Waikoloa Beach Resort, Hawaii Sunset Time Today
Waikoloa Beach Resort sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Waikoloa Beach Resort, HI · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset today at 6:59 PM · Sunrise 5:59 AM
Sunset is at 6:59 PM — 13h 0m of daylight, the same length as yesterday.
the same length as yesterday
Tomorrow in Waikoloa Beach Resort · Mon, Aug 3
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:59 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 6:59 PM
Sunrise the same time as today · sunset the same time as today
In Waikoloa Beach Resort, the sun rises at 5:59 AM tomorrow and sets at 6:59 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour5:59 AM – 6:59 AM
Blue hour5:29 AM – 5:59 AM
Evening
Golden hour5:59 PM – 6:59 PM
Blue hour6:59 PM – 7:29 PM
Golden hour is the soft, warm light when the sun sits low — the hour after sunrise and before sunset. Blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. Both windows are rules of thumb; they run longer at high latitudes and shorter near the equator.
Sunrise time in Waikoloa Beach Resort
The sun rises in Waikoloa Beach Resort at 5:59 AM today and at 5:59 AM tomorrow (the same time as today).
First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins around 5:29 AM, roughly half an hour ahead of sunrise.
For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light just after the sun clears the horizon — runs from about 5:59 AM to 6:59 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 5:59 AM | 6:59 PM | 13h 0m |
| Mon, Aug 3 | 5:59 AM | 6:59 PM | 13h 0m |
| Tue, Aug 4 | 6:00 AM | 6:58 PM | 12h 58m |
| Wed, Aug 5 | 6:00 AM | 6:58 PM | 12h 58m |
| Thu, Aug 6 | 6:00 AM | 6:57 PM | 12h 57m |
| Fri, Aug 7 | 6:01 AM | 6:56 PM | 12h 55m |
| Sat, Aug 8 | 6:01 AM | 6:56 PM | 12h 55m |
Waikoloa Beach Resort daylight month by month
Sunrise, sunset, and total daylight for the first of each month in 2026, computed from Waikoloa Beach Resort’s coordinates in local time. The line traces how the day stretches toward summer and contracts toward winter.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:59 AM | 5:56 PM | 10h 57m |
| February | 7:00 AM | 6:16 PM | 11h 16m |
| March | 6:44 AM | 6:29 PM | 11h 45m |
| April | 6:18 AM | 6:38 PM | 12h 21m |
| May | 5:55 AM | 6:48 PM | 12h 52m |
| June | 5:45 AM | 7:00 PM | 13h 15m |
| July | 5:49 AM | 7:07 PM | 13h 19m |
| August | 6:00 AM | 7:01 PM | 13h 1m |
| September | 6:09 AM | 6:40 PM | 12h 31m |
| October | 6:15 AM | 6:13 PM | 11h 58m |
| November | 6:26 AM | 5:50 PM | 11h 24m |
| December | 6:43 AM | 5:44 PM | 11h 1m |
Waikoloa Beach Resort’s longest and shortest days
Waikoloa Beach Resort’s longest day falls on June 21, 2026 with 13h 20m of daylight; the shortest is December 21, 2026 with just 10h 55m. The two equinoxes, when day and night run nearly equal, sit in between.
| Solar landmark | Date | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day (summer solstice) | June 21, 2026 | 13h 20m |
| Spring equinox | March 20, 2026 | 12h 7m |
| Fall equinox | September 22, 2026 | 12h 8m |
| Shortest day (winter solstice) | December 21, 2026 | 10h 55m |
How fast Waikoloa Beach Resort gains and loses daylight
The pace of change is not steady. Each month gains or loses a different amount, fastest around the equinoxes and nearly frozen at the solstices. The rate below is the daily change mid-month; the net is the full swing across the month.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| January | gaining 37s a day | +19m |
| February | gaining 1m 2s a day | +29m |
| March | gaining 1m 9s a day | +35m |
| April | gaining 1m 5s a day | +32m |
| May | gaining 47s a day | +23m |
| June | gaining 9s a day | +3m |
| July | losing 33s a day | −17m |
| August | losing 59s a day | −30m |
| September | losing 1m 7s a day | −34m |
| October | losing 1m 5s a day | −33m |
| November | losing 49s a day | −23m |
| December | losing 10s a day | −4m |
Waikoloa Beach Resort golden hour & blue hour by season
Golden hour is the warm, low-sun light; blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. These windows come from Waikoloa Beach Resort’s true solar geometry — the sun’s altitude, not a fixed hour — so they stretch toward the solstices and run longer than the rule-of-thumb hour.
