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Macquarie Island, Tas, Australia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 8.0%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 21, 2026 at 11:23:31 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:26 am 91° East
Sunset Today: 6:35 pm 269° West
Moonrise Today: 9:15 am 67° East
Moonset Today: 6:44 pm 298° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 9 minutes (-4m 26s)

Today's Sun Position in Macquarie Island

Time: 11:23 pm
Altitude: -34.1°
Direction: 201° SW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 9m 19s (Mar 21, 2026)

4 minutes, 26 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 20, 2026)

4 hours, 53 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

5 hours, 6 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Macquarie Island Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:23 am
Astro. Twilight 4:23 am – 5:08 am
Nautical Twilight 5:08 am – 5:50 am
Civil Twilight 5:50 am – 6:26 am
Daylight 6:26 am – 6:35 pm
Civil Twilight 6:35 pm – 7:11 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:11 pm – 7:53 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:53 pm – 8:37 pm
Night 8:37 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Macquarie Island - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 21 6:26 am 6:35 pm 12:09:19 −4:26 12:31 pm (35.3°) 92.588
Mar 22 6:28 am 6:33 pm 12:04:53 −4:25 12:31 pm (34.9°) 92.614
Mar 23 6:30 am 6:30 pm 12:00:27 −4:25 12:30 pm (34.6°) 92.639
Mar 24 6:32 am 6:28 pm 11:56:02 −4:25 12:30 pm (34.2°) 92.665
Mar 25 6:33 am 6:25 pm 11:51:37 −4:24 12:30 pm (33.8°) 92.690
Mar 26 6:35 am 6:23 pm 11:47:12 −4:24 12:30 pm (33.4°) 92.716
Mar 27 6:37 am 6:20 pm 11:42:48 −4:24 12:29 pm (33.0°) 92.742
* All times are local time for Macquarie Island. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The March equinox (autumnal equinox) in Macquarie Island is at 1:46 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 Macquarie Island

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Macquarie Island - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 21 9:15 am 6:44 pm - 2:07 pm (20.2°) 228,564 5.7%
Mar 22 10:51 am 6:58 pm - 3:01 pm (14.4°) 227,988 12.7%
Mar 23 12:28 pm 7:20 pm - 3:59 pm (9.9°) 228,111 21.8%
Mar 24 2:00 pm 7:56 pm - 5:00 pm (7.1°) 228,826 32.6%
Mar 25 3:15 pm 8:52 pm - 6:03 pm (6.3°) 229,992 44.3%
Mar 26 4:06 pm 10:10 pm - 7:05 pm (7.5°) 231,482 56.2%
Mar 27 4:38 pm 11:40 pm - 8:04 pm (10.5°) 233,181 67.5%
* All times are local time for Macquarie Island. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. 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 Macquarie Island This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 4:20 am Sun 5:52 pm Sun 11:06 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Sun 8:12 am Sun 7:03 pm Sun 1:38 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Sun 4:51 am Sun 6:15 pm Sun 11:33 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sun 3:52 pm Sun 11:10 pm Sun 7:31 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Sun 6:40 am Sun 6:49 pm Sun 12:45 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Sun 12:05 pm Sun 8:14 pm Sun 4:09 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Sun 6:29 am Sun 6:40 pm Sun 12:34 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Macquarie Island.

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