Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
Warm, low light can turn an ordinary hillside into a photograph worth printing. These are the habits that get you in position and help you…
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, giving 10 hours, 8 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 14 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 28 | 10h 08m | −3m 14s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 05m | −3m 12s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 02m | −3m 11s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 9h 59m | −3m 10s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 9h 56m | −3m 08s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 9h 53m | −3m 07s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 9h 49m | −3m 06s |
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 |
91% illuminated · 17.5 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Kirkland Lake.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Kirkland Lake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouyn-Noranda QC | 76 km E | 3 minutes 52 seconds earlier | ||
| Temiskaming Shores | 76 km SSE | 2 minutes 37 seconds earlier | ||
| La Sarre QC | 96 km NE | 1 minute 59 seconds earlier | ||
| Timmins | 102 km WNW | 5 minutes 52 seconds later | ||
| Cochrane | 126 km NW | 5 minutes 56 seconds later | ||
| Amos QC | 150 km ENE | 6 minutes 49 seconds earlier | ||
| Val-d'Or QC | 166 km E | 9 minutes 4 seconds earlier | ||
| Valley East | 182 km SSW | 49 seconds later | ||
| Rayside-Balfour | 192 km SSW | 1 minute 36 seconds later | ||
| West Nipissing | 197 km S | 4 minutes 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 Kirkland Lake, Ontario today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, is at 7:59 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:08 PM.
Kirkland Lake gets 10 hours, 8 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 14 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Kirkland Lake runs from 5:23 PM to 6:28 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Kirkland Lake is June 21, 2026, with 16 hours, 4 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 21 minutes.
Kirkland Lake uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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