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Rarotonga, Cook Islands — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 99.9%
Full Moon
Current Time: May 23, 2024 at 1:17:59 am
Sunrise Today: 7:05 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 6:05 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 6:20 pm 118° Southeast
Moonset Today: 7:21 am 243° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 11 hours (-39s)
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Today's Sun Position in Rarotonga

Time:1:17 am
Altitude:-80.2°
Direction:91° E
Phase:Night

Day length today: 10h 59m 47s (May 23, 2024)

39 seconds shorter than yesterday (May 22, 2024)

9 minutes, 25 seconds longer than winter solstice (Jun 21, 2023)

2 hours, 26 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Dec 21, 2023)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Rarotonga Today

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Night12:00 am – 5:48 am
Astro. Twilight5:48 am – 6:14 am
Nautical Twilight6:14 am – 6:42 am
Civil Twilight6:42 am – 7:05 am
Daylight7:05 am – 6:05 pm
Civil Twilight6:05 pm – 6:29 pm
Nautical Twilight6:29 pm – 6:56 pm
Astro. Twilight6:56 pm – 7:23 pm
Night7:23 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Rarotonga - Next 7 Days

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2024Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthSolar Noon
MaySunriseSunsetLengthDiff.TimeMil. mi
May 237:05 am6:05 pm10:59:47−0:3912:35 pm (48.0°)94.129
May 247:06 am6:05 pm10:59:08−0:3812:36 pm (47.8°)94.146
May 257:06 am6:05 pm10:58:31−0:3712:36 pm (47.6°)94.163
May 267:07 am6:05 pm10:57:55−0:3512:36 pm (47.4°)94.179
May 277:07 am6:04 pm10:57:21−0:3412:36 pm (47.3°)94.196
May 287:08 am6:04 pm10:56:47−0:3312:36 pm (47.1°)94.212
May 297:08 am6:04 pm10:56:15−0:3212:36 pm (47.0°)94.228
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Rarotonga

Year 2024 Moon Phases

Moon in Rarotonga - Next 7 days

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2024Moonrise/MoonsetMeridian Passing
MayMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseTimeDistance (mi)Illumination
May 23-7:21 am6:20 pm12:25 am(87.2°)243,06199.9%
May 24-8:21 am7:12 pm1:19 am(84.2°)240,73999.0%
May 25-9:20 am8:11 pm2:16 am(82.8°)238,49895.7%
May 26-10:18 am9:13 pm3:15 am(83.1°)236,40990.2%
May 27-11:10 am10:17 pm4:13 am(85.4°)234,51582.4%
May 28-11:57 am11:20 pm5:10 am(89.2°)232,83472.9%
May 29-12:40 pm-6:03 am(85.5°)231,38062.0%
* All times are local time for Rarotonga. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Rarotonga This Coming Night

 Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, May 23, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryThu 5:27 amThu 4:53 pmThu 11:10 amAverage visibility
VenusThu 6:52 amThu 5:53 pmThu 12:23 pmSlightly difficult to see
MarsThu 3:45 amThu 3:31 pmThu 9:38 amAverage visibility
JupiterThu 6:50 amThu 5:51 pmThu 12:20 pmVery difficult to see
SaturnThu 1:40 amThu 2:02 pmThu 7:51 amAverage visibility
UranusThu 6:24 amThu 5:28 pmThu 11:56 amExtremely difficult to see
NeptuneThu 2:28 amThu 2:35 pmThu 8:31 amVery difficult to see
* All times are local time for Rarotonga.

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