Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island

In Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:52 and rises at 05:36. Daylight lasts 12h 16m; evening golden hour runs from 17:24 to 18:05.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:14
Sunrise
05:36
Solar noon
11:44
Sunset
17:52
Last light
18:13
Day length
12h 16m

17h 50m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:24 – 18:05
Blue hour
18:05 – 18:13
Max sun altitude
86.2°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:07 / 17:44

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 17:52 Golden hour 17:24 – 18:05 Day length 12h 17m vs today 1 minute longer

Where Flying Fish Cove is

Coordinates
10.4217° S, 105.6791° E
Time zone
Indian/Christmas
Current offset
UTC+07:00
Elevation
135 m
Population
500

Sunrise and sunset in Flying Fish Cove, October 2026

October 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
Thu 1 05:20 05:41 11:47 17:52 18:13 12h 11m +0:34 17:25–18:05 🌖 77%
Fri 2 05:19 05:40 11:46 17:52 18:13 12h 12m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌖 67%
Sat 3 05:19 05:40 11:46 17:52 18:13 12h 12m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌗 55%
Sun 4 05:18 05:39 11:46 17:52 18:13 12h 13m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 43%
Mon 5 05:17 05:38 11:45 17:52 18:13 12h 13m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 32%
Tue 6 05:17 05:38 11:45 17:52 18:13 12h 14m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 22%
Wed 7 05:16 05:37 11:45 17:52 18:13 12h 14m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 13%
Thu 8 05:16 05:37 11:44 17:52 18:13 12h 15m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 6%
Fri 9 05:15 05:36 11:44 17:52 18:13 12h 16m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:14 05:36 11:44 17:52 18:13 12h 16m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:14 05:35 11:44 17:52 18:13 12h 17m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:13 05:35 11:43 17:52 18:14 12h 17m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌒 3%
Tue 13 05:13 05:34 11:43 17:52 18:14 12h 18m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌒 7%
Wed 14 05:12 05:33 11:43 17:52 18:14 12h 18m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌒 13%
Thu 15 05:12 05:33 11:43 17:52 18:14 12h 19m +0:34 17:24–18:05 🌒 20%
Fri 16 05:11 05:32 11:42 17:52 18:14 12h 20m +0:34 17:24–18:06 🌒 28%
Sat 17 05:11 05:32 11:42 17:53 18:14 12h 20m +0:34 17:24–18:06 🌒 37%
Sun 18 05:10 05:31 11:42 17:53 18:14 12h 21m +0:34 17:24–18:06 🌓 46%
Mon 19 05:10 05:31 11:42 17:53 18:14 12h 21m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 55%
Tue 20 05:09 05:31 11:42 17:53 18:14 12h 22m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 65%
Wed 21 05:09 05:30 11:41 17:53 18:14 12h 22m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 74%
Thu 22 05:08 05:30 11:41 17:53 18:15 12h 23m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 82%
Fri 23 05:08 05:29 11:41 17:53 18:15 12h 23m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 89%
Sat 24 05:07 05:29 11:41 17:53 18:15 12h 24m +0:33 17:25–18:06 🌔 95%
Sun 25 05:07 05:28 11:41 17:53 18:15 12h 25m +0:32 17:25–18:07 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:06 05:28 11:41 17:54 18:15 12h 25m +0:32 17:25–18:07 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:06 05:28 11:41 17:54 18:15 12h 26m +0:32 17:25–18:07 🌖 99%
