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, Monday, October 26, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in The Villages, Florida, giving 11 hours, 11 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 34 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/New_York (UTC−4)
| 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 | 11h 11m | −1m 35s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 11h 09m | −1m 33s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 11h 08m | −1m 34s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 11h 06m | −1m 32s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 11h 05m | −1m 32s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 11h 03m | −1m 31s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 11h 02m | −1m 30s |
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 | EDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | EST |
99% illuminated · 15.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against The Villages.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs The Villages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Lake | 2.5 mi ESE | same minute | ||
| Wildwood | 6.8 mi SW | same minute | ||
| Leesburg | 9.9 mi SSE | same minute | ||
| Silver Springs Shores | 12 mi NNW | same minute | ||
| Marion Oaks | 14 mi WNW | 59 seconds later | ||
| Tavares | 17 mi ESE | 1 minute 5 seconds earlier | ||
| Eustis | 18 mi ESE | 1 minute 11 seconds earlier | ||
| Silver Springs | 20 mi NNW | 43 seconds later | ||
| Ocala | 21 mi NNW | 1 minute later | ||
| Mount Dora | 21 mi ESE | 1 minute 25 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 The Villages, Florida today, Monday, October 26, 2026, is at 7:36 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:47 PM.
The Villages gets 11 hours, 11 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 34 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in The Villages runs from 6:15 PM to 7:02 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in The Villages is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 10 hours, 18 minutes.
The Villages uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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