Sunset and sunrise times in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

In Nuku‘alofa, Tonga the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 18:37 and rises at 06:27. Daylight lasts 12h 10m; evening golden hour runs from 18:08 to 18:51.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light: 06:04
Sunrise: 06:27
Solar noon: 12:32
Sunset: 18:37
Last light: 19:00
Day length: 12h 10m

18h 35m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 18:08 – 18:51
Blue hour: 18:51 – 19:00
Max sun altitude: 70.0°
Moon: 🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset: 18:02 / 05:45

The sun sets at 268° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:38 Golden hour 18:08 – 18:51 Day length 12h 11m vs today 1 minute longer

Where Nuku‘alofa is

Coordinates: 21.1368° S, 175.2011° W
Time zone: Pacific/Tongatapu
Current offset: UTC+13:00
Elevation: 1 m
Population: 22,400

Sunrise and sunset in Nuku‘alofa, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Tue 1	06:28	06:50	12:40	18:31	18:54	11h 41m	+1:08	18:01–18:45	🌖 85%
Wed 2	06:27	06:49	12:40	18:31	18:54	11h 42m	+1:08	18:02–18:45	🌖 76%
Thu 3	06:26	06:48	12:40	18:32	18:54	11h 43m	+1:09	18:02–18:45	🌖 66%
Fri 4	06:25	06:47	12:40	18:32	18:54	11h 44m	+1:09	18:02–18:46	🌗 54%
Sat 5	06:24	06:46	12:39	18:32	18:55	11h 45m	+1:09	18:03–18:46	🌘 43%
Sun 6	06:23	06:46	12:39	18:32	18:55	11h 46m	+1:10	18:03–18:46	🌘 31%
Mon 7	06:22	06:45	12:39	18:33	18:55	11h 48m	+1:10	18:03–18:46	🌘 21%
Tue 8	06:21	06:44	12:38	18:33	18:55	11h 49m	+1:10	18:03–18:47	🌘 12%
Wed 9	06:21	06:43	12:38	18:33	18:55	11h 50m	+1:10	18:04–18:47	🌘 6%
Thu 10	06:20	06:42	12:37	18:33	18:56	11h 51m	+1:10	18:04–18:47	🌘 2%
Fri 11	06:19	06:41	12:37	18:34	18:56	11h 52m	+1:11	18:04–18:47	🌑 0%
Sat 12	06:18	06:40	12:37	18:34	18:56	11h 53m	+1:11	18:04–18:48	🌒 1%
Sun 13	06:17	06:39	12:36	18:34	18:56	11h 55m	+1:11	18:05–18:48	🌒 4%
Mon 14	06:16	06:38	12:36	18:34	18:57	11h 56m	+1:11	18:05–18:48	🌒 9%
Tue 15	06:15	06:37	12:36	18:35	18:57	11h 57m	+1:11	18:05–18:48	🌒 16%
Wed 16	06:14	06:36	12:35	18:35	18:57	11h 58m	+1:11	18:06–18:48	🌒 24%
Thu 17	06:13	06:35	12:35	18:35	18:57	11h 59m	+1:12	18:06–18:49	🌒 32%
Fri 18	06:12	06:34	12:35	18:35	18:58	12h 1m	+1:12	18:06–18:49	🌒 42%
Sat 19	06:11	06:33	12:34	18:36	18:58	12h 2m	+1:12	18:06–18:49	🌓 51%
Sun 20	06:10	06:32	12:34	18:36	18:58	12h 3m	+1:12	18:07–18:49	🌔 60%
Mon 21	06:09	06:31	12:34	18:36	18:58	12h 4m	+1:12	18:07–18:50	🌔 69%
Tue 22	06:08	06:30	12:33	18:36	18:59	12h 5m	+1:12	18:07–18:50	🌔 78%
Wed 23	06:07	06:29	12:33	18:37	18:59	12h 7m	+1:12	18:07–18:50	🌔 85%
Thu 24	06:06	06:29	12:33	18:37	18:59	12h 8m	+1:12	18:08–18:50	🌔 91%
Fri 25	06:05	06:28	12:32	18:37	18:59	12h 9m	+1:12	18:08–18:51	🌔 96%
Sat 26	06:04	06:27	12:32	18:37	19:00	12h 10m	+1:12	18:08–18:51	🌔 99%
Sun 27	06:03	06:26	12:31	18:38	19:00	12h 11m	+1:12	18:08–18:51	🌕 100%
Mon 28	06:03	06:25	12:31	18:38	19:00	12h 13m	+1:12	18:09–18:51	🌖 98%
Tue 29	06:02	06:24	12:31	18:38	19:00	12h 14m	+1:12	18:09–18:52	🌖 94%
Wed 30	06:01	06:23	12:30	18:38	19:01	12h 15m	+1:12	18:09–18:52	🌖 88%

