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, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, giving 10 hours, 58 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 53 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Chicago (UTC−5)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 27 | 10h 58m | −1m 53s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 56m | −1m 52s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 54m | −1m 52s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 53m | −1m 50s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 51m | −1m 50s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 49m | −1m 48s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 47m | −1m 48s |
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 | CDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | CST |
97% illuminated · 16.5 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Pleasant Grove.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Pleasant Grove |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hueytown | 3.1 mi SSW | same minute | ||
| Fairfield | 3.4 mi E | same minute | ||
| Midfield | 4.1 mi ESE | same minute | ||
| Bessemer | 6.2 mi S | same minute | ||
| Forestdale | 6.9 mi NE | same minute | ||
| Homewood | 9.9 mi E | 42 seconds earlier | ||
| Birmingham | 9.9 mi ENE | 38 seconds earlier | ||
| Hoover | 11 mi ESE | 45 seconds earlier | ||
| Vestavia Hills | 11 mi ESE | 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Mountain Brook | 13 mi E | 52 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 Pleasant Grove, Alabama today, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, is at 7:02 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:01 PM.
Pleasant Grove gets 10 hours, 58 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 53 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Pleasant Grove runs from 5:26 PM to 6:16 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Pleasant Grove is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 23 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 56 minutes.
Pleasant Grove uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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