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, Friday, 30 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at NZDT in North East Valley, Otago, giving 14 hours, 7 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 1 second 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 30 Oct | 14h 07m | +3m 01s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 14h 10m | +3m 00s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 14h 13m | +2m 58s | ||
| Mon 2 Nov | 14h 16m | +2m 57s | ||
| Tue 3 Nov | 14h 19m | +2m 56s | ||
| Wed 4 Nov | 14h 21m | +2m 55s | ||
| Thu 5 Nov | 14h 24m | +2m 53s |
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 |
81% illuminated · 19.0 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against North East Valley.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs North East Valley |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | 3.5 km SW | same minute | ||
| Mosgiel | 15 km W | 41 seconds later | ||
| Oamaru | 90 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Alexandra | 113 km NW | 5 minutes 56 seconds later | ||
| Papatowai | 114 km SW | 2 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| Gore Southland | 126 km WSW | 5 minutes 48 seconds later | ||
| Cromwell | 138 km NW | 7 minutes 3 seconds later | ||
| Wanaka | 168 km NW | 7 minutes 58 seconds later | ||
| Timaru Canterbury | 171 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Queenstown | 172 km WNW | 9 minutes 13 seconds later |
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 North East Valley, Otago today, Friday, 30 October 2026, is at 6:19 AM NZDT, and sunset is at 8:25 PM.
North East Valley gets 14 hours, 7 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 1 second longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in North East Valley runs from 7:44 PM to 8:45 PM NZDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in North East Valley is 22 December 2026, with 15 hours, 44 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 8 hours, 39 minutes.
North East Valley uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, currently NZDT (UTC+13).
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