sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Christchurch, New Zealand (Canterbury, Christchurch City).
Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-06, 02:15 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland
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All times are shown in Christchurch local time.
Solar noon
Today will be at: 12:26 (remaining time: +10h 11m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 30.1°.
Day Length: 9h 59m 29s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 07:26:23 | 12:26:07 | 17:25:52 |
| Azimuth | 68° | 0° | 292.2° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
9h 59m 29s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 900 424 km
93 765 176 mi
Christchurch ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 209 895 km
93 336 102 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT+12:00 |
| Latitude: | -43.53333° |
| Longitude: | 172.63333° |
| Country: | New Zealand Canterbury |
| Population: | 363 926 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 05:48:31 | 5h 48m 31s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 05:48:31 | 06:22:01 | 33m 30s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 06:22:01 | 06:56:11 | 34m 10s | |
| Civil Twilight | 06:56:11 | 07:26:23 | 30m 12s | |
| Daylight | 07:26:23 | 17:25:52 | 9h 59m 29s | |
| Civil Twilight | 17:25:52 | 17:56:03 | 30m 11s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 17:56:03 | 18:30:14 | 34m 11s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 18:30:14 | 19:03:44 | 33m 30s | |
| Night | 19:03:44 | 23:59:59 | 4h 56m 15s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: -54.3° (
02:15)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 131.3° (
02:15)
Solar noon
| Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow | |||
| date: | 2026-05-04 | 2026-05-05 | 2026-05-06 | 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-08 |
| Day: | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Sunrise: | 07:24:08 | 07:25:15 | 07:26:23 | 07:27:30 | 07:28:37 |
| Solar noon: | 12:26:18 | 12:26:12 | 12:26:07 | 12:26:03 | 12:25:59 |
| Sunset: | 17:28:28 | 17:27:09 | 17:25:52 | 17:24:36 | 17:23:22 |
| Day Length: | 10h 4m 20s | 10h 1m 54s | 9h 59m 29s | 9h 57m 6s | 9h 54m 45s |
Christchurch sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):