Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Tarawa, Kiribati

In Tarawa, Kiribati the sun sets today, Wednesday 26 August, at 18:34 and rises at 06:25. Daylight lasts 12h 8m; evening golden hour runs from 18:06 to 18:47.

Today, Wednesday 26 August

First light
06:04
Sunrise
06:25
Solar noon
12:30
Sunset
18:34
Last light
18:55
Day length
12h 8m

12h 13m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:06 – 18:47
Blue hour
18:47 – 18:55
Max sun altitude
80.9°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:00 / 04:35

The sun sets at 280° — face west

Tomorrow, Thursday 27 August

Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:34 Golden hour 18:06 – 18:46 Day length 12h 8m vs today the same length

Where Tarawa is

Coordinates
1.3278° N, 172.9770° E
Time zone
Pacific/Tarawa
Current offset
UTC+12:00
Elevation
6 m
Population
40,311

Sunrise and sunset in Tarawa, 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 06:07 06:29 12:34 18:39 19:01 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:53 🌖 95%
Sun 2 06:07 06:29 12:34 18:39 19:01 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌖 89%
Mon 3 06:07 06:29 12:34 18:39 19:01 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌖 82%
Tue 4 06:07 06:29 12:34 18:39 19:01 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌖 72%
Wed 5 06:07 06:29 12:34 18:39 19:00 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌖 62%
Thu 6 06:07 06:28 12:34 18:39 19:00 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌗 50%
Fri 7 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 19:00 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌘 39%
Sat 8 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 19:00 12h 10m −0:04 18:10–18:52 🌘 28%
Sun 9 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 19:00 12h 9m −0:04 18:10–18:51 🌘 18%
Mon 10 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 18:59 12h 9m −0:04 18:10–18:51 🌘 10%
Tue 11 06:07 06:28 12:33 18:38 18:59 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:51 🌘 4%
Wed 12 06:06 06:28 12:33 18:38 18:59 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:51 🌘 1%
Thu 13 06:06 06:28 12:33 18:37 18:59 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:51 🌑 0%
Fri 14 06:06 06:28 12:32 18:37 18:59 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:50 🌒 2%
Sat 15 06:06 06:27 12:32 18:37 18:58 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:50 🌒 7%
Sun 16 06:06 06:27 12:32 18:37 18:58 12h 9m −0:04 18:09–18:50 🌒 13%
Mon 17 06:06 06:27 12:32 18:36 18:58 12h 9m −0:04 18:08–18:50 🌒 21%
Tue 18 06:06 06:27 12:32 18:36 18:57 12h 9m −0:04 18:08–18:49 🌒 30%
Wed 19 06:05 06:27 12:31 18:36 18:57 12h 9m −0:04 18:08–18:49 🌒 39%
Thu 20 06:05 06:27 12:31 18:36 18:57 12h 9m −0:04 18:08–18:49 🌓 49%
Fri 21 06:05 06:26 12:31 18:35 18:57 12h 9m −0:04 18:07–18:48 🌔 58%
Sat 22 06:05 06:26 12:31 18:35 18:56 12h 9m −0:04 18:07–18:48 🌔 67%
Sun 23 06:05 06:26 12:30 18:35 18:56 12h 8m −0:04 18:07–18:48 🌔 76%
Mon 24 06:05 06:26 12:30 18:35 18:56 12h 8m −0:04 18:07–18:47 🌔 83%
Tue 25 06:04 06:25 12:30 18:34 18:55 12h 8m −0:04 18:06–18:47 🌔 90%
Wed 26 06:04 06:25 12:30 18:34 18:55 12h 8m −0:04 18:06–18:47 🌔 95%
Thu 27 06:04 06:25 12:29 18:34 18:55 12h 8m −0:04 18:06–18:46 🌔 98%
Fri 28 06:04 06:25 12:29 18:33 18:54 12h 8m −0:04 18:06–18:46 🌕 100%
