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, Thursday, October 29, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, giving 10 hours, 12 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 1 second 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 29 | 10h 12m | −3m 01s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 09m | −2m 59s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 06m | −2m 59s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 03m | −2m 57s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 00m | −2m 55s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 9h 57m | −2m 55s | ||
| Wed Nov 4 | 9h 54m | −2m 52s |
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 |
84% illuminated · 18.7 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Greater Sudbury.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Greater Sudbury |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lively | 14 km WSW | 32 seconds later | ||
| Valley East | 17 km N | same minute | ||
| Rayside-Balfour | 21 km NW | 1 minute 7 seconds later | ||
| West Nipissing | 83 km E | 4 minutes 30 seconds earlier | ||
| Sturgeon Falls | 83 km E | 4 minutes 33 seconds earlier | ||
| North Bay | 118 km E | 6 minutes 27 seconds earlier | ||
| Elliot Lake | 126 km W | 6 minutes 22 seconds later | ||
| Parry Sound | 147 km SSE | 6 minutes 3 seconds earlier | ||
| Temiskaming Shores | 148 km NE | 3 minutes 4 seconds earlier | ||
| Huntsville | 188 km SE | 9 minutes 22 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 Greater Sudbury, Ontario today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, is at 8:01 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:13 PM.
Greater Sudbury gets 10 hours, 12 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 1 second shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Greater Sudbury runs from 5:30 PM to 6:33 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Greater Sudbury is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 49 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 35 minutes.
Greater Sudbury uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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