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 PDT in Moscow, Idaho, giving 10 hours, 23 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 7 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 23m | −3m 07s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 20m | −3m 05s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 17m | −3m 05s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 14m | −3m 03s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 11m | −3m 03s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 08m | −3m 01s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 05m | −3m 00s |
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 Moscow.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Moscow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman WA | 8.5 mi W | 43 seconds later | ||
| Lewiston | 22 mi S | 30 seconds earlier | ||
| Clarkston WA | 22 mi S | same minute | ||
| West Clarkston-Highland WA | 23 mi S | same minute | ||
| Clarkston Heights-Vineland WA | 24 mi S | same minute | ||
| Lewiston Orchards | 24 mi S | 44 seconds earlier | ||
| Cheney WA | 59 mi NNW | 3 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| Liberty Lake WA | 65 mi N | 2 minutes 12 seconds later | ||
| Spokane Valley WA | 66 mi N | 2 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| Coeur d'Alene | 66 mi N | 51 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 Moscow, Idaho today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:20 AM PDT, and sunset is at 5:43 PM.
Moscow gets 10 hours, 23 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 7 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Moscow runs from 5:00 PM to 6:02 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Moscow is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 52 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 33 minutes.
Moscow uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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