Nelson, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson City). Current time: Saturday, 2026-04-18, 02:11 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . All times are shown in Nelson local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:26 (remaining time: +10h 14m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 38.1°. Day Length: 10h 52m 29s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:00:04	12:26:18	17:52:33
Azimuth	76.6°	0°	283.6°
Day Length		10h 52m 29s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 192 798 km
93 325 478 mi
Nelson ↔ Sun, nearest point: 149 502 083 km
92 896 287 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	05:28:00	5h 28m 0s
Astronomical Twilight	05:28:00	05:59:57	31m 57s
Nautical Twilight	05:59:57	06:32:06	32m 9s
Civil Twilight	06:32:06	07:00:04	27m 58s
Daylight	07:00:04	17:52:33	10h 52m 29s
Civil Twilight	17:52:33	18:20:31	27m 58s
Nautical Twilight	18:20:31	18:52:40	32m 9s
Astronomical Twilight	18:52:40	19:24:37	31m 57s
Night	19:24:37	23:59:59	4h 35m 22s

Nelson Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -51.5° ( 02:11)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 135.6° ( 02:11)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19	2026-04-20
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Sunrise:	06:57:57	06:59:01	07:00:04	07:01:07	07:02:11
Solar noon:	12:26:46	12:26:32	12:26:18	12:26:05	12:25:52
Sunset:	17:55:35	17:54:03	17:52:33	17:51:03	17:49:34
Day Length:	10h 57m 38s	10h 55m 2s	10h 52m 29s	10h 49m 56s	10h 47m 23s

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