Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
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Today, Monday, 26 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at AEDT in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, giving 13 hours, 27 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 17 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Australia/Melbourne (UTC+11)
| 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 | 13h 27m | +2m 17s | ||
| Tue 27 Oct | 13h 29m | +2m 16s | ||
| Wed 28 Oct | 13h 31m | +2m 15s | ||
| Thu 29 Oct | 13h 34m | +2m 14s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 36m | +2m 13s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 38m | +2m 13s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 40m | +2m 11s |
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 | |
| Clocks go back | 5 April 2026 | AEST |
| Clocks go forward | 4 October 2026 | AEDT |
100% illuminated · 14.6 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, 26 October 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Bacchus Marsh.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Bacchus Marsh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darley | 1.7 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Aintree | 21 km ESE | 59 seconds earlier | ||
| Gisborne | 25 km NE | same minute | ||
| St Albans | 33 km ESE | 1 minute 33 seconds earlier | ||
| Laverton | 36 km SE | 1 minute 36 seconds earlier | ||
| Woodend | 36 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Fawkner | 47 km E | 2 minutes 11 seconds earlier | ||
| City of Port Phillip | 47 km ESE | 2 minutes 14 seconds earlier | ||
| Kyneton | 48 km N | 35 seconds later | ||
| Bannockburn | 48 km SSW | 31 seconds later |
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 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria today, Monday, 26 October 2026, is at 6:23 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:50 PM.
Bacchus Marsh gets 13 hours, 27 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 17 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Bacchus Marsh runs from 7:14 PM to 8:07 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Bacchus Marsh is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 47 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 33 minutes.
Bacchus Marsh uses the Australia/Melbourne time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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