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Cairns, Qld, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 46.0%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 8:31:25 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:21 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:24 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 12:23 pm 60° Northeast
Moonset Today: 11:34 pm 300° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 2 minutes (-57s)

Today's Sun Position in Cairns

Time: 8:31 pm
Altitude: -31.2°
Direction: 262° W
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 2m 29s (Mar 25, 2026)

57 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 24, 2026)

55 minutes, 26 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 6 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Cairns Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:09 am
Astro. Twilight 5:09 am – 5:34 am
Nautical Twilight 5:34 am – 5:59 am
Civil Twilight 5:59 am – 6:21 am
Daylight 6:21 am – 6:24 pm
Civil Twilight 6:24 pm – 6:45 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:45 pm – 7:10 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:10 pm – 7:35 pm
Night 7:35 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Cairns - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 25 6:21 am 6:24 pm 12:02:29 −0:57 12:22 pm (71.3°) 92.691
Mar 26 6:21 am 6:23 pm 12:01:32 −0:57 12:22 pm (70.9°) 92.717
Mar 27 6:21 am 6:22 pm 12:00:35 −0:57 12:22 pm (70.5°) 92.743
Mar 28 6:22 am 6:21 pm 11:59:37 −0:57 12:22 pm (70.1°) 92.769
Mar 29 6:22 am 6:20 pm 11:58:40 −0:56 12:21 pm (69.7°) 92.795
Mar 30 6:22 am 6:20 pm 11:57:44 −0:56 12:21 pm (69.4°) 92.821
Mar 31 6:22 am 6:19 pm 11:56:47 −0:56 12:21 pm (69.0°) 92.847
* All times are local time for Cairns. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Cairns

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Cairns - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 25 12:23 pm 11:34 pm - 5:58 pm (44.0°) 230,042 44.7%
Mar 26 1:24 pm - - 7:00 pm (45.3°) 231,541 56.6%
Mar 27 - 12:38 am 2:19 pm 7:59 pm (48.4°) 233,247 67.9%
Mar 28 - 1:41 am 3:08 pm 8:53 pm (53.0°) 235,103 78.0%
Mar 29 - 2:41 am 3:51 pm 9:42 pm (58.5°) 237,074 86.5%
Mar 30 - 3:37 am 4:30 pm 10:28 pm (64.6°) 239,148 93.1%
Mar 31 - 4:31 am 5:06 pm 11:12 pm (71.0°) 241,297 97.5%
* All times are local time for Cairns. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Cairns This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Mar 25, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Thu 4:34 am Thu 4:59 pm Thu 10:47 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Thu 7:42 am Thu 7:25 pm Thu 1:34 pm Fairly good visibility
Mars Thu 5:13 am Thu 5:30 pm Thu 11:22 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 1:40 pm Thu 12:44 am Wed 7:12 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Thu 6:22 am Thu 6:25 pm Thu 12:23 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Wed 10:14 am Wed 9:27 pm Wed 3:51 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Thu 6:10 am Thu 6:13 pm Thu 12:12 pm Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for Cairns.

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