Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island

In Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island the sun sets today, Wednesday 26 August, at 17:54 and rises at 06:03. Daylight lasts 11h 51m; evening golden hour runs from 17:26 to 18:08.

Today, Wednesday 26 August

First light
05:42
Sunrise
06:03
Solar noon
11:59
Sunset
17:54
Last light
18:16
Day length
11h 51m

16h 34m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:26 – 18:08
Blue hour
18:08 – 18:16
Max sun altitude
69.2°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:22 / 04:31

The sun sets at 280° — face west

Tomorrow, Thursday 27 August

Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:54 Golden hour 17:26 – 18:08 Day length 11h 51m 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, August 2026

August 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
Sat 1 05:51 06:13 12:03 17:53 18:15 11h 39m +0:24 17:24–18:07 🌖 94%
Sun 2 05:51 06:13 12:03 17:53 18:15 11h 40m +0:24 17:24–18:07 🌖 88%
Mon 3 05:51 06:13 12:03 17:53 18:15 11h 40m +0:25 17:24–18:07 🌖 80%
Tue 4 05:51 06:13 12:03 17:53 18:15 11h 40m +0:25 17:24–18:07 🌖 70%
Wed 5 05:50 06:12 12:03 17:54 18:16 11h 41m +0:25 17:24–18:07 🌖 59%
Thu 6 05:50 06:12 12:03 17:54 18:16 11h 41m +0:26 17:25–18:07 🌗 48%
Fri 7 05:50 06:12 12:03 17:54 18:16 11h 42m +0:26 17:25–18:07 🌘 36%
Sat 8 05:49 06:11 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 42m +0:26 17:25–18:07 🌘 26%
Sun 9 05:49 06:11 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 43m +0:27 17:25–18:07 🌘 16%
Mon 10 05:49 06:10 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 43m +0:27 17:25–18:07 🌘 8%
Tue 11 05:48 06:10 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 44m +0:27 17:25–18:07 🌘 3%
Wed 12 05:48 06:10 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 44m +0:28 17:25–18:08 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:48 06:09 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 44m +0:28 17:25–18:08 🌒 0%
Fri 14 05:47 06:09 12:02 17:54 18:16 11h 45m +0:28 17:26–18:08 🌒 3%
Sat 15 05:47 06:08 12:01 17:54 18:16 11h 45m +0:29 17:26–18:08 🌒 8%
Sun 16 05:46 06:08 12:01 17:54 18:16 11h 46m +0:29 17:26–18:08 🌒 15%
Mon 17 05:46 06:08 12:01 17:54 18:16 11h 46m +0:29 17:26–18:08 🌒 23%
Tue 18 05:46 06:07 12:01 17:54 18:16 11h 47m +0:29 17:26–18:08 🌒 32%
Wed 19 05:45 06:07 12:00 17:54 18:16 11h 47m +0:30 17:26–18:08 🌒 41%
Thu 20 05:45 06:06 12:00 17:54 18:16 11h 48m +0:30 17:26–18:08 🌓 51%
Fri 21 05:44 06:06 12:00 17:55 18:16 11h 48m +0:30 17:26–18:08 🌔 60%
Sat 22 05:44 06:05 12:00 17:55 18:16 11h 49m +0:30 17:26–18:08 🌔 69%
Sun 23 05:43 06:05 12:00 17:55 18:16 11h 49m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌔 77%
Mon 24 05:43 06:04 11:59 17:55 18:16 11h 50m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌔 85%
Tue 25 05:42 06:04 11:59 17:54 18:16 11h 50m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌔 91%
Wed 26 05:42 06:03 11:59 17:54 18:16 11h 51m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌔 96%
Thu 27 05:41 06:03 11:58 17:54 18:16 11h 51m +0:31 17:26–18:08 🌔 99%
Fri 28 05:41 06:02 11:58 17:54 18:16 11h 52m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:40 06:01 11:58 17:54 18:16 11h 52m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 99%
Sun 30 05:40 06:01 11:58 17:54 18:16 11h 53m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 96%
Mon 31 05:39 06:00 11:57 17:54 18:16 11h 54m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 91%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 05:00 05:26 06:13 17:53 18:41 19:06 12h 20m 61.6° 288° WNW
Sun 2 05:00 05:26 06:13 17:53 18:41 19:06 12h 19m 61.8° 288° WNW
Mon 3 05:00 05:25 06:13 17:53 18:41 19:06 12h 19m 62.1° 288° WNW
Tue 4 05:00 05:25 06:13 17:53 18:41 19:06 12h 18m 62.3° 287° WNW
Wed 5 05:00 05:25 06:12 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 18m 62.6° 287° WNW
Thu 6 04:59 05:25 06:12 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 17m 62.9° 287° WNW
Fri 7 04:59 05:24 06:12 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 17m 63.2° 286° WNW
Sat 8 04:59 05:24 06:11 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 16m 63.4° 286° WNW
Sun 9 04:59 05:24 06:11 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 16m 63.7° 286° WNW
Mon 10 04:58 05:24 06:10 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 16m 64.0° 286° WNW
Tue 11 04:58 05:23 06:10 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 15m 64.3° 285° WNW
Wed 12 04:58 05:23 06:10 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 15m 64.6° 285° WNW
Thu 13 04:58 05:23 06:09 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 14m 64.9° 285° WNW
Fri 14 04:57 05:22 06:09 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 14m 65.2° 284° WNW
Sat 15 04:57 05:22 06:08 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 13m 65.5° 284° WNW
