Oʻahu’s south and east shores split the day cleanly. Lanikai, Waimānalo, and the Diamond Head summit look at the Pacific at dawn (Mokulua Islands in the famous Lanikai frame). Magic Island, Ala Moana, and west-facing lochs catch dusk. Hawaii does not observe daylight saving: Pacific/Honolulu stays on HST. Trade-wind mornings are the reliable window; vog from the Big Island can mute color on some days. Use the Honolulu city page for today’s exact clock, then this guide for where to stand.
Live clocks for Honolulu stay on the city page — not duplicated here:
Today's sunrise time in Honolulu Today's sunset time in Honolulu Popular sunrise & sunset places in Honolulu
East-facing water, desert, or a ridge that is open at dawn. Today's sunrise in Honolulu is 06:14 AM (Pacific/Honolulu).
Powder sand and the two Mokulua islets. Oʻahu’s most photographed dawn. Public, small, and crowded if you arrive at the disk minute.
Park and walk before civil dawn. The Honolulu sunrise time is the planning number; the islets composition is the photography problem.
Crater rim over Waikīkī and the Pacific. A hike in the dark for a 360° sunrise — city on one side, ocean on the other.
Reservations and first-entry matter. The trail is east-facing at the top; Waikīkī lights are the foreground.
Lighthouse trail on the east end. Open ocean dawn without Lanikai’s sand.
The paved path is popular with walkers. Wind on the point is stronger than Waikīkī.
Longer, less famous east-shore sunrise than Lanikai. Same ocean, more room.
Weekdays. The Koʻolau range is behind you — face the water.
West-facing water, caldera, or skyline. Today's sunset is 06:52 PM.
Ala Moana’s peninsula. West-facing lagoon, Waikīkī towers, and sailboats — Honolulu’s easy public sunset.
The Honolulu evening golden-hour window is when to be on the lawn, not the official minute only.
Round Top Drive. Rainforest ridges and city dusk — a height sunset when the beach is packed.
Cloud can sit on the ridge. Have Magic Island as plan B.
Park and industrial edge west of downtown. A local sunset that is not Waikīkī.
Blue hour with city lights. The disk may drop behind ʻEwa rather than into empty ocean depending on season.
Tourist dusk. Diamond Head is the eastern landmark — at sunset you are looking the other way, toward the leeward sky.
Crowded. Magic Island is usually a cleaner west horizon a short walk west.
Crater rim over Waikīkī at dawn.
Lighthouse and open Pacific.
Ridge light over the city if the coast is socked in.
City and coast from height.
The default west viewpoint.
Urban dusk west of downtown.
Mokulua Islands — the postcard dawn.
More space, same east ocean.
Lagoon and towers at dusk.
Convenient, busy, leeward sky.
Year-round tropical light; winter (Nov–Mar) brings bigger north-shore surf (not the sunrise beaches) and slightly later sunrises. Summer dawns are earlier. Book Diamond Head’s first entry. Lanikai parking fills before sunrise on weekends — go midweek or use a bike.
For the +6° to −4° window anywhere on Earth, use the golden hour calculator. For indigo twilight, see the blue hour guide.
On August 29, 2026, sunrise is 06:14 AM and morning golden hour is 06:00 AM – 06:43 AM (civil dawn 05:51 AM). Coordinates: 21.3069°, -157.8583°.
For tomorrow, the month calendar, azimuth, and day length, open today's sunrise time in Honolulu.
On August 29, 2026, sunset is 06:52 PM and evening golden hour is 06:22 PM – 07:06 PM. Official sunset assumes a flat horizon; cliffs, towers, and palms can hide the disk earlier.
Open today's sunset time in Honolulu before you book a taxi or a deck slot.