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

Moon: 45.1%
First Quarter
Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 6:38:15 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:03 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:04 pm 272° West
Moonrise Today: 12:20 pm 59° Northeast
Moonset Today: 10:57 pm 301° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 1 minute (-1m 21s)

Today's Sun Position in Rockhampton

Time: 6:38 pm
Altitude: -8.6°
Direction: 268° W
Phase: Nautical Twilight

Day length today: 12h 59s (Mar 25, 2026)

1 minute, 21 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 24, 2026)

1 hour, 19 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

1 hour, 33 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rockhampton Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:48 am
Astro. Twilight 4:48 am – 5:14 am
Nautical Twilight 5:14 am – 5:40 am
Civil Twilight 5:40 am – 6:03 am
Daylight 6:03 am – 6:04 pm
Civil Twilight 6:04 pm – 6:26 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:26 pm – 6:52 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:52 pm – 7:19 pm
Night 7:19 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rockhampton - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 25 6:03 am 6:04 pm 12:00:59 −1:21 12:04 pm (64.9°) 92.691
Mar 26 6:03 am 6:03 pm 11:59:38 −1:21 12:03 pm (64.5°) 92.717
Mar 27 6:04 am 6:02 pm 11:58:16 −1:21 12:03 pm (64.1°) 92.743
Mar 28 6:04 am 6:01 pm 11:56:55 −1:21 12:03 pm (63.7°) 92.769
Mar 29 6:04 am 6:00 pm 11:55:34 −1:21 12:02 pm (63.3°) 92.795
Mar 30 6:05 am 5:59 pm 11:54:13 −1:20 12:02 pm (62.9°) 92.821
Mar 31 6:05 am 5:58 pm 11:52:53 −1:20 12:02 pm (62.5°) 92.847
* All times are local time for Rockhampton. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Rockhampton

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Rockhampton - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 25 12:20 pm 10:57 pm - 5:39 pm (37.5°) 230,024 44.6%
Mar 26 1:20 pm - - 6:40 pm (38.8°) 231,520 56.4%
Mar 27 - 12:03 am 2:14 pm 7:39 pm (41.9°) 233,223 67.7%
Mar 28 - 1:08 am 3:00 pm 8:33 pm (46.4°) 235,078 77.9%
Mar 29 - 2:11 am 3:40 pm 9:23 pm (51.9°) 237,047 86.4%
Mar 30 - 3:11 am 4:15 pm 10:09 pm (58.0°) 239,120 93.0%
Mar 31 - 4:07 am 4:48 pm 10:52 pm (64.4°) 241,268 97.5%
* All times are local time for Rockhampton. 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 Rockhampton This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Mar 25, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Thu 4:11 am Thu 4:44 pm Thu 10:28 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Wed 7:26 am Wed 7:02 pm Wed 1:14 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Thu 4:51 am Thu 5:14 pm Thu 11:03 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Wed 1:33 pm Thu 12:13 am Wed 6:53 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Thu 6:03 am Thu 6:06 pm Thu 12:04 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Wed 10:05 am Wed 8:58 pm Wed 3:32 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Thu 5:50 am Thu 5:55 pm Thu 11:53 am Extremely difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rockhampton.

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