Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
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Today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at PDT in Fortuna, California, giving 10 hours, 43 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 30 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Los_Angeles (UTC−7)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 25 | 10h 43m | −2m 30s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 40m | −2m 28s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 38m | −2m 27s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 35m | −2m 27s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 33m | −2m 25s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 31m | −2m 24s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 28m | −2m 23s |
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 | PDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | PST |
100% illuminated · 14.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Fortuna.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Fortuna |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 14 mi N | same minute | ||
| Bayside | 18 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Arcata | 19 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| McKinleyville | 24 mi N | same minute | ||
| Crescent City | 80 mi N | 1 minute 54 seconds later | ||
| Fort Bragg | 82 mi SSE | 3 minutes 4 seconds earlier | ||
| Redding | 93 mi E | 7 minutes 5 seconds earlier | ||
| Shasta Lake | 94 mi E | 7 minutes 2 seconds earlier | ||
| Anderson | 98 mi E | 7 minutes 40 seconds earlier | ||
| Brookings OR | 101 mi N | 2 minutes 41 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 Fortuna, California today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:39 AM PDT, and sunset is at 6:22 PM.
Fortuna gets 10 hours, 43 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 30 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Fortuna runs from 5:44 PM to 6:39 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Fortuna is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 5 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 16 minutes.
Fortuna uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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