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

Moon: 1.0%
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Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 1:36:17 pm
Sunrise Today: 4:50 am 117° Southeast
Sunset Today: 6:39 pm 243° Southwest
Moonrise Today: 3:39 am 121° Southeast
Moonset Today: 6:09 pm 238° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 49 minutes (+7s)

Today's Sun Position in Sunshine Coast

Time: 1:36 pm
Altitude: 64.6°
Direction: 271° W
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 48m 34s (Dec 19, 2025)

7 seconds longer than yesterday (Dec 18, 2025)

3 hours, 20 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Sunshine Coast Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:19 am
Astro. Twilight 3:19 am – 3:52 am
Nautical Twilight 3:52 am – 4:24 am
Civil Twilight 4:24 am – 4:50 am
Daylight 4:50 am – 6:39 pm
Civil Twilight 6:39 pm – 7:05 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:05 pm – 7:36 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:36 pm – 8:10 pm
Night 8:10 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Sunshine Coast - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Dec 19 4:50 am 6:39 pm 13:48:34 +0:07 11:44 am (86.9°) 91.467
Dec 20 4:50 am 6:39 pm 13:48:38 +0:04 11:45 am (86.9°) 91.460
Dec 21 4:51 am 6:40 pm 13:48:41 +0:02 11:45 am (86.9°) 91.454
Dec 22 4:51 am 6:40 pm 13:48:41 < 1s 11:46 am (86.9°) 91.447
Dec 23 4:52 am 6:41 pm 13:48:39 −0:02 11:46 am (86.9°) 91.441
Dec 24 4:52 am 6:41 pm 13:48:34 −0:04 11:47 am (86.9°) 91.436
Dec 25 4:53 am 6:41 pm 13:48:27 −0:06 11:47 am (86.8°) 91.430
* All times are local time for Sunshine Coast. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (summer solstice) in Sunshine Coast is at 1:03 am on Monday, December 22, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 20 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 Sunshine Coast

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Sunshine Coast - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Dec Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Dec 19 3:39 am 6:09 pm - 10:53 am (88.9°) 251,733 1.2%
Dec 20 4:28 am 7:01 pm - 11:45 am (88.3°) 250,717 0.2%
Dec 21 5:21 am 7:50 pm - 12:37 pm (89.2°) 249,354 1.2%
Dec 22 6:18 am 8:34 pm - 1:28 pm (88.5°) 247,685 4.1%
Dec 23 7:17 am 9:13 pm - 2:18 pm (84.8°) 245,727 9.1%
Dec 24 8:15 am 9:49 pm - 3:05 pm (80.1°) 243,486 15.8%
Dec 25 9:13 am 10:21 pm - 3:50 pm (74.5°) 240,971 24.2%
* All times are local time for Sunshine 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 Sunshine Coast This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Dec 19, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 3:40 am Fri 5:14 pm Fri 10:27 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Fri 4:32 am Fri 6:18 pm Fri 11:25 am Slightly difficult to see
Mars Fri 5:13 am Fri 7:03 pm Fri 12:08 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 8:16 pm Sat 6:48 am Sat 1:32 am Perfect visibility
Saturn Fri 11:33 am Fri 11:51 pm Fri 5:42 pm Average visibility
Uranus Fri 4:18 pm Sat 2:59 am Fri 9:39 pm Average visibility
Neptune Fri 11:50 am Fri 11:59 pm Fri 5:55 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Sunshine Coast.

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