sun .5deg.comSunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson City).
Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 20:56 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland
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All times are shown in Nelson local time.
Solar noon
Today was at: 12:23 (elapsed time: -8h 33m),
Maximal altitude of Sun: 28.7°.
Day Length: 9h 39m 50s (time between sunrise and sunset).
| Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | |
| Time | 07:33:31 | 12:23:26 | 17:13:21 |
| Azimuth | 63.7° | 0° | 296.5° |
| Day Length | ![]() |
9h 39m 50s | ![]() |
Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 419 966 km
94 088 005 mi
Nelson ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 728 490 km
93 658 341 mi

| Local timezone: | GMT+12:00 |
| Latitude: | -41.27078° |
| Longitude: | 173.28404° |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Population: | 59 200 |
| Zone Type | Start | End | Length | |
| Night | 00:00:00 | 05:56:48 | 5h 56m 48s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 05:56:48 | 06:29:42 | 32m 54s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 06:29:42 | 07:03:29 | 33m 47s | |
| Civil Twilight | 07:03:29 | 07:33:31 | 30m 2s | |
| Daylight | 07:33:31 | 17:13:21 | 9h 39m 50s | |
| Civil Twilight | 17:13:21 | 17:43:24 | 30m 3s | |
| Nautical Twilight | 17:43:24 | 18:17:10 | 33m 46s | |
| Astronomical Twilight | 18:17:10 | 18:50:04 | 32m 54s | |
| Night | 18:50:04 | 23:59:59 | 5h 9m 55s |
Altitude
0-24, Current: -41.5° (
20:56)
Azimuth
0-24, Current: 260.5° (
20:56)
Solar noon
| Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow | |||
| date: | 2026-05-19 | 2026-05-20 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-22 | 2026-05-23 |
| Day: | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| Sunrise: | 07:31:41 | 07:32:36 | 07:33:31 | 07:34:26 | 07:35:19 |
| Solar noon: | 12:23:20 | 12:23:23 | 12:23:26 | 12:23:30 | 12:23:35 |
| Sunset: | 17:14:59 | 17:14:09 | 17:13:21 | 17:12:35 | 17:11:51 |
| Day Length: | 9h 43m 18s | 9h 41m 33s | 9h 39m 50s | 9h 38m 9s | 9h 36m 32s |
Nelson sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):