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

Moon: 23.6%
Waxing Crescent
Current Time: Mar 22, 2026 at 11:18:01 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:43 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:47 pm 271° West
Moonrise Today: 10:33 am 65° Northeast
Moonset Today: 9:37 pm 297° Northwest
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 4 minutes (-1m 13s)

Today's Sun Position in Rarotonga

Time: 11:18 pm
Altitude: -60.6°
Direction: 230° SW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 4m 7s (Mar 22, 2026)

1 minute, 13 seconds shorter than yesterday (Mar 21, 2026)

1 hour, 13 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

1 hour, 21 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rarotonga Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:29 am
Astro. Twilight 5:29 am – 5:55 am
Nautical Twilight 5:55 am – 6:21 am
Civil Twilight 6:21 am – 6:43 am
Daylight 6:43 am – 6:47 pm
Civil Twilight 6:47 pm – 7:09 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:09 pm – 7:35 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:35 pm – 8:01 pm
Night 8:01 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rarotonga - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Mar Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Mar 22 6:43 am 6:47 pm 12:04:07 −1:13 12:45 pm (67.9°) 92.636
Mar 23 6:43 am 6:46 pm 12:02:53 −1:13 12:45 pm (67.5°) 92.662
Mar 24 6:44 am 6:45 pm 12:01:40 −1:13 12:45 pm (67.1°) 92.688
Mar 25 6:44 am 6:44 pm 12:00:26 −1:13 12:44 pm (66.7°) 92.713
Mar 26 6:44 am 6:44 pm 11:59:13 −1:13 12:44 pm (66.3°) 92.739
Mar 27 6:45 am 6:43 pm 11:58:00 −1:13 12:44 pm (65.9°) 92.765
Mar 28 6:45 am 6:42 pm 11:56:47 −1:12 12:44 pm (65.5°) 92.791
* 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
Mar Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Mar 22 10:33 am 9:37 pm - 4:07 pm (43.8°) 228,065 20.7%
Mar 23 11:40 am 10:34 pm - 5:08 pm (40.7°) 228,718 31.3%
Mar 24 12:46 pm 11:35 pm - 6:11 pm (39.7°) 229,840 42.9%
Mar 25 1:48 pm - - 7:13 pm (40.6°) 231,299 54.8%
Mar 26 - 12:40 am 2:43 pm 8:12 pm (43.5°) 232,978 66.2%
Mar 27 - 1:45 am 3:31 pm 9:07 pm (47.8°) 234,815 76.6%
Mar 28 - 2:47 am 4:12 pm 9:57 pm (53.2°) 236,769 85.4%
* 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, Sun, Mar 22, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Mon 4:59 am Mon 5:28 pm Mon 11:14 am Slightly difficult to see
Venus Mon 8:04 am Mon 7:45 pm Mon 1:54 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Mon 5:34 am Mon 5:58 pm Mon 11:46 am Difficult to see
Jupiter Sun 2:18 pm Mon 1:06 am Sun 7:42 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Mon 6:51 am Mon 6:55 pm Mon 12:53 pm Extremely difficult to see
Uranus Mon 10:47 am Mon 9:47 pm Mon 4:17 pm Difficult to see
Neptune Mon 6:40 am Mon 6:44 pm Mon 12:42 pm Very close to Sun, not visible
* All times are local time for Rarotonga.

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