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, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at MDT in Alamosa, Colorado, giving 10 hours, 52 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 13 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Denver (UTC−6)
| 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 52m | −2m 13s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 50m | −2m 12s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 47m | −2m 11s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 45m | −2m 11s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 43m | −2m 09s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 41m | −2m 09s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 39m | −2m 07s |
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 | MDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | MST |
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 Alamosa.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Alamosa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salida | 74 mi N | 1 minute 57 seconds later | ||
| Taos NM | 75 mi SSE | 2 minutes 35 seconds earlier | ||
| Cañon City | 75 mi NNE | 1 minute 12 seconds earlier | ||
| Trinidad | 78 mi ESE | 5 minutes 53 seconds earlier | ||
| Pueblo West | 87 mi NE | 3 minutes 24 seconds earlier | ||
| Pueblo | 88 mi NE | 3 minutes 59 seconds earlier | ||
| Raton NM | 88 mi ESE | 6 minutes 29 seconds earlier | ||
| Gunnison | 94 mi NW | 5 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| Fountain | 105 mi NE | 3 minutes 2 seconds earlier | ||
| Fort Carson | 106 mi NNE | 2 minutes 37 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 Alamosa, Colorado today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:21 AM MDT, and sunset is at 6:13 PM.
Alamosa gets 10 hours, 52 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 13 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Alamosa runs from 5:37 PM to 6:30 PM MDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Alamosa is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 45 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 35 minutes.
Alamosa uses the America/Denver time zone, currently MDT (UTC−6).
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