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Gold Coast, Qld, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 10:21:48 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:50 am 90° East
Sunset Today: 5:56 pm 270° West
Moonrise Today: 7:47 am 75° East
Moonset Today: 7:06 pm 288° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 7 minutes (-1m 41s)

Today's Sun Position in Gold Coast

Time: 10:21 pm
Altitude: -54.7°
Direction: 222° SW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 6m 36s (Mar 21, 2026)

1 minute, 41 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

1 hour, 44 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 48 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Gold Coast Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:31 am
Astro. Twilight 4:31 am – 4:59 am
Nautical Twilight 4:59 am – 5:26 am
Civil Twilight 5:26 am – 5:50 am
Daylight 5:50 am – 5:56 pm
Civil Twilight 5:56 pm – 6:20 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:20 pm – 6:47 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:47 pm – 7:14 pm
Night 7:14 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Gold Coast - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 5:50 am 5:56 pm 12:06:36 −1:41 11:53 am (61.8°) 92.588
Mar 22 5:50 am 5:55 pm 12:04:55 −1:40 11:53 am (61.4°) 92.614
Mar 23 5:51 am 5:54 pm 12:03:14 −1:40 11:52 am (61.0°) 92.640
Mar 24 5:51 am 5:53 pm 12:01:33 −1:40 11:52 am (60.6°) 92.665
Mar 25 5:52 am 5:52 pm 11:59:53 −1:40 11:52 am (60.2°) 92.691
Mar 26 5:52 am 5:50 pm 11:58:13 −1:40 11:52 am (59.8°) 92.717
Mar 27 5:53 am 5:49 pm 11:56:32 −1:40 11:51 am (59.5°) 92.742
* All times are local time for Gold Coast. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The March equinox (autumnal equinox) in Gold Coast is at 12:46 am on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
Why is the day and night not exactly 12 hours on equinox?

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Today's Moon in Gold Coast

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Gold Coast - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 7:47 am 7:06 pm - 1:30 pm (46.8°) 228,550 5.8%
Mar 22 8:55 am 7:47 pm - 2:24 pm (41.0°) 227,985 12.8%
Mar 23 10:05 am 8:35 pm - 3:22 pm (36.4°) 228,118 22.0%
Mar 24 11:15 am 9:30 pm - 4:23 pm (33.6°) 228,841 32.8%
Mar 25 12:21 pm 10:32 pm - 5:26 pm (32.8°) 230,013 44.5%
Mar 26 1:21 pm 11:38 pm - 6:28 pm (34.1°) 231,507 56.3%
Mar 27 2:13 pm - - 7:27 pm (37.1°) 233,209 67.7%
* All times are local time for Gold Coast. 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 Gold Coast This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 4:10 am Sun 4:46 pm Sun 10:28 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sun 7:11 am Sun 6:48 pm Sun 1:00 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sun 4:38 am Sun 5:12 pm Sun 10:55 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 1:47 pm Sun 12:07 am Sat 6:57 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sun 6:04 am Sun 6:09 pm Sun 12:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sun 10:13 am Sun 8:50 pm Sun 3:31 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 5:54 am Sun 5:59 pm Sun 11:56 am Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Gold Coast.

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