Current Date And Time In Sydney, Australia 🌅 Sydney - Sunrise & Sunset Times Sunrise and sunset times for Sydney , together with solar noon, day length, twilight and the best light of the day. Today the sun rises at 5:46 am with sunset at 5:51 pm , a day 12h 4m long. These are computed for the place itself, so they differ from towns only a short distance away. Why it is worth checking: delivery and logistics teams, site and facilities managers, outdoor and construction crews and people timing prayers or fasting all plan around the light rather than the clock. Getting it wrong by an hour can mean missing the shot, the window or safe working daylight altogether. Scroll on for daily changes for the next week, moon phase and times, seasonal turning points and a year-round table. Related: how this compares across the wider region , neighbouring towns and tonight’s moon phase . Quick Links: City Overview | New South Wales Sunrise | Australia Sunrise | Nearby Cities | Moon Phases | Public Holidays | Map ☀ Sunrise & Sunset Today in Sydney All times shown are for Sydney as of Saturday, 19 September 2026, displayed in UTC+10:00 (AEST) . 📊 What Today's Sun Times Mean in Sydney All of this is worked out for Sydney , and none of it holds still for long. Latitude controls the seasonal range, longitude moves solar noon within the local clock, and elevation brings sunrise forward slightly. 🌌 Twilight, Golden Hour & Blue Hour in Sydney The sky does not switch from day to night. Three named twilight bands describe the fade, each set by how far the sun has dropped below the horizon rather than by the clock. In Sydney, civil twilight begins at 5:24 am and ends at 6:13 pm , and golden hour lasts about 48 minutes . Those bands are what count for search and rescue timing, aviation and navigation and early site starts . Civil twilight ends when the sun is 6° below the horizon and outdoor reading stops; nautical at 12°, when the sea horizon blurs; astronomical at 18°, true darkness for stargazing. You get about 48 minutes here. That is a comfortable window, long enough to set up but short enough to be worth timing. Bear in mind that tonight’s moonlight . 📅 Sunrise & Sunset This Week in Sydney Daylight shifts a little every day. The pace peaks near the equinoxes and eases off close to the solstices, when the sun seems to pause. The table below covers the week ahead in full. Over the next seven days Sydney gains about 12 minutes of daylight in total. For the whole year, jump to how each month compares below. 🏙 Sunrise & Sunset Near Sydney Sunrise does not happen at the same moment across a region — every kilometre east brings it forward slightly, and a change in latitude alters how long the day runs. The towns and cities below are the nearest populated places to Sydney, with the difference in sunrise time against Sydney shown so you can see how quickly it shifts. 🌕 Moon Phase, Moonrise & Moonset in Sydney Moonrise has no fixed link to sunset. It comes up roughly 50 minutes later each day, so it is high at midnight one week and nowhere to be seen the next. Tonight the moon is a First Quarter , 51% illuminated and waxing towards full. In Sydney it rises at 10:30 am and sets at 12:56 am . Useful when planning drone work after dark, night photography and coastal walks , or simply to know how much natural light the night will have. Wherever you stand, the phase looks the same; what changes is moonrise and moonset — the rest of the panel reads the same worldwide. Dark skies come with a new moon , while a low full moon makes the best pictures. Useful for night photography, stargazing and camping trips. More detail on every full moon this year and the next new moon . Dates shown in UTC+10:00 (AEST). 🌞 Solstices, Equinoxes & the Longest Day in Sydney (2026) Solstices and equinoxes are moments, not whole days. The Earth reaches one point in its orbit, and that instant falls on different calendar dates depending on your time zone. Sydney lies in the southern hemisphere , each event below is labelled by the season it starts here rather than by its month. The next is the Spring Equinox on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at 10:05 am local time — 4 days 1 hour from now. The month-by-month table for every month, and you can compare it against the worldwide day-length ranking . In Sydney the longest day of 2026 is 21 December , but the earliest sunrise is on 3 October at 5:27 am — 79 days earlier , and the latest sunset is on 7 January at 8:12 pm . This comes down to the equation of time . An elliptical orbit and a tilted axis mean the sun does not keep perfect time — it gains and loses up to roughly 16 minutes over the year. Solar noon slides through the year and carries sunrise and sunset with it, pulling the two extremes away from the solstice in opposite directions. Derived from a full 2026 calculation for this exact position and ranking them on the local clock, which means a daylight-saving jump appears honestly rather than being smoothed away. 🕔 Daylight Saving Time in Sydney Sydney observes daylight saving time . Clocks in the Australia/Sydney zone next change on Saturday, 3 October 2026 , going forward 1 hour to AEDT . On that morning sunrise jumps about an hour later on the clock even though nothing changes in the sky — worth knowing when booking early flights, scheduling outdoor work or setting alarms across the change. Compare this against the world time zone and DST table . 