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

Moon: 93.6%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Feb 3, 2026 at 7:44:56 pm
Sunrise Today: 6:22 am 108° East
Sunset Today: 7:22 pm 252° West
Moonrise Today: 8:55 pm 84° East
Moonset Today: 8:09 am 279° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours (-1m 1s)

Today's Sun Position in Rarotonga

Time: 7:44 pm
Altitude: -5.7°
Direction: 250° W
Phase: Civil Twilight

Day length today: 12h 59m 45s (Feb 3, 2026)

1 minute, 1 second shorter than yesterday (Feb 2, 2026)

2 hours, 9 minutes longer than winter solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

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

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rarotonga Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:03 am
Astro. Twilight 5:03 am – 5:31 am
Nautical Twilight 5:31 am – 5:59 am
Civil Twilight 5:59 am – 6:22 am
Daylight 6:22 am – 7:22 pm
Civil Twilight 7:22 pm – 7:46 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:46 pm – 8:13 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:13 pm – 8:42 pm
Night 8:42 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rarotonga - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Feb Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
Feb 3 6:22 am 7:22 pm 12:59:45 −1:01 12:52 pm (85.1°) 91.629
Feb 4 6:23 am 7:22 pm 12:58:43 −1:02 12:53 pm (84.8°) 91.643
Feb 5 6:24 am 7:21 pm 12:57:40 −1:03 12:53 pm (84.5°) 91.658
Feb 6 6:24 am 7:21 pm 12:56:36 −1:03 12:53 pm (84.2°) 91.674
Feb 7 6:25 am 7:20 pm 12:55:31 −1:04 12:53 pm (83.8°) 91.690
Feb 8 6:25 am 7:20 pm 12:54:26 −1:05 12:53 pm (83.5°) 91.706
Feb 9 6:26 am 7:19 pm 12:53:21 −1:05 12:53 pm (83.2°) 91.723
* 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
Feb Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
Feb 3 - 8:09 am 8:55 pm 2:12 am (58.3°) 235,048 96.9%
Feb 4 - 9:05 am 9:28 pm 2:57 am (64.8°) 238,349 91.9%
Feb 5 - 9:58 am 10:01 pm 3:41 am (71.3°) 241,724 85.1%
Feb 6 - 10:50 am 10:34 pm 4:23 am (77.4°) 244,902 77.0%
Feb 7 - 11:42 am 11:09 pm 5:05 am (83.1°) 247,625 67.9%
Feb 8 - 12:34 pm 11:46 pm 5:49 am (88.0°) 249,698 58.4%
Feb 9 - 1:28 pm - 6:35 am (87.9°) 250,975 48.6%
* 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, Tue, Feb 3, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Tue 7:06 am Tue 8:00 pm Tue 1:33 pm Difficult to see
Venus Tue 6:53 am Tue 7:48 pm Tue 1:21 pm Slightly difficult to see
Mars Wed 5:56 am Wed 7:01 pm Wed 12:28 pm Extremely difficult to see
Jupiter Tue 5:30 pm Wed 4:19 am Tue 10:54 pm Perfect visibility
Saturn Tue 9:36 am Tue 9:46 pm Tue 3:41 pm Average visibility
Uranus Tue 1:52 pm Wed 12:52 am Tue 7:22 pm Average visibility
Neptune Tue 9:41 am Tue 9:48 pm Tue 3:45 pm Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rarotonga.

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