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 CDT in Mokena, Illinois, giving 10 hours, 40 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 35 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Chicago (UTC−5)
| 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 40m | −2m 35s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 38m | −2m 33s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 35m | −2m 33s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 33m | −2m 31s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 30m | −2m 31s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 28m | −2m 29s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 25m | −2m 29s |
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 | CDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | CST |
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 Mokena.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Mokena |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | 3.0 mi SE | same minute | ||
| New Lenox | 4.1 mi WSW | same minute | ||
| Frankfort Square | 4.5 mi E | same minute | ||
| Orland Hills | 4.7 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Homer Glen | 5.7 mi NNW | same minute | ||
| Tinley Park | 6.3 mi ENE | same minute | ||
| Orland Park | 7.4 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Goodings Grove | 7.4 mi NNW | same minute | ||
| Manhattan | 8.7 mi SW | same minute | ||
| Oak Forest | 9.2 mi NE | same minute |
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 Mokena, Illinois today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:15 AM CDT, and sunset is at 5:55 PM.
Mokena gets 10 hours, 40 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 35 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Mokena runs from 5:17 PM to 6:13 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Mokena is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 11 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 10 minutes.
Mokena uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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