Sunrise and sunset in Wantirna South

The sun comes up at 6:10 am and goes down at 6:14 pm in Wantirna South today, 12 h 04 min of daylight. Drag the sun across the sky to see where it will be at any minute. Another city.

Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia

Monday, September 21

Sunrise6:10 am
Sunset6:14 pm

9:40 pm the sun is night, 39 degrees below the horizon

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WANTIRNA SOUTH 37.88 S 145.22 E DAY 12 H 04 MIN UTC+10

Today, hour by hour

First light
4:43 am astronomical dawn
Nautical dawn
5:14 am horizon becomes visible
Dawn
5:44 am civil twilight begins
Sunrise
6:10 am
Golden hour
5:54 am to 6:45 am morning
Solar noon
12:12 pm sun 51 degrees up
Golden hour
5:39 pm to 6:30 pm evening
Sunset
6:14 pm
Dusk
6:40 pm civil twilight ends
Nautical dusk
7:11 pm
Last light
7:42 pm astronomical dusk, full dark
Day length
12 h 04 min +2 min 25 s vs yesterday

The next thirty days

DaySunriseSunsetDay lengthChange
Today6:10 am6:14 pm12 h 04 min+2 min 25 s
Tomorrow6:09 am6:15 pm12 h 06 min+2 min 25 s
Wed, Sep 236:07 am6:16 pm12 h 08 min+2 min 25 s
Thu, Sep 246:06 am6:17 pm12 h 11 min+2 min 25 s
Fri, Sep 256:04 am6:17 pm12 h 13 min+2 min 26 s
Sat, Sep 266:03 am6:18 pm12 h 16 min+2 min 26 s
Sun, Sep 276:01 am6:19 pm12 h 18 min+2 min 26 s
Mon, Sep 285:59 am6:20 pm12 h 21 min+2 min 26 s
Tue, Sep 295:58 am6:21 pm12 h 23 min+2 min 26 s
Wed, Sep 305:56 am6:22 pm12 h 25 min+2 min 26 s
Thu, Oct 15:55 am6:23 pm12 h 28 min+2 min 26 s
Fri, Oct 25:53 am6:24 pm12 h 30 min+2 min 26 s
Sat, Oct 35:52 am6:24 pm12 h 33 min+2 min 26 s
Sun, Oct 46:50 am7:25 pm12 h 35 min+2 min 26 s
Mon, Oct 56:49 am7:26 pm12 h 38 min+2 min 26 s
Tue, Oct 66:47 am7:27 pm12 h 40 min+2 min 26 s
Wed, Oct 76:46 am7:28 pm12 h 42 min+2 min 25 s
Thu, Oct 86:44 am7:29 pm12 h 45 min+2 min 25 s
Fri, Oct 96:43 am7:30 pm12 h 47 min+2 min 25 s
Sat, Oct 106:41 am7:31 pm12 h 50 min+2 min 25 s
Sun, Oct 116:40 am7:32 pm12 h 52 min+2 min 25 s
Mon, Oct 126:38 am7:33 pm12 h 55 min+2 min 24 s
Tue, Oct 136:37 am7:34 pm12 h 57 min+2 min 24 s
Wed, Oct 146:35 am7:35 pm12 h 59 min+2 min 24 s
Thu, Oct 156:34 am7:36 pm13 h 02 min+2 min 24 s
Fri, Oct 166:33 am7:37 pm13 h 04 min+2 min 23 s
Sat, Oct 176:31 am7:38 pm13 h 06 min+2 min 23 s
Sun, Oct 186:30 am7:39 pm13 h 09 min+2 min 22 s
Mon, Oct 196:28 am7:40 pm13 h 11 min+2 min 22 s
Tue, Oct 206:27 am7:41 pm13 h 14 min+2 min 21 s

Reading the sky band

The band is one day in Wantirna South, midnight to midnight, in its own local time. The curve is the sun's height: above the line it is up, below it is not. The dark bands are the three twilights and night; the lighter stripe either side of sunrise and sunset is the golden hour, and the thin cool stripe after it is the blue hour. Drag the sun to any minute and the readout says how high it is and which way to look.

Dawn, sunrise, dusk and the three twilights

Sunrise and sunset are when the top edge of the sun meets a flat horizon, with refraction bending the light so it shows up a little early and lingers a little late (the sun's centre is 0.833 degrees below the horizon at that moment). Civil twilight is the sun within 6 degrees below: bright enough to work outside without lights. Nautical twilight runs to 12 degrees, when sailors could still see the horizon to shoot a star. Astronomical twilight runs to 18 degrees; after that the sky is as dark as it gets.

Why the times drift

Day length in Wantirna South changes fastest around the equinoxes in March and September and stalls at the solstices in June and December. The change column in the table is today against yesterday, so you can watch the evenings draw in or stretch out. Hills, buildings and haze at your actual horizon shift the real moment by a minute or several; these are the times for a flat, clear horizon at sea level.

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