📅 Month-by-Month Sunrise & Sunset in Sydney (2026) Sunrise and sunset drift a little every day as the Earth's axial tilt changes how much of the day the sun spends above the horizon. In Sydney the longest day falls in December at 14h 28m and the shortest in June at 9h 59m — a swing of about 4h 28m across the year, a pronounced seasonal swing, typical of the mid-latitudes. Day-by-day times for the coming week are listed above. Sampled on the 15th of each month for Sydney (-33.8679°, 151.2073°, 58 m). Computed with the NOAA solar equations at the standard 90°50′ zenith, which allows for atmospheric refraction and the sun's own width. Real-world times vary with weather and with hills or buildings on your horizon. 🌍 Time Difference From Sydney to Major World Cities It is currently 9:03 AM on Saturday in Sydney. The table below shows the live local time in the world's key business and travel hubs, and how far each one runs ahead of or behind Sydney right now (daylight saving time is already included). Use it to plan international calls, meeting schedules and flight arrivals without time-zone mistakes. ✈ First Light & Last Light at Airports Near Sydney

Flying hours are tied to the light, not the clock. Visual flight rules are framed by civil twilight , and many small airfields close at dusk. Each airport below is worked out from its own coordinates and field elevation rather than the centre of Sydney. First and last light are civil twilight , the standard aviation definition of usable daylight. Times are local to Sydney and include each field's elevation. Always check official NOTAMs and the aerodrome's published hours before planning a flight. See also what else is nearby . ⚡ Best Solar Panel Angle for Sydney Output from a fixed panel depends mostly on how squarely it faces the sun, and that height is driven by latitude. Sydney sits at 33.87° S , where the midday sun reaches about 55° today. The angles below are the usual starting points for solar water heating, remote telemetry kit and RV and boat panels. Which way to face: point the panel at true north (a compass bearing of 0° ) — not magnetic north, which can differ by several degrees. Tilt is measured from horizontal, so 0° is flat and 90° is vertical. These are the usual latitude rules of thumb, not a site survey. Actual yield shifts with roof angle, nearby shade, typical cloud, how hot the panels run and whether you are on-grid or off. Use them to sanity-check a quote, not as a specification. For elevation and terrain, see coordinates and elevation . ❓ Common Questions About Daylight in Sydney Quick answers to the things people most often ask about daylight, twilight and sun times in Sydney, each one using this location's own numbers rather than a regional average. What time does the sun rise in Sydney today? Sunrise in Sydney is at 5:46 am local time (UTC+10:00 (AEST)) on 19 September 2026. This is worked out from the exact latitude and longitude and an elevation of 58 m, so it is the time the sun's upper edge actually clears a flat horizon. You can see the difference against neighbouring places , or jump to the week ahead . What time does the sun set in Sydney today? Sydney sees sunset at 5:51 pm — a total of 12h 4m of daylight. Light hangs on afterwards: civil twilight runs until 6:13 pm . Full detail in the twilight and golden hour section . How many hours of daylight does Sydney get today? There are 12h 4m from first sun to last, so 2 minutes 5 seconds more than yesterday. Solar noon, when the sun is at its highest, falls at 11:49 am . See how this changes month by month . Are these sunrise and sunset times exact? They are calculated for the coordinates of Sydney and are accurate to the minute for a flat, open horizon, with the local elevation of 58 m taken into account. What you actually see can differ: hills, tall buildings, haze and cloud all shift the moment the sun appears. Times are recalculated on every visit rather than read from a stored table. Coordinates and elevation are shown on the main page for this location . What time zone is Sydney in? Sydney runs on UTC+10:00 (AEST) . Every time on this page is shown in that zone. You can compare it against other countries on our world time zones table . How do I compare sunrise in Sydney with other places? The table higher up compares Sydney against nearby towns and shows the difference in minutes. For a wider view, try the surrounding region or our worldwide sunrise and sunset table , which ranks every country by day length today. Does Sydney use daylight saving time? Yes. Clocks in the Australia/Sydney zone next change on Saturday, 3 October 2026 , moving forward 1 hour . Sunrise jumps about an hour on the clock that morning even though nothing changes in the sky. What is the best angle for solar panels in Sydney? As a rule of thumb, about 29° from horizontal for a fixed year-round setup in Sydney, facing true north . Tilt flatter (around 14°) for summer output and steeper (around 44°) for winter. Treat these as a starting point — roof pitch, shading and local cloud cover all affect the real answer. See the full breakdown . Which direction does the sun rise in Sydney? It rises on a bearing of 88° (E) today and sets near 272° . That bearing moves through the year, swinging north in winter and south in summer, so a window that catches sunrise in June may miss it in December. Check the orientation on the satellite map . GeoCountries Directory 240+ Countries & Territories States, Cities & Regions Real-Time World Clocks Live Exchange Rates Coordinates & Maps