Hawaii is a chain of islands nearly a thousand miles long, and the range of sunset times will vary over almost an hour. More, most of the islands are mountainous, and sunset time behind the mountains will be several minutes earlier than sunset at the beach. To answer this question accurately, you will need to be more specific about the location. However, the numbers below will be accurate for Honolulu, Hawaii.
You can calculate the times of sunrise and sunset for any American city with the link below:
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/rs-one-day-us
U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii (longitude W157.8, latitude N21.3):
Saturday
30 April 2011 Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:38 a.m.
Sunrise 6:01 a.m.
Sun transit 12:29 p.m.
Sunset 6:56 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:19 p.m.
MOON
Moonset 4:18 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 4:15 a.m.
Moon transit 10:39 a.m.
Moonset 5:07 p.m.
Moonrise 4:51 a.m. on following day
Phase of the Moon on 30 April: waning crescent with 5% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
New Moon on 2 May 2011 at 8:51 p.m. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time).
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