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, October 26, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at MDT in The Pinery, Colorado, giving 10 hours, 44 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 22 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 26 | 10h 44m | −2m 22s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 42m | −2m 21s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 39m | −2m 21s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 37m | −2m 19s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 35m | −2m 19s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 32m | −2m 17s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 30m | −2m 16s |
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 |
99% illuminated · 15.4 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against The Pinery.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs The Pinery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | 4.6 mi NNW | same minute | ||
| Stonegate | 6.4 mi NW | same minute | ||
| Castle Pines North | 8.6 mi W | 40 seconds later | ||
| Castle Rock | 8.7 mi SW | same minute | ||
| Dove Valley | 9.9 mi NNW | 33 seconds later | ||
| Lone Tree | 10 mi NW | 45 seconds later | ||
| Centennial | 11 mi NW | 45 seconds later | ||
| Cherry Creek | 13 mi NNW | 44 seconds later | ||
| Highlands Ranch | 14 mi WNW | 1 minute 5 seconds later | ||
| Greenwood Village | 16 mi NW | 1 minute 6 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 The Pinery, Colorado today, Monday, October 26, 2026, is at 7:21 AM MDT, and sunset is at 6:05 PM.
The Pinery gets 10 hours, 44 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 22 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in The Pinery runs from 5:27 PM to 6:21 PM MDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in The Pinery is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 57 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 23 minutes.
The Pinery uses the America/Denver time zone, currently MDT (UTC−6).
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