Sat 29 06:03 06:24 12:29 18:33 18:54 12h 8m −0:04 18:05–18:46 🌖 99%
Sun 30 06:03 06:24 12:28 18:33 18:54 12h 8m −0:04 18:05–18:45 🌖 97%
Mon 31 06:03 06:24 12:28 18:32 18:53 12h 8m −0:04 18:05–18:45 🌖 92%
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 05:16 05:42 06:29 18:39 19:26 19:52 11h 49m 73.3° 288° WNW
Sun 2 05:16 05:42 06:29 18:39 19:26 19:51 11h 49m 73.5° 288° WNW
Mon 3 05:16 05:42 06:29 18:39 19:26 19:51 11h 49m 73.8° 288° WNW
Tue 4 05:16 05:42 06:29 18:39 19:26 19:51 11h 49m 74.0° 287° WNW
Wed 5 05:16 05:42 06:29 18:39 19:26 19:51 11h 49m 74.3° 287° WNW
Thu 6 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:39 19:25 19:51 11h 49m 74.6° 287° WNW
Fri 7 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:25 19:50 11h 49m 74.9° 286° WNW
Sat 8 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:25 19:50 11h 49m 75.1° 286° WNW
Sun 9 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:25 19:50 11h 49m 75.4° 286° WNW
Mon 10 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:24 19:49 11h 49m 75.7° 286° WNW
Tue 11 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:24 19:49 11h 50m 76.0° 285° WNW
Wed 12 05:17 05:42 06:28 18:38 19:24 19:49 11h 50m 76.3° 285° WNW
Thu 13 05:16 05:41 06:28 18:37 19:24 19:49 11h 50m 76.6° 285° WNW
Fri 14 05:16 05:41 06:28 18:37 19:23 19:48 11h 50m 76.9° 284° WNW
Sat 15 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:37 19:23 19:48 11h 50m 77.2° 284° WNW
Sun 16 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:37 19:23 19:48 11h 50m 77.5° 284° WNW
Mon 17 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:36 19:22 19:47 11h 50m 77.9° 283° WNW
Tue 18 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:36 19:22 19:47 11h 50m 78.2° 283° WNW
Wed 19 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:36 19:22 19:47 11h 50m 78.5° 283° WNW
Thu 20 05:16 05:41 06:27 18:36 19:21 19:46 11h 50m 78.8° 282° WNW
Fri 21 05:16 05:41 06:26 18:35 19:21 19:46 11h 50m 79.2° 282° WNW
Sat 22 05:16 05:40 06:26 18:35 19:21 19:45 11h 50m 79.5° 282° WNW
Sun 23 05:16 05:40 06:26 18:35 19:20 19:45 11h 50m 79.8° 281° WNW
Mon 24 05:16 05:40 06:26 18:35 19:20 19:45 11h 50m 80.2° 281° W
Tue 25 05:15 05:40 06:25 18:34 19:20 19:44 11h 50m 80.5° 281° W
Wed 26 05:15 05:40 06:25 18:34 19:19 19:44 11h 51m 80.9° 280° W
Thu 27 05:15 05:39 06:25 18:34 19:19 19:43 11h 51m 81.2° 280° W
Fri 28 05:15 05:39 06:25 18:33 19:19 19:43 11h 51m 81.6° 280° W
Sat 29 05:15 05:39 06:24 18:33 19:18 19:43 11h 51m 81.9° 279° W
Sun 30 05:15 05:39 06:24 18:33 19:18 19:42 11h 51m 82.3° 279° W
Mon 31 05:14 05:39 06:24 18:32 19:17 19:42 11h 51m 82.6° 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 06:03 06:24 12:28 18:32 18:53 12h 8m −0:04 18:04–18:45 🌖 85%
Wed 2 06:02 06:23 12:27 18:32 18:52 12h 8m −0:04 18:04–18:44 🌖 76%
Thu 3 06:02 06:23 12:27 18:31 18:52 12h 8m −0:04 18:04–18:44 🌖 65%
Fri 4 06:02 06:23 12:27 18:31 18:52 12h 8m −0:04 18:03–18:44 🌗 54%
Sat 5 06:02 06:22 12:26 18:30 18:51 12h 8m −0:04 18:03–18:43 🌘 42%
Sun 6 06:01 06:22 12:26 18:30 18:51 12h 7m −0:04 18:03–18:43 🌘 31%
Mon 7 06:01 06:22 12:26 18:30 18:51 12h 7m −0:04 18:02–18:42 🌘 20%
Tue 8 06:01 06:22 12:25 18:29 18:50 12h 7m −0:04 18:02–18:42 🌘 12%
Wed 9 06:00 06:21 12:25 18:29 18:50 12h 7m −0:04 18:02–18:42 🌘 5%
Thu 10 06:00 06:21 12:25 18:29 18:49 12h 7m −0:04 18:01–18:41 🌘 1%
