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Today, Friday, 30 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at AEDT in Jindabyne, New South Wales, giving 13 hours, 32 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 7 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Australia/Sydney (UTC+11)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today 30 Oct | 13h 32m | +2m 07s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 34m | +2m 06s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 36m | +2m 06s | ||
| Mon 2 Nov | 13h 38m | +2m 04s | ||
| Tue 3 Nov | 13h 40m | +2m 04s | ||
| Wed 4 Nov | 13h 42m | +2m 02s | ||
| Thu 5 Nov | 13h 44m | +2m 01s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | 21 March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice shortest day | 21 June 2026 | |
| September equinox | 23 September 2026 | |
| December solstice longest day | 22 December 2026 | |
| Clocks go back | 5 April 2026 | AEST |
| Clocks go forward | 4 October 2026 | AEDT |
80% illuminated · 19.1 days old
Moonrise — · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Jindabyne.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Jindabyne |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooma | 49 km ENE | 1 minute 43 seconds earlier | ||
| Tuggeranong ACT | 118 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Tumut | 129 km NNW | 3 minutes 21 seconds later | ||
| Queanbeyan | 130 km NNE | 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Canberra ACT | 134 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Albury | 157 km WNW | 7 minutes 20 seconds later | ||
| Wodonga VIC | 159 km WNW | other time zone | ||
| Batemans Bay | 160 km ENE | 5 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| West Wodonga VIC | 162 km W | other time zone | ||
| Yass | 177 km N | 1 minute 18 seconds later |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Jindabyne, New South Wales today, Friday, 30 October 2026, is at 6:04 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:35 PM.
Jindabyne gets 13 hours, 32 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 7 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Jindabyne runs from 7:00 PM to 7:52 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Jindabyne is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 39 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 40 minutes.
Jindabyne uses the Australia/Sydney time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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