Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
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Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at HST in Kekaha-Waimea, Hawaii, giving 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 7 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, Pacific/Honolulu (UTC−10)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 29 | 11h 22m | −1m 07s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 11h 21m | −1m 07s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 11h 20m | −1m 05s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 11h 19m | −1m 06s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 11h 18m | −1m 04s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 11h 17m | −1m 04s | ||
| Wed Nov 4 | 11h 16m | −1m 03s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | March 20, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | June 20, 2026 | |
| September equinox | September 22, 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | December 21, 2026 |
Kekaha-Waimea does not change its clocks in 2026.
81% illuminated · 18.9 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Kekaha-Waimea.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Kekaha-Waimea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lihue | 21 mi E | 1 minute 16 seconds earlier | ||
| Wailua Homesteads | 21 mi ENE | 1 minute 9 seconds earlier | ||
| Kapa‘a | 25 mi ENE | 1 minute 23 seconds earlier | ||
| Mākaha-Kaʻena | 100 mi ESE | 6 minutes 23 seconds earlier | ||
| Mākaha | 101 mi ESE | 6 minutes 29 seconds earlier | ||
| Waianae | 104 mi ESE | 6 minutes 37 seconds earlier | ||
| Mā‘ili | 105 mi ESE | 6 minutes 41 seconds earlier | ||
| Nānākuli | 107 mi ESE | 6 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Pupukea | 107 mi ESE | 6 minutes 53 seconds earlier | ||
| Sunset Beach-Pūpūkea | 107 mi E | 6 minutes 54 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 Kekaha-Waimea, Hawaii today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, is at 6:41 AM HST, and sunset is at 6:03 PM.
Kekaha-Waimea gets 11 hours, 22 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 7 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Kekaha-Waimea runs from 5:33 PM to 6:18 PM HST today.
The longest day of 2026 in Kekaha-Waimea is June 20, 2026, with 13 hours, 29 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 10 hours, 48 minutes.
Kekaha-Waimea uses the Pacific/Honolulu time zone, currently HST (UTC−10).
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