Fri 11 06:00 06:21 12:24 18:28 18:49 12h 7m −0:04 18:01–18:41 🌑 0%
Sat 12 06:00 06:20 12:24 18:28 18:49 12h 7m −0:04 18:00–18:41 🌒 1%
Sun 13 05:59 06:20 12:24 18:27 18:48 12h 7m −0:04 18:00–18:40 🌒 4%
Mon 14 05:59 06:20 12:23 18:27 18:48 12h 7m −0:04 18:00–18:40 🌒 10%
Tue 15 05:59 06:19 12:23 18:27 18:47 12h 7m −0:04 17:59–18:39 🌒 16%
Wed 16 05:58 06:19 12:23 18:26 18:47 12h 7m −0:04 17:59–18:39 🌒 24%
Thu 17 05:58 06:19 12:22 18:26 18:47 12h 7m −0:04 17:58–18:39 🌒 33%
Fri 18 05:58 06:18 12:22 18:25 18:46 12h 7m −0:04 17:58–18:38 🌒 42%
Sat 19 05:57 06:18 12:22 18:25 18:46 12h 6m −0:04 17:58–18:38 🌓 51%
Sun 20 05:57 06:18 12:21 18:25 18:45 12h 6m −0:04 17:57–18:37 🌔 61%
Mon 21 05:57 06:17 12:21 18:24 18:45 12h 6m −0:04 17:57–18:37 🌔 70%
Tue 22 05:56 06:17 12:21 18:24 18:45 12h 6m −0:04 17:57–18:37 🌔 78%
Wed 23 05:56 06:17 12:20 18:23 18:44 12h 6m −0:04 17:56–18:36 🌔 85%
Thu 24 05:56 06:17 12:20 18:23 18:44 12h 6m −0:04 17:56–18:36 🌔 92%
Fri 25 05:56 06:16 12:19 18:23 18:43 12h 6m −0:04 17:55–18:35 🌔 96%
Sat 26 05:55 06:16 12:19 18:22 18:43 12h 6m −0:04 17:55–18:35 🌔 99%
Sun 27 05:55 06:16 12:19 18:22 18:43 12h 6m −0:04 17:55–18:35 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:55 06:15 12:18 18:22 18:42 12h 6m −0:04 17:54–18:34 🌖 98%
Tue 29 05:54 06:15 12:18 18:21 18:42 12h 6m −0:04 17:54–18:34 🌖 94%
Wed 30 05:54 06:15 12:18 18:21 18:42 12h 6m −0:04 17:53–18:34 🌖 88%

Longest and shortest day in Tarawa

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 12h 11m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 4 months, with 12h 2m.

Between them the day length swings by 9m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:13 on 5 November; the latest is 18:44 on 14 February. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 06:09 on 1 November to 06:40 on 9 February.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Tarawa different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:30, a full 30 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

At 1.3°N the sun cuts through the twilight band at an angle, so darkness takes 21 minutes to arrive: 3 minutes shorter than today's 24-minute median.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 47° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Across August the sunset moves 7 minutes earlier, averaging about 14 seconds a day.

Being inside the tropics means two zenith passages a year, 24 March and 20 September, when the sun is straight up at solar noon rather than merely high. The next one is in 4 weeks.

At 1.3° the seasons barely touch the clock: 9 minutes separate midsummer from midwinter, against roughly 8.8 hours in London.

The times barely move this week: the longest 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 5 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Tarawa

Arrive by 17:51. Golden hour opens at 18:06 and the sun is down by 18:34, 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 18:47 and runs to 18:55, 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 Tarawa today?

The sun sets in Tarawa at 18:34 today, Wednesday 26 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Tarawa?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:55 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Tarawa?

Evening golden hour runs 18:06 to 18:47 today, lasting 40m.