Wed 28 05:06 05:27 11:41 17:54 18:16 12h 26m +0:32 17:25–18:07 🌖 95%
Thu 29 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:54 18:16 12h 27m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 89%
Fri 30 05:05 05:27 11:40 17:54 18:16 12h 27m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌖 80%
Sat 31 05:05 05:26 11:40 17:55 18:16 12h 28m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌖 70%
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Thu 1 04:31 04:55 05:41 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 47m 82.8° 267° W
Fri 2 04:30 04:55 05:40 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 47m 83.2° 266° W
Sat 3 04:30 04:54 05:40 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 46m 83.5° 266° W
Sun 4 04:29 04:53 05:39 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 46m 83.9° 265° W
Mon 5 04:28 04:53 05:38 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 45m 84.3° 265° W
Tue 6 04:28 04:52 05:38 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 45m 84.7° 265° W
Wed 7 04:27 04:52 05:37 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 44m 85.1° 264° W
Thu 8 04:26 04:51 05:37 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 43m 85.5° 264° W
Fri 9 04:26 04:50 05:36 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 43m 85.8° 263° W
Sat 10 04:25 04:50 05:36 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 42m 86.2° 263° W
Sun 11 04:24 04:49 05:35 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 42m 86.6° 263° W
Mon 12 04:24 04:49 05:35 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 41m 87.0° 262° W
Tue 13 04:23 04:48 05:34 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 41m 87.3° 262° W
Wed 14 04:23 04:47 05:33 17:52 18:38 19:03 11h 40m 87.7° 261° W
Thu 15 04:22 04:47 05:33 17:52 18:39 19:04 11h 40m 88.1° 261° W
Fri 16 04:21 04:46 05:32 17:52 18:39 19:04 11h 39m 88.5° 261° W
Sat 17 04:21 04:46 05:32 17:53 18:39 19:04 11h 38m 88.8° 260° W
Sun 18 04:20 04:45 05:31 17:53 18:39 19:04 11h 38m 89.2° 260° W
Mon 19 04:20 04:45 05:31 17:53 18:39 19:04 11h 37m 89.6° 260° W
Tue 20 04:19 04:44 05:31 17:53 18:39 19:04 11h 37m 89.9° 259° W
Wed 21 04:19 04:44 05:30 17:53 18:39 19:05 11h 36m 89.7° 259° W
Thu 22 04:18 04:43 05:30 17:53 18:40 19:05 11h 36m 89.4° 259° WSW
Fri 23 04:17 04:43 05:29 17:53 18:40 19:05 11h 35m 89.0° 258° WSW
Sat 24 04:17 04:42 05:29 17:53 18:40 19:05 11h 35m 88.7° 258° WSW
Sun 25 04:16 04:42 05:28 17:53 18:40 19:06 11h 34m 88.3° 257° WSW
Mon 26 04:16 04:41 05:28 17:54 18:40 19:06 11h 34m 88.0° 257° WSW
Tue 27 04:15 04:41 05:28 17:54 18:41 19:06 11h 33m 87.6° 257° WSW
Wed 28 04:15 04:40 05:27 17:54 18:41 19:06 11h 33m 87.3° 256° WSW
Thu 29 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:54 18:41 19:07 11h 32m 87.0° 256° WSW
Fri 30 04:14 04:40 05:27 17:54 18:41 19:07 11h 32m 86.6° 256° WSW
Sat 31 04:14 04:39 05:26 17:55 18:42 19:07 11h 31m 86.3° 255° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sun 1 05:04 05:26 11:40 17:55 18:17 12h 28m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌖 59%
Mon 2 05:04 05:26 11:40 17:55 18:17 12h 29m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌗 47%
Tue 3 05:04 05:26 11:40 17:55 18:17 12h 29m +0:30 17:26–18:09 🌘 36%
Wed 4 05:03 05:25 11:40 17:55 18:17 12h 30m +0:30 17:27–18:09 🌘 26%
Thu 5 05:03 05:25 11:40 17:56 18:18 12h 30m +0:30 17:27–18:09 🌘 17%
Fri 6 05:03 05:25 11:40 17:56 18:18 12h 31m +0:29 17:27–18:09 🌘 9%
Sat 7 05:03 05:25 11:40 17:56 18:18 12h 31m +0:29 17:27–18:10 🌘 4%
