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, Monday, 26 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at NZDT in Dargaville, Northland, giving 13 hours, 22 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 8 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Pacific/Auckland (UTC+13)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today 26 Oct | 13h 22m | +2m 08s | ||
| Tue 27 Oct | 13h 24m | +2m 07s | ||
| Wed 28 Oct | 13h 26m | +2m 07s | ||
| Thu 29 Oct | 13h 28m | +2m 06s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 30m | +2m 05s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 32m | +2m 04s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 34m | +2m 03s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | 21 March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice shortest day | 21 June 2026 | |
| September equinox | 23 September 2026 | |
| December solstice longest day | 22 December 2026 | |
| Clocks go back | 5 April 2026 | NZST |
| Clocks go forward | 27 September 2026 | NZDT |
100% illuminated · 14.5 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, 26 October 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Dargaville.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Dargaville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whangarei | 46 km ENE | 1 minute 29 seconds earlier | ||
| Onerahi | 47 km ENE | 1 minute 42 seconds earlier | ||
| Kerikeri | 79 km N | 43 seconds later | ||
| Warkworth Auckland | 87 km SE | 3 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Orewa Auckland | 101 km SE | 4 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Dairy Flat Auckland | 107 km SE | 4 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Kumeu Auckland | 111 km SSE | 3 minutes 55 seconds earlier | ||
| Albany Auckland | 114 km SE | 4 minutes 22 seconds earlier | ||
| Oteha Valley Auckland | 115 km SE | 4 minutes 27 seconds earlier | ||
| Unsworth Heights Auckland | 118 km SE | 4 minutes 31 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 Dargaville, Northland today, Monday, 26 October 2026, is at 6:28 AM NZDT, and sunset is at 7:50 PM.
Dargaville gets 13 hours, 22 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 8 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Dargaville runs from 7:15 PM to 8:06 PM NZDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Dargaville is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 36 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 43 minutes.
Dargaville uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, currently NZDT (UTC+13).
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