| Season | Morning gold | Morning blue | Evening gold | Evening blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 6:28 AM–6:57 AM | 6:06 AM–6:28 AM | 6:06 PM–6:35 PM | 6:35 PM–6:57 PM |
| Summer solstice | 5:46 AM–6:18 AM | 5:21 AM–5:46 AM | 6:34 PM–7:06 PM | 7:06 PM–7:31 PM |
| Fall equinox | 6:13 AM–6:42 AM | 5:51 AM–6:13 AM | 5:52 PM–6:21 PM | 6:21 PM–6:43 PM |
| Winter solstice | 6:55 AM–7:27 AM | 6:31 AM–6:55 AM | 5:18 PM–5:50 PM | 5:50 PM–6:14 PM |
Daylight saving time in Waikoloa Beach Resort
Waikoloa Beach Resort does not observe daylight saving time — its clocks stay on UTC−10 year round, so sunrise and sunset never jump an hour in spring or fall.
Why sunset time shifts in Waikoloa Beach Resort
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Waikoloa Beach Resort, the longest day carries about 13h 20m of daylight and the shortest just 10h 55m — a swing of roughly 2h 25m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Waikoloa Beach Resort’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Golden-hour gear
- Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel Tripod
A compact carbon-light travel tripod that folds to packbag size. Golden- and blue-hour light is dim enough that handheld shots blur — a tripod is the single biggest upgrade to sunset photos.
- K&F Concept Graduated ND & ND Filter Kit
Graduated neutral-density filters darken a bright sky without underexposing the foreground — the classic fix for a blown-out sunset horizon over a dark landscape.
- MagicFiber Microfiber Lens Cleaning Cloths (6-Pack)
Sea spray, dew, and fingerprints scatter low-angle sunset light into ugly flare. A clean front element is free image quality — keep a cloth in the bag.
- Nikon Aculon A211 10x42 Compact Binoculars
Bright 10x42 optics for watching the sun touch a far ridgeline or horizon, and for the planets and first stars that emerge through the blue hour.
- Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light Sunrise Alarm
A sunrise-simulating alarm that brightens gradually before your set time — useful for catching an early sunrise shoot, and for resetting your clock as daylight shifts through the year.
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Frequently asked
- What time is sunset in Waikoloa Beach Resort today?
- Today's sunset time for Waikoloa Beach Resort is shown at the top of this page in local time, updated daily from astronomical sun-position data. Sunset is the moment the upper edge of the sun dips below the horizon; the warm light lingers for a golden hour beforehand and a blue hour just after.
- When is golden hour in Waikoloa Beach Resort?
- Golden hour in Waikoloa Beach Resort is roughly the hour just after sunrise and the hour just before sunset, when the sun sits low and the light turns warm and soft — the favorite window for photographers. The exact start and end times for today are listed above; the window is shorter near the equator and longer at high latitudes. On Waikoloa Beach Resort's longest day near the June solstice it stretches to about 13h 20m of daylight, so the golden hours run longest then.
- What time is sunrise in Waikoloa Beach Resort?
- Today's sunrise time for Waikoloa Beach Resort is listed above in local time. Sunrise is the moment the upper edge of the sun first appears over the horizon. Because Earth's tilt changes the sun's path through the year, sunrise drifts earlier through spring and later through autumn.
- Is the day getting longer or shorter in Waikoloa Beach Resort?
- The day-length change for Waikoloa Beach Resort — how many minutes and seconds of daylight you're gaining or losing compared with yesterday — is shown above. Days lengthen from the winter solstice in late December to the summer solstice in late June, then shorten again through to December.
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