More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Tue 1	05:36	06:02	06:50	18:31	19:19	19:45	12h 17m	60.5°	279° W
Wed 2	05:35	06:01	06:49	18:31	19:20	19:45	12h 16m	60.9°	278° W
Thu 3	05:34	06:00	06:48	18:32	19:20	19:46	12h 15m	61.2°	278° W
Fri 4	05:34	05:59	06:47	18:32	19:20	19:46	12h 14m	61.6°	277° W
Sat 5	05:33	05:58	06:46	18:32	19:20	19:46	12h 13m	62.0°	277° W
Sun 6	05:32	05:57	06:46	18:32	19:21	19:46	12h 12m	62.3°	277° W
Mon 7	05:31	05:57	06:45	18:33	19:21	19:47	12h 10m	62.7°	276° W
Tue 8	05:30	05:56	06:44	18:33	19:21	19:47	12h 9m	63.1°	276° W
Wed 9	05:29	05:55	06:43	18:33	19:21	19:47	12h 8m	63.5°	275° W
Thu 10	05:28	05:54	06:42	18:33	19:21	19:47	12h 7m	63.8°	275° W
Fri 11	05:27	05:53	06:41	18:34	19:22	19:47	12h 6m	64.2°	275° W
Sat 12	05:26	05:52	06:40	18:34	19:22	19:48	12h 5m	64.6°	274° W
Sun 13	05:25	05:51	06:39	18:34	19:22	19:48	12h 3m	65.0°	274° W
Mon 14	05:24	05:50	06:38	18:34	19:22	19:48	12h 2m	65.4°	273° W
Tue 15	05:23	05:49	06:37	18:35	19:23	19:48	12h 1m	65.8°	273° W
Wed 16	05:23	05:48	06:36	18:35	19:23	19:49	12h 0m	66.1°	272° W
Thu 17	05:22	05:47	06:35	18:35	19:23	19:49	11h 59m	66.5°	272° W
Fri 18	05:21	05:46	06:34	18:35	19:23	19:49	11h 57m	66.9°	272° W
Sat 19	05:20	05:45	06:33	18:36	19:24	19:49	11h 56m	67.3°	271° W
Sun 20	05:19	05:44	06:32	18:36	19:24	19:50	11h 55m	67.7°	271° W
Mon 21	05:18	05:43	06:31	18:36	19:24	19:50	11h 54m	68.1°	270° W
Tue 22	05:17	05:43	06:30	18:36	19:24	19:50	11h 53m	68.5°	270° W
Wed 23	05:16	05:42	06:29	18:37	19:25	19:50	11h 51m	68.9°	270° W
Thu 24	05:15	05:41	06:29	18:37	19:25	19:51	11h 50m	69.2°	269° W
Fri 25	05:14	05:40	06:28	18:37	19:25	19:51	11h 49m	69.6°	269° W
Sat 26	05:13	05:39	06:27	18:37	19:25	19:51	11h 48m	70.0°	268° W
Sun 27	05:12	05:38	06:26	18:38	19:26	19:52	11h 47m	70.4°	268° W
Mon 28	05:11	05:37	06:25	18:38	19:26	19:52	11h 45m	70.8°	267° W
Tue 29	05:10	05:36	06:24	18:38	19:26	19:52	11h 44m	71.2°	267° W
Wed 30	05:09	05:35	06:23	18:38	19:27	19:53	11h 43m	71.6°	267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	06:00	06:22	12:30	18:39	19:01	12h 16m	+1:12	18:09–18:52	🌖 79%
Fri 2	05:59	06:21	12:30	18:39	19:01	12h 17m	+1:12	18:10–18:53	🌖 69%
Sat 3	05:58	06:20	12:30	18:39	19:02	12h 19m	+1:12	18:10–18:53	🌖 58%
Sun 4	05:57	06:19	12:29	18:40	19:02	12h 20m	+1:12	18:10–18:53	🌗 46%
Mon 5	05:56	06:18	12:29	18:40	19:02	12h 21m	+1:12	18:10–18:53	🌘 35%
Tue 6	05:55	06:17	12:29	18:40	19:02	12h 22m	+1:12	18:11–18:54	🌘 24%
Wed 7	05:54	06:16	12:28	18:40	19:03	12h 23m	+1:12	18:11–18:54	🌘 15%
Thu 8	05:53	06:16	12:28	18:41	19:03	12h 25m	+1:12	18:11–18:54	🌘 8%
Fri 9	05:52	06:15	12:28	18:41	19:03	12h 26m	+1:12	18:12–18:55	🌘 3%
Sat 10	05:51	06:14	12:27	18:41	19:04	12h 27m	+1:12	18:12–18:55	🌘 1%
Sun 11	05:51	06:13	12:27	18:42	19:04	12h 28m	+1:12	18:12–18:55	🌑 0%
Mon 12	05:50	06:12	12:27	18:42	19:05	12h 29m	+1:11	18:13–18:56	🌒 2%
Tue 13	05:49	06:11	12:27	18:42	19:05	12h 31m	+1:11	18:13–18:56	🌒 6%
