Photographing the Full Moon Rising: Planning With Azimuth and Timing
The giant moon behind a lighthouse is not luck. It is a date, a direction, a distance, and a few minutes of light, all worked out before…
Today, Monday, 26 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at AEST in Gympie, Queensland, giving 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 27 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Australia/Brisbane (UTC+10)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today 26 Oct | 12h 57m | +1m 27s | ||
| Tue 27 Oct | 12h 59m | +1m 26s | ||
| Wed 28 Oct | 13h 00m | +1m 25s | ||
| Thu 29 Oct | 13h 02m | +1m 25s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 03m | +1m 24s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 04m | +1m 24s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 06m | +1m 23s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | 21 March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice shortest day | 21 June 2026 | |
| September equinox | 23 September 2026 | |
| December solstice longest day | 22 December 2026 |
Gympie does not change its clocks in 2026.
100% illuminated · 14.7 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, 26 October 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Gympie.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Gympie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 48 km ESE | 1 minute 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Sunshine Coast | 66 km SE | 2 minutes 11 seconds earlier | ||
| Maryborough | 72 km N | 34 seconds later | ||
| Caloundra | 82 km SSE | 2 minutes 31 seconds earlier | ||
| Kingaroy | 91 km WSW | 2 minutes 55 seconds later | ||
| Urraween | 101 km N | same minute | ||
| Hervey Bay | 101 km N | 35 seconds later | ||
| Point Vernon | 105 km N | same minute | ||
| Narangba | 116 km SSE | 2 minutes 20 seconds earlier | ||
| Mango Hill | 122 km SSE | 2 minutes 38 seconds earlier |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Gympie, Queensland today, Monday, 26 October 2026, is at 5:05 AM AEST, and sunset is at 6:02 PM.
Gympie gets 12 hours, 57 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 27 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Gympie runs from 5:31 PM to 6:17 PM AEST today.
The longest day of 2026 in Gympie is 22 December 2026, with 13 hours, 47 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 10 hours, 30 minutes.
Gympie uses the Australia/Brisbane time zone, currently AEST (UTC+10).
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