What time is sunset in Cairns today?

Sunset in Cairns is at 6:15 PM local time (Australia/Brisbane) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Cairns?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 9% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 7:28 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:40 AM.

Moonrise in Cairns is at 4:00 AM and moonset is at 4:07 PM local time.

Cairns is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Australia/Brisbane · 16.92°S, 145.77°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:54 AM
Sunset	6:15 PM
Day length	12 h 21 min
End of civil twilight	6:37 PM
End of nautical twilight	7:02 PM
End of astronomical twilight	7:28 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	11 h 38 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 13 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:40 AM

Moonrise	4:00 AM
Moonset	4:07 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.44°N, 133.24°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:27 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:11 AM	7:59 PM	1:34 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 18° toward the W.
Venus (mag -4.6)	6:53 AM	7:50 PM	1:22 PM	Visible about 1 h after dark, highest 16° toward the W.
Mars (mag 1.1)	2:07 AM	1:20 PM	7:44 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 40° toward the NE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	3:01 AM	2:26 PM	8:44 AM	Visible about 2.3 h after dark, highest 31° toward the NE.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:53 PM	5:55 AM	11:52 PM	Visible about 11 h after dark, highest 71° toward the N.

Aurora near poles only. Cairns is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.