Look up the exact time darkness falls in Canberra for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Thursday, November 5, 2026
It gets dark at 08:03 PM in Canberra
Sunrise
05:58 AM
Sunset
07:36 PM
Gets Dark
08:03 PM
Day Length
13h 38m
Canberra is gaining 1m 57s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on June 11 at 5:25 PM and latest on January 5 at 8:51 PM, a swing of 3 h 26 min across the year.
The longest day brings 14 h 33 min of daylight and the shortest just 9 h 46 min. The earliest dusk comes about 10 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 25 min at the March equinox and stretches to 30 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Canberra, on 120 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Canberra sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 5 min of noon on standard time.
Canberra lies 3,925 km (2,439 miles) south of the equator at 35.30°S.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Canberra, Australia for any day of the year. The interactive tool above lets you pick any date to see the precise sunset time, civil dusk (when true darkness begins), and the full twilight schedule including nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk.
Canberra is located at latitude -35.30° and longitude 149.10°. The time darkness falls changes throughout the year based on Earth's axial tilt — earlier in winter, later in summer. Use the date picker above to check any date.
Whether you're planning trick-or-treating for Halloween, a fireworks display, an outdoor wedding, or an evening event in Canberra, knowing the exact time darkness falls is essential. This tool calculates civil dusk — when the sun drops 6 degrees below the horizon — for any date at Canberra's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Canberra is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.