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 PDT in Gibsons, British Columbia, giving 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 26 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Vancouver (UTC−7)
| 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 | 10h 13m | −3m 26s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 09m | −3m 25s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 06m | −3m 23s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 03m | −3m 23s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 9h 59m | −3m 22s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 9h 56m | −3m 20s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 9h 53m | −3m 19s |
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 | PDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | MST |
100% illuminated · 14.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Gibsons.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Gibsons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sechelt | 20 km WNW | 1 minute 10 seconds later | ||
| West Vancouver | 26 km ESE | 1 minute 31 seconds earlier | ||
| Vancouver | 32 km ESE | 1 minute 50 seconds earlier | ||
| North Vancouver | 33 km ESE | 1 minute 54 seconds earlier | ||
| Riley Park | 34 km ESE | 1 minute 57 seconds earlier | ||
| Richmond | 37 km SE | 1 minute 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Victoria-Fraserview | 38 km ESE | 2 minutes 7 seconds earlier | ||
| Nanaimo | 41 km SW | 1 minute 17 seconds later | ||
| Squamish | 42 km NE | 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Harewood | 42 km SW | 1 minute 17 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 Gibsons, British Columbia today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:51 AM PDT, and sunset is at 6:04 PM.
Gibsons gets 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 26 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Gibsons runs from 5:19 PM to 6:24 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Gibsons is June 20, 2026, with 16 hours, 16 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 10 minutes.
Gibsons uses the America/Vancouver time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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