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, Monday, October 26, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, giving 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 4 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 26 | 10h 21m | −3m 04s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 18m | −3m 03s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 15m | −3m 02s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 12m | −3m 01s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 09m | −3m 00s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 06m | −2m 58s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 03m | −2m 57s |
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 |
99% illuminated · 15.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Sault Ste. Marie.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Sault Ste. Marie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Ste. Marie MI | 2.6 km SSW | other time zone | ||
| Elliot Lake | 131 km E | 7 minutes 3 seconds earlier | ||
| Petoskey MI | 136 km SSW | other time zone | ||
| Bay Harbor MI | 141 km SSW | other time zone | ||
| Alpena MI | 176 km SSE | other time zone | ||
| Traverse City MI | 219 km SSW | other time zone | ||
| Escanaba MI | 227 km WSW | other time zone | ||
| Marquette MI | 234 km W | other time zone | ||
| Rayside-Balfour | 239 km E | 12 minutes 21 seconds earlier | ||
| Lively | 244 km E | 12 minutes 54 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 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario today, Monday, October 26, 2026, is at 8:10 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:31 PM.
Sault Ste. Marie gets 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 4 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Sault Ste. Marie runs from 5:49 PM to 6:51 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Sault Ste. Marie is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 50 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 34 minutes.
Sault Ste. Marie uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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