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, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at MDT in Slave Lake, Alberta, giving 9 hours, 46 minutes of daylight, 4 minutes 19 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Edmonton (UTC−6)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 25 | 9h 46m | −4m 19s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 9h 41m | −4m 18s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 9h 37m | −4m 17s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 9h 33m | −4m 16s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 9h 29m | −4m 14s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 9h 24m | −4m 13s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 9h 20m | −4m 12s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | March 20, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | June 21, 2026 | |
| September equinox | September 22, 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | December 21, 2026 | |
| Clocks go forward | March 8, 2026 | MDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | CST |
100% illuminated · 14.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Slave Lake.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Slave Lake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitecourt | 139 km SSW | 46 seconds later | ||
| Morinville | 180 km SSE | 8 minutes 14 seconds earlier | ||
| Peace River | 190 km NW | 12 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| St. Albert | 198 km SSE | 8 minutes 43 seconds earlier | ||
| Stony Plain | 201 km SSE | 7 minutes 29 seconds earlier | ||
| Spruce Grove | 202 km SSE | 7 minutes 49 seconds earlier | ||
| Fort Saskatchewan | 203 km SSE | 10 minutes 15 seconds earlier | ||
| Edmonton | 210 km SSE | 9 minutes 35 seconds earlier | ||
| Edson | 218 km SSW | 2 minutes 23 seconds later | ||
| Sherwood Park | 218 km SSE | 10 minutes 16 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 Slave Lake, Alberta today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 8:30 AM MDT, and sunset is at 6:16 PM.
Slave Lake gets 9 hours, 46 minutes of daylight today, 4 minutes 19 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Slave Lake runs from 5:22 PM to 6:39 PM MDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Slave Lake is June 20, 2026, with 17 hours, 27 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 7 hours, 6 minutes.
Slave Lake uses the America/Edmonton time zone, currently MDT (UTC−6).
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