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 Richmond, Tasman, giving 13 hours, 38 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 37 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 38m | +2m 37s | ||
| Tue 27 Oct | 13h 41m | +2m 35s | ||
| Wed 28 Oct | 13h 43m | +2m 35s | ||
| Thu 29 Oct | 13h 46m | +2m 34s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 49m | +2m 33s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 51m | +2m 32s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 54m | +2m 30s |
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 Richmond.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Richmond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Nelson | 4.6 km ENE | same minute | ||
| Nelson Nelson | 11 km NE | same minute | ||
| Motueka | 26 km NNW | 1 minute later | ||
| Blenheim Marlborough | 67 km ESE | 3 minutes 23 seconds earlier | ||
| Karori Wellington | 130 km E | 6 minutes 9 seconds earlier | ||
| Wellington Wellington | 133 km E | 6 minutes 17 seconds earlier | ||
| Ngaio Wellington | 133 km E | 6 minutes 13 seconds earlier | ||
| Newtown Wellington | 133 km E | 6 minutes 20 seconds earlier | ||
| Khandallah Wellington | 135 km E | 6 minutes 18 seconds earlier | ||
| Johnsonville Wellington | 136 km E | 6 minutes 17 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 Richmond, Tasman today, Monday, 26 October 2026, is at 6:23 AM NZDT, and sunset is at 8:01 PM.
Richmond gets 13 hours, 38 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 37 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Richmond runs from 7:23 PM to 8:19 PM NZDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Richmond is 22 December 2026, with 15 hours, 10 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 11 minutes.
Richmond uses the Pacific/Auckland time zone, currently NZDT (UTC+13).
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