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Rarotonga, Cook Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 16.1%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 3:06:44 am
Sunrise Today: 5:50 am↑ 110° East
Sunset Today: 6:56 pm↑ 250° West
Moonrise Today: 9:13 am↑ 119° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:06 pm↑ 243° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 6 minutes (+56s)

Today's Sun Position in Rarotonga

Time: 3:06 am
Altitude: -33.9°
Direction: 131° SE
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 6m 13s (Nov 13, 2026)

56 seconds longer than yesterday (Nov 12, 2026)

2 hours, 15 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 20, 2026)

19 minutes, 33 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rarotonga Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:29 am
Astro. Twilight 4:29 am – 4:58 am
Nautical Twilight 4:58 am – 5:26 am
Civil Twilight 5:26 am – 5:50 am
Daylight 5:50 am – 6:56 pm
Civil Twilight 6:56 pm – 7:20 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:20 pm – 7:48 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:48 pm – 8:17 pm
Night 8:17 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rarotonga - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Nov Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Nov 13 5:50 am 6:56 pm 13:06:13 +0:56 12:23 pm (86.9°) 91.985
Nov 14 5:50 am 6:57 pm 13:07:08 +0:55 12:23 pm (87.2°) 91.964
Nov 15 5:49 am 6:57 pm 13:08:02 +0:54 12:23 pm (87.4°) 91.943
Nov 16 5:49 am 6:58 pm 13:08:56 +0:53 12:23 pm (87.7°) 91.922
Nov 17 5:49 am 6:59 pm 13:09:48 +0:52 12:24 pm (87.9°) 91.901
Nov 18 5:49 am 6:59 pm 13:10:40 +0:51 12:24 pm (88.2°) 91.881
Nov 19 5:48 am 7:00 pm 13:11:30 +0:50 12:24 pm (88.4°) 91.861
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Rarotonga

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Rarotonga - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Nov Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Nov 13 9:13 am 11:06 pm - 4:11 pm (85.3°) 252,000 20.0%
Nov 14 10:07 am 11:48 pm - 4:59 pm (88.1°) 251,384 28.3%
Nov 15 11:00 am - - 5:45 pm (88.1°) 249,984 37.4%
Nov 16 - 12:26 am 11:53 am 6:29 pm (83.3°) 247,796 47.2%
Nov 17 - 1:01 am 12:45 pm 7:12 pm (77.9°) 244,882 57.2%
Nov 18 - 1:35 am 1:37 pm 7:55 pm (71.9°) 241,380 67.3%
Nov 19 - 2:08 am 2:30 pm 8:38 pm (65.5°) 237,504 76.9%
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. 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 Rarotonga This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, Nov 13, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Fri 5:01 am Fri 5:40 pm Fri 11:20 am Difficult to see
Venus Fri 4:11 am Fri 4:47 pm Fri 10:29 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Fri 1:20 am Fri 12:36 pm Fri 6:58 am Average visibility
Jupiter Fri 1:20 am Fri 12:40 pm Fri 7:00 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Fri 3:41 pm Sat 3:40 am Fri 9:41 pm Perfect visibility
Uranus Thu 7:50 pm Fri 6:45 am Fri 1:17 am Average visibility
Neptune Fri 3:12 pm Sat 3:16 am Fri 9:14 pm Difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rarotonga.

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