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 Terrace, British Columbia, giving 9 hours, 50 minutes of daylight, 4 minutes 11 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 | 9h 50m | −4m 11s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 9h 45m | −4m 09s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 9h 41m | −4m 09s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 9h 37m | −4m 08s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 9h 33m | −4m 07s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 9h 29m | −4m 05s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 9h 25m | −4m 04s |
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 Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Terrace.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Terrace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitimat | 52 km S | 58 seconds earlier | ||
| Smithers | 97 km ENE | 5 minutes 3 seconds earlier | ||
| Prince Rupert | 113 km W | 6 minutes 22 seconds later | ||
| Ketchikan AK | 215 km WNW | other time zone | ||
| Prince George | 386 km E | 24 minutes 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Quesnel | 436 km ESE | 28 minutes 14 seconds earlier | ||
| Hanceville | 469 km SE | 28 minutes 27 seconds earlier | ||
| Williams Lake | 503 km ESE | 31 minutes 33 seconds earlier | ||
| Sitka AK | 506 km NW | other time zone | ||
| Fort St. John | 526 km ENE | other time zone |
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 Terrace, British Columbia today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 8:23 AM PDT, and sunset is at 6:13 PM.
Terrace gets 9 hours, 50 minutes of daylight today, 4 minutes 11 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Terrace runs from 5:21 PM to 6:36 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Terrace is June 20, 2026, with 17 hours, 16 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 7 hours, 16 minutes.
Terrace uses the America/Vancouver time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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