Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
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Today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Waite Park, Minnesota, giving 10 hours, 27 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 58 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 27m | −2m 58s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 24m | −2m 58s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 21m | −2m 57s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 18m | −2m 56s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 16m | −2m 54s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 13m | −2m 54s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 10m | −2m 52s |
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 Waite Park.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Waite Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Cloud | 3.0 mi E | same minute | ||
| Sauk Rapids | 3.7 mi NE | same minute | ||
| Sartell | 4.5 mi N | same minute | ||
| Saint Joseph | 4.6 mi W | same minute | ||
| Monticello | 27 mi SE | 2 minutes 9 seconds earlier | ||
| Big Lake | 28 mi ESE | 2 minutes 18 seconds earlier | ||
| Little Falls | 30 mi NNW | 1 minute 17 seconds later | ||
| Buffalo | 32 mi SSE | 2 minutes 3 seconds earlier | ||
| Zimmerman | 32 mi ESE | 2 minutes 44 seconds earlier | ||
| Litchfield | 33 mi SSW | 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 Waite Park, Minnesota today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:47 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:14 PM.
Waite Park gets 10 hours, 27 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 58 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Waite Park runs from 5:33 PM to 6:33 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Waite Park is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 42 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 42 minutes.
Waite Park uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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