Wed 14	05:48	06:10	12:26	18:43	19:05	12h 32m	+1:11	18:13–18:57	🌒 11%
Thu 15	05:47	06:10	12:26	18:43	19:06	12h 33m	+1:11	18:13–18:57	🌒 18%
Fri 16	05:46	06:09	12:26	18:43	19:06	12h 34m	+1:11	18:14–18:57	🌒 26%
Sat 17	05:45	06:08	12:26	18:44	19:06	12h 35m	+1:10	18:14–18:58	🌒 34%
Sun 18	05:45	06:07	12:26	18:44	19:07	12h 37m	+1:10	18:15–18:58	🌒 44%
Mon 19	05:44	06:06	12:25	18:45	19:07	12h 38m	+1:10	18:15–18:58	🌓 53%
Tue 20	05:43	06:06	12:25	18:45	19:08	12h 39m	+1:10	18:15–18:59	🌔 62%
Wed 21	05:42	06:05	12:25	18:45	19:08	12h 40m	+1:09	18:16–18:59	🌔 72%
Thu 22	05:41	06:04	12:25	18:46	19:09	12h 41m	+1:09	18:16–19:00	🌔 80%
Fri 23	05:41	06:03	12:25	18:46	19:09	12h 42m	+1:09	18:16–19:00	🌔 88%
Sat 24	05:40	06:03	12:25	18:47	19:10	12h 43m	+1:08	18:17–19:01	🌔 94%
Sun 25	05:39	06:02	12:24	18:47	19:10	12h 45m	+1:08	18:17–19:01	🌔 98%
Mon 26	05:38	06:01	12:24	18:48	19:10	12h 46m	+1:08	18:18–19:02	🌕 100%
Tue 27	05:38	06:01	12:24	18:48	19:11	12h 47m	+1:07	18:18–19:02	🌖 99%
Wed 28	05:37	06:00	12:24	18:48	19:11	12h 48m	+1:07	18:18–19:03	🌖 96%
Thu 29	05:36	05:59	12:24	18:49	19:12	12h 49m	+1:06	18:19–19:03	🌖 91%
Fri 30	05:36	05:59	12:24	18:49	19:13	12h 50m	+1:06	18:19–19:04	🌖 83%
Sat 31	05:35	05:58	12:24	18:50	19:13	12h 51m	+1:05	18:20–19:04	🌖 73%

Longest and shortest day in Nuku‘alofa

The longest day falls on 22 December 2026, in 3 months, with 13h 25m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 10h 50m.

Between them the day length swings by 2h 34m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:06 on 6 June; the latest is 19:28 on 16 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:50 on 28 November to 07:18 on 6 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Nuku‘alofa different

Clock noon and solar noon are 32 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:32 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

It takes roughly 22 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 50° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Across September the sunset moves 7 minutes later, averaging about 15 seconds a day.

On 16 January and 28 November the midday sun stands at the zenith, 316 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 2 months.

Planning a sunset photo in Nuku‘alofa

Arrive by 17:53. Golden hour opens at 18:08 and the sun is down by 18:37, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 268° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:51 and runs to 19:00, the end of civil twilight and 22m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Nuku‘alofa today?

The sun sets in Nuku‘alofa at 18:37 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Nuku‘alofa?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 19:00 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Nuku‘alofa?

Evening golden hour runs 18:08 to 18:51 today, lasting 42m.