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Sunrise, Sunset & Moon Times — Queenstown

Here are today's Sun and Moon times for Queenstown, in local time: the Sun rises at 8:23 AM and sets at 5:09 PM, giving about 8h 46m of daylight. Below: every twilight phase, the golden and blue hour, and tonight's Moon.

TODAY'S SUN · QUEENSTOWN
Sunrise8:23 AM
Sunset5:09 PM
Day length8h 46m
Sun right nowup, 5°

Computed for Queenstown (-45.03°, 168.66°), shown in local time (Pacific/Auckland).

Twilight & the golden hour for Queenstown

EVENING (DUSK)
Golden hour4:20 PM – 5:30 PM
Blue hour5:30 PM – 5:43 PM
Civil dusk · Sun −6°5:43 PM
Nautical dusk · Sun −12°6:20 PM
Astronomical dusk · true dark6:56 PM
MORNING (DAWN)
Astronomical dawn · Sun −18°6:36 AM
Nautical dawn · Sun −12°7:12 AM
Civil dawn · Sun −6°7:49 AM
Sunrise · Sun −0.8°8:23 AM

Golden hour is the warm, soft light photographers love (Sun between about +6° and −4°); blue hour is the deep-blue window just after. Astronomical dusk is when the sky reaches true darkness and the faintest stars appear — the moment that matters for stargazing.

The Moon over Queenstown

Moonrise11:10 AM
Moonset7:20 PM
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illumination6%

The Moon is currently above the horizon at Queenstown. A bright Moon washes out faint stars — see the stargazing-conditions page for tonight's full verdict.

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