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 Madisonville, Kentucky, giving 10 hours, 52 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 12 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 52m | −2m 13s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 50m | −2m 11s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 48m | −2m 11s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 46m | −2m 09s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 44m | −2m 09s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 41m | −2m 08s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 39m | −2m 07s |
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 Madisonville.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Madisonville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehead | 18 mi ESE | 1 minute 22 seconds earlier | ||
| Central City | 21 mi E | 1 minute 33 seconds earlier | ||
| Princeton | 26 mi SW | 1 minute 15 seconds later | ||
| Hopkinsville | 32 mi S | 38 seconds earlier | ||
| Henderson | 35 mi N | 1 minute 3 seconds later | ||
| Owensboro | 37 mi NE | 57 seconds earlier | ||
| Oak Grove | 41 mi E | 2 minutes 57 seconds earlier | ||
| Knottsville | 45 mi NE | 1 minute 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Evansville IN | 45 mi N | 1 minute 6 seconds later | ||
| Oak Grove | 46 mi S | 1 minute 6 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 Madisonville, Kentucky today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:08 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:00 PM.
Madisonville gets 10 hours, 52 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 12 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Madisonville runs from 5:24 PM to 6:16 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Madisonville is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 44 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 35 minutes.
Madisonville uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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