See the sunrise and sunset time in Tarawa for any day — plus civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, solar noon and day length, computed from the town's coordinates. Day length varies comparatively gently here — about 0 h 09 min across the year, peaking at 12 h 12 min around 21 June.
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Tarawa, Gilbert · 15 July 2026
Precise astronomical times. Sunrise, sunset and twilights are computed from the town’s coordinates (NOAA algorithm), with daylight saving included. Everything runs in your browser, no account, no data sent.
From the town’s coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the chosen date, the Sun’s position in the sky is computed. Sunrise and sunset are when the Sun’s centre is at −0.833° to the horizon, and dawn/dusk at −6° (civil), −12° (nautical) and −18° (astronomical):
In Bucharest, on 10 July 2026, the Sun rises around 05:41 and sets at 21:02 — a day of over 15 hours. Pick another town or date for your own times.
The date defaults to today, so the calculator above shows it instantly. Through the year, sunrise in Tarawa ranges from about 06:25 at midsummer to about 06:25 at midwinter.
Around the solstice (21 June) the day lasts 12 h 12 min — sunrise near 06:25, sunset near 18:36. At the opposite solstice (21 December) it shrinks to 12 h 03 min.
Due east and west only around the equinoxes. On the longest day it rises in the north-east (azimuth ~67°) and climbs to about 68° above the horizon at noon; on the shortest day it rises in the south-east (~113°) and peaks at just ~65°.
Because of longitude and latitude: more easterly towns see sunrise earlier, and latitude sets how much day length swings with the seasons. Times are computed from Tarawa's exact coordinates.
Times use the Pacific/Tarawa time zone (UTC+12 all year). The zone does not observe daylight saving time, so no clock changes apply.
They are how far the sun is below the horizon: civil (to −6°, still light enough to read), nautical (−6° to −12°) and astronomical (−12° to −18°, fully dark). All three are shown for Tarawa.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:36 | 18:39 | 12 h 03 min |
| February | 06:41 | 18:45 | 12 h 04 min |
| March | 06:35 | 18:41 | 12 h 06 min |
| April | 06:25 | 18:33 | 12 h 09 min |
| May | 06:20 | 18:31 | 12 h 11 min |
| June | 06:23 | 18:35 | 12 h 12 min |
| July | 06:29 | 18:40 | 12 h 11 min |
| August | 06:29 | 18:38 | 12 h 10 min |
| September | 06:21 | 18:28 | 12 h 07 min |
| October | 06:12 | 18:17 | 12 h 05 min |
| November | 06:12 | 18:15 | 12 h 04 min |
| December | 06:22 | 18:25 | 12 h 03 min |
Sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month in Tarawa (Kiribati), Pacific/Tarawa time.
In Tarawa, the longest day of the year falls around the solstice (21 June), when the sun rises at about 06:25 and sets at about 18:36 — a 12 h 12 min day. The shortest day is around 21 December: sunrise near 06:25, sunset near 18:28, just 12 h 03 min of daylight.
The "golden hour" is the warm, soft light just after sunrise and before sunset, prized for photography; the "blue hour" is the short window of cool light before sunrise and after sunset. The values below are for the equinox (20 March) in Tarawa.
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