Sun 8 05:02 05:24 11:40 17:57 18:19 12h 32m +0:29 17:28–18:10 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:02 05:24 11:41 17:57 18:19 12h 32m +0:28 17:28–18:10 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:02 05:24 11:41 17:57 18:19 12h 33m +0:28 17:28–18:11 🌒 1%
Wed 11 05:02 05:24 11:41 17:58 18:20 12h 33m +0:28 17:28–18:11 🌒 4%
Thu 12 05:02 05:24 11:41 17:58 18:20 12h 34m +0:27 17:29–18:12 🌒 8%
Fri 13 05:02 05:24 11:41 17:58 18:21 12h 34m +0:27 17:29–18:12 🌒 14%
Sat 14 05:01 05:24 11:41 17:59 18:21 12h 34m +0:26 17:29–18:12 🌒 21%
Sun 15 05:01 05:24 11:41 17:59 18:21 12h 35m +0:26 17:30–18:13 🌒 29%
Mon 16 05:01 05:24 11:41 17:59 18:22 12h 35m +0:26 17:30–18:13 🌒 38%
Tue 17 05:01 05:24 11:42 18:00 18:22 12h 36m +0:25 17:30–18:14 🌓 48%
Wed 18 05:01 05:24 11:42 18:00 18:23 12h 36m +0:25 17:31–18:14 🌔 58%
Thu 19 05:01 05:24 11:42 18:01 18:23 12h 37m +0:24 17:31–18:14 🌔 68%
Fri 20 05:01 05:24 11:42 18:01 18:24 12h 37m +0:24 17:32–18:15 🌔 77%
Sat 21 05:01 05:24 11:43 18:01 18:24 12h 37m +0:23 17:32–18:15 🌔 85%
Sun 22 05:01 05:24 11:43 18:02 18:24 12h 38m +0:22 17:32–18:16 🌔 92%
Mon 23 05:01 05:24 11:43 18:02 18:25 12h 38m +0:22 17:33–18:16 🌔 97%
Tue 24 05:01 05:24 11:43 18:03 18:25 12h 38m +0:21 17:33–18:17 🌔 100%
Wed 25 05:01 05:24 11:44 18:03 18:26 12h 39m +0:21 17:34–18:17 🌕 100%
Thu 26 05:02 05:24 11:44 18:04 18:26 12h 39m +0:20 17:34–18:18 🌖 97%
Fri 27 05:02 05:24 11:44 18:04 18:27 12h 39m +0:19 17:34–18:18 🌖 91%
Sat 28 05:02 05:25 11:45 18:05 18:28 12h 40m +0:19 17:35–18:19 🌖 84%
Sun 29 05:02 05:25 11:45 18:05 18:28 12h 40m +0:18 17:35–18:19 🌖 74%
Mon 30 05:02 05:25 11:45 18:06 18:29 12h 40m +0:18 17:36–18:20 🌖 64%

Longest and shortest day in Flying Fish Cove

The longest day falls on 22 December 2026, in 2 months, with 12h 44m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 11h 30m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 13m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:41 on 29 May; the latest is 18:27 on 26 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 05:24 on 18 November to 06:16 on 13 July.

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

What makes sunsets in Flying Fish Cove different

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 10.4°S accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Between solstices the sunset walks 48° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.

Being inside the tropics means two zenith passages a year, 22 February and 21 October, when the sun is straight up at solar noon rather than merely high. The next one is in 11 days.

The times barely move this week: the longest day of the year falls on 21 December, in 2 months, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 1 minutes later over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Flying Fish Cove

Arrive by 17:09. Golden hour opens at 17:24 and the sun is down by 17:52, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° 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 18:05 and runs to 18:13, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Flying Fish Cove today?

The sun sets in Flying Fish Cove at 17:52 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Flying Fish Cove?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:13 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Flying Fish Cove?

Evening golden hour runs 17:24 to 18:05 today, lasting 40m.