Nelson, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-15, 05:11 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:31 (remaining time: +7h 20m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 34.5°. Day Length: 10h 27m 38s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:17:38	12:31:27	17:45:16
Azimuth	71.8°	0°	288.2°
Day Length		10h 27m 38s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 523 552 km
94 152 370 mi
Nelson ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 830 488 km
93 721 720 mi

Nelson on map:

Nelson

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+12:00
Latitude:	-41.27078°
Longitude:	173.28404°
Country:	New Zealand
Population:	59 200

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Nelson

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:44:29	5h 44m 29s
Astronomical Twilight	05:44:29	06:16:36	32m 7s
Nautical Twilight	06:16:36	06:49:07	32m 31s
Civil Twilight	06:49:07	07:17:38	28m 31s
Daylight	07:17:38	17:45:16	10h 27m 38s
Civil Twilight	17:45:16	18:13:47	28m 31s
Nautical Twilight	18:13:47	18:46:18	32m 31s
Astronomical Twilight	18:46:18	19:18:25	32m 7s
Night	19:18:25	23:59:59	4h 41m 34s

Nelson Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -24.4° ( 05:11)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 92.1° ( 05:11)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-13	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Sunrise:	07:20:21	07:19:00	07:17:38	07:16:15	07:14:51
Solar noon:	12:31:49	12:31:38	12:31:27	12:31:15	12:31:03
Sunset:	17:43:18	17:44:17	17:45:16	17:46:15	17:47:14
Day Length:	10h 22m 57s	10h 25m 17s	10h 27m 38s	10h 30m 0s	10h 32m 23s

Nelson sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):