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Auckland, AUK, New Zealand — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 3:37:28 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:06 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 5:27 pm 291° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:23 pm 113° Southeast
Moonset Today: 1:05 pm 244° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 21 minutes (-1m 47s)

Today's Sun Position in Auckland

Time: 3:37 pm
Altitude: 18.2°
Direction: 310° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 20m 50s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 47 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

42 minutes, 56 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

4 hours, 20 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Auckland Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:37 am
Astro. Twilight 5:37 am – 6:08 am
Nautical Twilight 6:08 am – 6:39 am
Civil Twilight 6:39 am – 7:06 am
Daylight 7:06 am – 5:27 pm
Civil Twilight 5:27 pm – 5:54 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:54 pm – 6:26 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:26 pm – 6:56 pm
Night 6:56 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Auckland - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 7:06 am 5:27 pm 10:20:50 −1:47 12:17 pm (35.9°) 93.827
May 10 7:07 am 5:26 pm 10:19:04 −1:46 12:17 pm (35.6°) 93.850
May 11 7:08 am 5:25 pm 10:17:19 −1:44 12:17 pm (35.3°) 93.872
May 12 7:09 am 5:24 pm 10:15:36 −1:43 12:17 pm (35.1°) 93.893
May 13 7:10 am 5:24 pm 10:13:55 −1:41 12:17 pm (34.8°) 93.915
May 14 7:10 am 5:23 pm 10:12:15 −1:39 12:17 pm (34.6°) 93.936
May 15 7:11 am 5:22 pm 10:10:37 −1:37 12:17 pm (34.4°) 93.956
* All times are local time for Auckland. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Auckland

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Auckland - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 1:05 pm 11:23 pm 5:47 am (74.4°) 247,642 61.3%
May 10 - 1:34 pm - 6:33 am (69.8°) 244,773 51.2%
May 11 12:26 am 2:00 pm - 7:18 am (64.3°) 241,330 40.8%
May 12 1:30 am 2:25 pm - 8:03 am (58.2°) 237,485 30.5%
May 13 2:35 am 2:51 pm - 8:48 am (51.5°) 233,502 20.7%
May 14 3:43 am 3:18 pm - 9:35 am (44.7°) 229,694 12.1%
May 15 4:55 am 3:48 pm - 10:26 am (38.1°) 226,412 5.4%
* All times are local time for Auckland. 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 Auckland This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:32 am Sat 5:10 pm Sat 11:52 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 9:34 am Sat 7:05 pm Sat 2:20 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:59 am Sat 4:16 pm Sat 10:38 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:49 am Sat 9:31 pm Sat 4:40 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:58 am Sat 3:50 pm Sat 9:54 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 8:09 am Sat 6:06 pm Sat 1:07 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:23 am Sun 3:26 pm Sun 9:25 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Auckland.

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