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Sunrise, Sunset & Moon Times — Wellington

Here are today's Sun and Moon times for Wellington, in local time: the Sun rises at 7:46 AM and sets at 4:57 PM, giving about 9h 11m of daylight. Below: every twilight phase, the golden and blue hour, and tonight's Moon.

TODAY'S SUN · WELLINGTON
Sunrise7:46 AM
Sunset4:57 PM
Day length9h 11m
Sun right nowup, 4°

Computed for Wellington (-41.29°, 174.78°), shown in local time (Pacific/Auckland).

Twilight & the golden hour for Wellington

EVENING (DUSK)
Golden hour4:13 PM – 5:17 PM
Blue hour5:17 PM – 5:29 PM
Civil dusk · Sun −6°5:29 PM
Nautical dusk · Sun −12°6:03 PM
Astronomical dusk · true dark6:37 PM
MORNING (DAWN)
Astronomical dawn · Sun −18°6:06 AM
Nautical dawn · Sun −12°6:39 AM
Civil dawn · Sun −6°7:14 AM
Sunrise · Sun −0.8°7:46 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 Wellington

Moonrise10:35 AM
Moonset7:05 PM
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illumination6%

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

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