Sun 16 04:57 05:21 06:08 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 13m 65.9° 284° WNW
Mon 17 04:56 05:21 06:08 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 12m 66.2° 283° WNW
Tue 18 04:56 05:21 06:07 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 12m 66.5° 283° WNW
Wed 19 04:55 05:20 06:07 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 11m 66.8° 283° WNW
Thu 20 04:55 05:20 06:06 17:54 18:41 19:06 12h 11m 67.1° 282° WNW
Fri 21 04:55 05:19 06:06 17:55 18:41 19:06 12h 10m 67.5° 282° WNW
Sat 22 04:54 05:19 06:05 17:55 18:41 19:05 12h 10m 67.8° 282° WNW
Sun 23 04:54 05:18 06:05 17:55 18:41 19:05 12h 9m 68.1° 281° WNW
Mon 24 04:53 05:18 06:04 17:55 18:41 19:05 12h 9m 68.5° 281° W
Tue 25 04:53 05:17 06:04 17:54 18:41 19:05 12h 8m 68.8° 281° W
Wed 26 04:52 05:17 06:03 17:54 18:41 19:05 12h 8m 69.2° 280° W
Thu 27 04:52 05:17 06:03 17:54 18:40 19:05 12h 7m 69.5° 280° W
Fri 28 04:51 05:16 06:02 17:54 18:40 19:05 12h 6m 69.9° 280° W
Sat 29 04:51 05:15 06:01 17:54 18:40 19:05 12h 6m 70.2° 279° W
Sun 30 04:50 05:15 06:01 17:54 18:40 19:05 12h 5m 70.6° 279° W
Mon 31 04:50 05:14 06:00 17:54 18:40 19:05 12h 5m 70.9° 279° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:38 06:00 11:57 17:54 18:15 11h 54m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 83%
Wed 2 05:38 05:59 11:57 17:54 18:15 11h 55m +0:32 17:26–18:07 🌖 74%
Thu 3 05:37 05:58 11:56 17:54 18:15 11h 55m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌖 63%
Fri 4 05:37 05:58 11:56 17:54 18:15 11h 56m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌗 51%
Sat 5 05:36 05:57 11:56 17:54 18:15 11h 56m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 40%
Sun 6 05:36 05:57 11:55 17:54 18:15 11h 57m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 28%
Mon 7 05:35 05:56 11:55 17:54 18:15 11h 57m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 18%
Tue 8 05:34 05:55 11:55 17:54 18:15 11h 58m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 10%
Wed 9 05:34 05:55 11:54 17:54 18:15 11h 58m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 4%
Thu 10 05:33 05:54 11:54 17:54 18:15 11h 59m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:33 05:54 11:54 17:54 18:15 12h 0m +0:33 17:26–18:07 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:32 05:53 11:53 17:54 18:15 12h 0m +0:34 17:26–18:06 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:31 05:52 11:53 17:54 18:15 12h 1m +0:34 17:26–18:06 🌒 5%
Mon 14 05:31 05:52 11:52 17:53 18:14 12h 1m +0:34 17:26–18:06 🌒 11%
Tue 15 05:30 05:51 11:52 17:53 18:14 12h 2m +0:34 17:26–18:06 🌒 18%
Wed 16 05:29 05:50 11:52 17:53 18:14 12h 2m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌒 26%
Thu 17 05:29 05:50 11:51 17:53 18:14 12h 3m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌒 35%
Fri 18 05:28 05:49 11:51 17:53 18:14 12h 4m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌒 44%
Sat 19 05:27 05:48 11:51 17:53 18:14 12h 4m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌓 53%
Sun 20 05:27 05:48 11:50 17:53 18:14 12h 5m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 63%
Mon 21 05:26 05:47 11:50 17:53 18:14 12h 5m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 71%
Tue 22 05:26 05:47 11:50 17:53 18:14 12h 6m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 80%
Wed 23 05:25 05:46 11:49 17:53 18:14 12h 6m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 87%
Thu 24 05:24 05:45 11:49 17:53 18:14 12h 7m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 93%
Fri 25 05:24 05:45 11:49 17:53 18:14 12h 8m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 97%
Sat 26 05:23 05:44 11:48 17:53 18:14 12h 8m +0:34 17:25–18:06 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:22 05:43 11:48 17:53 18:14 12h 9m +0:34 17:25–18:05 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:22 05:43 11:48 17:53 18:14 12h 9m +0:34 17:25–18:05 🌖 98%
Tue 29 05:21 05:42 11:47 17:52 18:14 12h 10m +0:34 17:25–18:05 🌖 93%
Wed 30 05:20 05:42 11:47 17:52 18:13 12h 10m +0:34 17:25–18:05 🌖 86%

Longest and shortest day in Flying Fish Cove

The longest day falls on 22 December 2026, in 4 months, with 12h 44m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 2 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 8 weeks.

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

Planning a sunset photo in Flying Fish Cove

Arrive by 17:11. Golden hour opens at 17:26 and the sun is down by 17:54, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 280° 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 18:08 and runs to 18:16, 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 17:54 today, Wednesday 26 August 2026.

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

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:16 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Flying Fish Cove?

Evening golden hour runs 17:26 to 18:08 today, lasting 41m.