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Nuku'alofa, Tonga — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.7%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 6:17:31 pm
Sunrise Today: 7:01 am 72° East
Sunset Today: 6:13 pm 288° West
Moonset Today: 12:51 pm 248° West
Daylight Hours: 11 hours, 12 minutes (-54s)

Today's Sun Position in Nuku'alofa

Time: 6:17 pm
Altitude: -1.0°
Direction: 288° W
Phase: Civil Twilight

Day length today: 11h 12m 8s (May 9, 2026)

54 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

21 minutes, 24 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

2 hours, 13 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Nuku'alofa Today

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Night 12:00 am – 5:44 am
Astro. Twilight 5:44 am – 6:11 am
Nautical Twilight 6:11 am – 6:37 am
Civil Twilight 6:37 am – 7:01 am
Daylight 7:01 am – 6:13 pm
Civil Twilight 6:13 pm – 6:36 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:36 pm – 7:03 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:03 pm – 7:29 pm
Night 7:29 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Nuku'alofa - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 7:01 am 6:13 pm 11:12:08 −0:54 12:37 pm (51.6°) 93.827
May 10 7:01 am 6:12 pm 11:11:15 −0:53 12:37 pm (51.3°) 93.849
May 11 7:01 am 6:12 pm 11:10:22 −0:52 12:37 pm (51.1°) 93.871
May 12 7:02 am 6:11 pm 11:09:30 −0:51 12:37 pm (50.8°) 93.893
May 13 7:02 am 6:11 pm 11:08:39 −0:50 12:37 pm (50.5°) 93.914
May 14 7:03 am 6:10 pm 11:07:49 −0:50 12:37 pm (50.3°) 93.935
May 15 7:03 am 6:10 pm 11:07:00 −0:49 12:37 pm (50.1°) 93.956
* All times are local time for Nuku'alofa. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Nuku'alofa

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Nuku'alofa - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 - 12:51 pm - 6:06 am (89.5°) 247,713 61.6%
May 10 12:11 am 1:29 pm - 6:52 am (85.9°) 244,861 51.5%
May 11 1:05 am 2:04 pm - 7:37 am (80.4°) 241,432 41.1%
May 12 1:59 am 2:39 pm - 8:21 am (74.3°) 237,595 30.7%
May 13 2:54 am 3:14 pm - 9:07 am (67.7°) 233,613 21.0%
May 14 3:52 am 3:51 pm - 9:54 am (60.8°) 229,794 12.3%
May 15 4:53 am 4:31 pm - 10:44 am (54.2°) 226,494 5.6%
* All times are local time for Nuku'alofa. 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 Nuku'alofa This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sun 6:36 am Sun 5:54 pm Sun 12:15 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 9:16 am Sat 8:03 pm Sat 2:40 pm Good visibility
Mars Sun 5:07 am Sun 4:46 pm Sun 10:56 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 11:34 am Sat 10:25 pm Sat 5:00 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sun 4:12 am Sun 4:09 pm Sun 10:10 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 7:58 am Sat 6:57 pm Sat 1:27 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sun 3:43 am Sun 3:46 pm Sun 9:45 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Nuku'alofa.

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