Nelson, New Zealand Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Nelson, New Zealand (Nelson City). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 20:56 (GMT+12:00) Pacific/Auckland . 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

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	05:56:48	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

Nelson Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -41.5° ( 20:56)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 260.5° ( 20:56)

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		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):