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 EDT in Aurora, Ontario, giving 10 hours, 33 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 49 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Toronto (UTC−4)
| 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 33m | −2m 49s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 30m | −2m 48s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 27m | −2m 47s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 24m | −2m 46s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 22m | −2m 45s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 19m | −2m 44s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 16m | −2m 42s |
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 | EDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | EST |
100% illuminated · 14.2 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, October 26, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Aurora.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Aurora |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 5.6 km N | same minute | ||
| King City | 9.3 km SSW | same minute | ||
| King | 11 km WSW | same minute | ||
| East Gwillimbury | 11 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | 12 km E | 36 seconds earlier | ||
| Richmond Hill | 15 km S | same minute | ||
| Stouffville | 18 km ESE | 55 seconds earlier | ||
| Vaughan | 18 km S | same minute | ||
| Thornhill | 21 km S | same minute | ||
| Markham | 22 km SE | 1 minute 1 second 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 Aurora, Ontario today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:45 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:18 PM.
Aurora gets 10 hours, 33 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 49 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Aurora runs from 5:38 PM to 6:36 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Aurora is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 29 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 53 minutes.
Aurora uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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