Sunrise and Sunset in Waipawa, 2026
Day length at Waipawa runs from 9 h 10 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 11 min at the summer solstice.
Today at Waipawa: light and direction
Friday, October 2
- SR Sunrise 6:51 AM, 95° E
- SS Sunset 7:25 PM, 264° W
- MR Moonrise 12:59 AM, 53° NE
- MS Moonset 9:42 AM, 308° NW
- Moon 71% lit
- Morning blue hour
- 6:23 AM to 6:34 AM
- Morning golden hour
- 6:34 AM to 7:28 AM
- Evening golden hour
- 6:48 PM to 7:42 PM
- Evening blue hour
- 7:42 PM to 7:52 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 | 8:55 PM | 15 h 07 min | 6:02 AM | 8:52 PM | 14 h 50 min |
| February | 6:23 AM | 8:39 PM | 14 h 16 min | 6:41 AM | 8:22 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| March | 6:58 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 h 04 min | 7:14 AM | 7:39 PM | 12 h 25 min |
| April | 7:33 AM | 7:10 PM | 11 h 37 min | 6:48 AM | 5:48 PM | 11 h 00 min |
| May | 7:05 AM | 5:25 PM | 10 h 20 min | 7:19 AM | 5:09 PM | 9 h 50 min |
| June | 7:34 AM | 4:57 PM | 9 h 23 min | 7:42 AM | 4:54 PM | 9 h 12 min |
| July | 7:45 AM | 4:59 PM | 9 h 14 min | 7:40 AM | 5:08 PM | 9 h 28 min |
| August | 7:27 AM | 5:23 PM | 9 h 56 min | 7:09 AM | 5:36 PM | 10 h 27 min |
| September | 6:44 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 h 09 min | 6:20 AM | 6:07 PM | 11 h 47 min |
| October | 6:53 AM | 7:23 PM | 12 h 30 min | 6:30 AM | 7:39 PM | 13 h 09 min |
| November | 6:05 AM | 7:59 PM | 13 h 54 min | 5:49 AM | 8:16 PM | 14 h 27 min |
| December | 5:39 AM | 8:35 PM | 14 h 56 min | 5:38 AM | 8:47 PM | 15 h 09 min |
Full and new moons in 2026
Dates in Waipawa'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 Waipawa 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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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.