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Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.9%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 4:51:07 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:02 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 5:20 pm 291° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 11:15 pm 113° Southeast
Moonset Today: 1:01 pm 244° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 10 hours, 18 minutes (-1m 51s)

Today's Sun Position in Tauranga

Time: 4:51 pm
Altitude: 4.6°
Direction: 296° NW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 10h 17m 35s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 51 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

44 minutes, 23 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

4 hours, 29 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Tauranga Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:32 am
Astro. Twilight 5:32 am – 6:03 am
Nautical Twilight 6:03 am – 6:35 am
Civil Twilight 6:35 am – 7:02 am
Daylight 7:02 am – 5:20 pm
Civil Twilight 5:20 pm – 5:48 pm
Nautical Twilight 5:48 pm – 6:19 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:19 pm – 6:50 pm
Night 6:50 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Tauranga - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 7:02 am 5:20 pm 10:17:35 −1:51 12:11 pm (35.0°) 93.827
May 10 7:03 am 5:19 pm 10:15:45 −1:49 12:11 pm (34.8°) 93.850
May 11 7:04 am 5:18 pm 10:13:57 −1:48 12:11 pm (34.5°) 93.872
May 12 7:05 am 5:17 pm 10:12:10 −1:46 12:11 pm (34.3°) 93.893
May 13 7:06 am 5:16 pm 10:10:25 −1:44 12:11 pm (34.0°) 93.915
May 14 7:07 am 5:15 pm 10:08:42 −1:43 12:11 pm (33.8°) 93.936
May 15 7:07 am 5:14 pm 10:07:01 −1:41 12:11 pm (33.5°) 93.956
* All times are local time for Tauranga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Tauranga

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Tauranga - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 1:01 pm 11:15 pm 5:41 am (73.5°) 247,652 61.3%
May 10 - 1:29 pm - 6:28 am (69.0°) 244,785 51.3%
May 11 12:19 am 1:55 pm - 7:13 am (63.5°) 241,344 40.8%
May 12 1:24 am 2:20 pm - 7:57 am (57.3°) 237,500 30.5%
May 13 2:29 am 2:45 pm - 8:42 am (50.7°) 233,518 20.7%
May 14 3:38 am 3:11 pm - 9:29 am (43.9°) 229,708 12.2%
May 15 4:50 am 3:41 pm - 10:20 am (37.3°) 226,423 5.5%
* All times are local time for Tauranga. 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 Tauranga This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 6:28 am Sat 5:03 pm Sat 11:46 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 9:31 am Sat 6:57 pm Sat 2:14 pm Good visibility
Mars Sun 4:54 am Sun 4:08 pm Sun 10:31 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:45 am Sat 9:23 pm Sat 4:34 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sun 3:49 am Sun 3:40 pm Sun 9:45 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 8:05 am Sat 5:58 pm Sat 1:02 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:18 am Sun 3:20 pm Sun 9:19 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Tauranga.

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