Darwin
Sunrise and sunset in Darwin
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Darwin, in local time. At 12.5° S, the day lasts from 11 h 24 min at the winter solstice to 12 h 52 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 06:17, sunset at 18:44.
Day length 12 h 27 min, 40 s longer than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:31, with the Sun 89° above the horizon.
Times are Darwin time (GMT+9:30).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 05:05 | 19:56 |
| Nautical twilight | 05:31 | 19:31 |
| Civil twilight | 05:56 | 19:06 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 06:17 | 18:44 |
| Golden hour | 06:17–06:46 | 18:16–18:44 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Darwin
- Longest day: December 22, 12 h 52 min, from sunrise at 06:19 to sunset at 19:10.
- Shortest day: June 21, 11 h 24 min, from sunrise at 07:06 to sunset at 18:30.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 06:35 | 19:19 | 12 h 44 min |
| February 21 | 06:47 | 19:13 | 12 h 26 min |
| March 21 | 06:50 | 18:56 | 12 h 06 min |
| April 21 | 06:52 | 18:38 | 11 h 46 min |
| May 21 | 06:58 | 18:28 | 11 h 30 min |
| June 21 | 07:06 | 18:30 | 11 h 24 min |
| July 21 | 07:08 | 18:37 | 11 h 29 min |
| August 21 | 06:57 | 18:42 | 11 h 45 min |
| September 21 | 06:37 | 18:42 | 12 h 05 min |
| October 21 | 06:18 | 18:44 | 12 h 26 min |
| November 21 | 06:10 | 18:54 | 12 h 44 min |
| December 21 | 06:18 | 19:10 | 12 h 52 min |
Good to know
- Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun meets a level horizon, allowing for the usual bending of light by the air. Hills, buildings and height shift what you see by a few minutes.
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
- Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 12.5° S, 130.8° E, and accurate to about a minute.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets