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Darwin, NT, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 1.1%
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Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 11:21:53 am
Sunrise Today: 6:17 am 114° Southeast
Sunset Today: 7:09 pm 246° West
Moonrise Today: 5:15 am 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 6:35 pm 241° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 52 minutes (+3s)

Today's Sun Position in Darwin

Time: 11:21 am
Altitude: 67.7°
Direction: 122° SE
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 12h 51m 41s (Dec 19, 2025)

3 seconds longer than yesterday (Dec 18, 2025)

1 hour, 28 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

3 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Darwin Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:58 am
Astro. Twilight 4:58 am – 5:26 am
Nautical Twilight 5:26 am – 5:54 am
Civil Twilight 5:54 am – 6:17 am
Daylight 6:17 am – 7:09 pm
Civil Twilight 7:09 pm – 7:32 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:32 pm – 8:00 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:00 pm – 8:28 pm
Night 8:28 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Darwin - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Dec 19 6:17 am 7:09 pm 12:51:41 +0:03 12:43 pm (79.1°) 147.202
Dec 20 6:18 am 7:10 pm 12:51:43 +0:02 12:44 pm (79.0°) 147.190
Dec 21 6:18 am 7:10 pm 12:51:44 +0:01 12:44 pm (79.0°) 147.180
Dec 22 6:19 am 7:11 pm 12:51:44 < 1s 12:45 pm (79.0°) 147.169
Dec 23 6:19 am 7:11 pm 12:51:43 −0:01 12:45 pm (79.0°) 147.160
Dec 24 6:20 am 7:11 pm 12:51:41 −0:02 12:46 pm (79.1°) 147.151
Dec 25 6:20 am 7:12 pm 12:51:38 −0:03 12:46 pm (79.1°) 147.142
* All times are local time for Darwin. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (summer solstice) in Darwin is at 12:33 am on Monday, December 22, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 1 hour, 28 minutes longer than the June solstice. In locations south of the equator, the longest day of the year is around this date.

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Today's Moon in Darwin

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Darwin - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Dec 19 5:15 am 6:35 pm - 11:55 am (74.5°) 405,042 1.1%
Dec 20 6:06 am 7:27 pm - 12:47 pm (74.0°) 403,370 0.2%
Dec 21 6:59 am 8:18 pm - 1:39 pm (75.0°) 401,145 1.3%
Dec 22 7:53 am 9:06 pm - 2:30 pm (77.4°) 398,429 4.4%
Dec 23 8:46 am 9:50 pm - 3:20 pm (81.1°) 395,251 9.4%
Dec 24 9:39 am 10:32 pm - 4:07 pm (85.9°) 391,615 16.3%
Dec 25 10:30 am 11:11 pm - 4:52 pm (88.4°) 387,542 24.8%
* All times are local time for Darwin. 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 Darwin This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 5:03 am Fri 5:48 pm Fri 11:26 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Fri 5:59 am Fri 6:48 pm Fri 12:24 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Fri 6:42 am Fri 7:32 pm Fri 1:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 8:50 pm Sat 8:12 am Sat 2:31 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Fri 12:36 pm Sat 12:45 am Fri 6:41 pm Average visibility
Uranus Fri 4:54 pm Sat 4:21 am Fri 10:37 pm Average visibility
Neptune Fri 12:50 pm Sat 12:56 am Fri 6:53 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Darwin.

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