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, Thursday, October 29, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana, giving 11 hours, 4 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 36 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 29 | 11h 04m | −1m 36s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 11h 02m | −1m 36s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 11h 01m | −1m 35s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 59m | −1m 33s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 58m | −1m 33s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 10h 56m | −1m 32s | ||
| Wed Nov 4 | 10h 55m | −1m 32s |
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 |
83% illuminated · 18.7 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Bayou Boeuf.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Bayou Boeuf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raceland | 9.8 mi S | same minute | ||
| Grand Bayou Mobile Home Park | 11 mi WNW | 46 seconds later | ||
| Chackbay | 12 mi W | 49 seconds later | ||
| Reserve | 13 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Luling | 14 mi ENE | 51 seconds earlier | ||
| Thibodaux | 14 mi WSW | 49 seconds later | ||
| Laplace | 15 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Destrehan | 15 mi ENE | 53 seconds earlier | ||
| Schriever | 16 mi SW | 42 seconds later | ||
| Gray | 16 mi SW | 33 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 Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, is at 7:14 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:18 PM.
Bayou Boeuf gets 11 hours, 4 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 36 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Bayou Boeuf runs from 5:45 PM to 6:33 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Bayou Boeuf is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 4 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 10 hours, 14 minutes.
Bayou Boeuf uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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