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 Hibbing, Minnesota, giving 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight, 3 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 21m | −3m 12s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 17m | −3m 10s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 14m | −3m 09s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 11m | −3m 09s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 08m | −3m 07s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 05m | −3m 06s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 02m | −3m 05s |
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 Hibbing.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Hibbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 20 mi ENE | 1 minute 26 seconds earlier | ||
| Grand Rapids | 31 mi WSW | 2 minutes 1 second later | ||
| Cloquet | 54 mi SSE | 3 minutes 12 seconds earlier | ||
| Hermantown | 54 mi SE | 3 minutes 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Duluth | 59 mi SE | 4 minutes 30 seconds earlier | ||
| Superior WI | 63 mi SE | 4 minutes 37 seconds earlier | ||
| International Falls | 84 mi NNW | 4 minutes 6 seconds later | ||
| Fort Frances ON | 85 mi NNW | other time zone | ||
| Bemidji | 91 mi W | 7 minutes 52 seconds later | ||
| Brainerd | 95 mi SW | 3 minutes 8 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 Hibbing, Minnesota today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:45 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:06 PM.
Hibbing gets 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 12 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Hibbing runs from 5:22 PM to 6:25 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Hibbing is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 58 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 27 minutes.
Hibbing uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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