Sunrise and sunset in Honolulu
In Honolulu today, the sun rises at 6:22 AM and sets at 6:20 PM. Day length: 11 h 57 min. Golden hour today: 6:09 AM–6:52 AM in the morning and 5:50 PM–6:33 PM in the evening.
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · United States
Wednesday, September 30 2026 · Times in Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (UTC-10)
Sunrise 6:22 AM · Sunset 6:20 PM · Day length 11 h 57 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 5:09 AM | |
| Nautical dawn | 5:34 AM | |
| Civil dawn | 6:00 AM | |
| Sunrise | 6:22 AM | E 93° |
| Solar noon | 12:21 PM | 65.6° |
| Sunset | 6:20 PM | W 267° |
| Civil dusk | 6:42 PM | |
| Nautical dusk | 7:08 PM | |
| Astronomical dusk | 7:33 PM |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 6:00 AM | 6:09 AM |
| Morning golden hour | 6:09 AM | 6:52 AM |
| Evening golden hour | 5:50 PM | 6:33 PM |
| Evening blue hour | 6:33 PM | 6:42 PM |
Month table: September 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 27 | 5:59 AM | 6:22 AM | 12:22 PM | 6:23 PM | 6:45 PM | 12 h 1 min |
| Mon, Sep 28 | 6:00 AM | 6:22 AM | 12:22 PM | 6:22 PM | 6:44 PM | 12 h 0 min |
| Tue, Sep 29 | 6:00 AM | 6:22 AM | 12:22 PM | 6:21 PM | 6:43 PM | 11 h 59 min |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 6:00 AM | 6:22 AM | 12:21 PM | 6:20 PM | 6:42 PM | 11 h 57 min |
Daylight through the year
- Daylight
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Night
Each column is one day. Yellow shows daylight, the blue shades show civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, dark blue is night. Steps in spring and autumn are daylight saving time changes.
Sun path
- Selected day
- June solstice
- December solstice
The sun’s path across the sky seen from above: the centre is straight overhead, the edge is the horizon. Solid: selected day. Dashed: June and December solstices.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. How we calculate
Sun facts in Honolulu
Honolulu lies at 21.3099° N, 157.8581° W, 6 m above sea level, in the Pacific/Honolulu time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 20, with 13 h 26 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 10 h 50 min.
The earliest sunset (5:48 PM) is on November 26 and the latest sunrise (7:12 AM) on January 16: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 88° above the horizon in June but only 45° in December.
In June, Honolulu gets 5 h 57 min less daylight than Anchorage; in December the difference is 5 h 23 min the other way.
No daylight saving time; clocks stay the same all year.
About the sun in Honolulu
Honolulu lies at about 21.3° N, inside the tropics. The sun passes straight overhead twice a year, in late May and mid-July, when vertical objects cast no shadow at noon (called Lāhainā Noon in Hawaii). Days vary only from about 13 hours 25 minutes to 10 hours 50 minutes, and Hawaii does not use daylight saving time.