 9 h 59 min | 7:10 AM | 5:39 PM | 10 h 29 min |
| September | 6:45 AM | 5:56 PM | 11 h 11 min | 6:22 AM | 6:09 PM | 11 h 47 min |
| October | 6:55 AM | 7:25 PM | 12 h 30 min | 6:32 AM | 7:40 PM | 13 h 08 min |
| November | 6:08 AM | 8:00 PM | 13 h 52 min | 5:53 AM | 8:17 PM | 14 h 24 min |
| December | 5:43 AM | 8:35 PM | 14 h 52 min | 5:42 AM | 8:48 PM | 15 h 06 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Paraparaumu'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 Paraparaumu 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.