Photographing the Full Moon Rising: Planning With Azimuth and Timing
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Today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Batesville, Mississippi, giving 11 hours of daylight, 1 minute 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 | 11h 00m | −1m 58s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 58m | −1m 58s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 56m | −1m 56s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 54m | −1m 56s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 52m | −1m 55s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 50m | −1m 54s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 48m | −1m 53s |
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 Batesville.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Batesville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senatobia | 21 mi N | same minute | ||
| Oxford | 25 mi E | 1 minute 38 seconds earlier | ||
| Hernando | 36 mi N | 50 seconds later | ||
| Clarksdale | 37 mi WSW | 2 minutes 22 seconds later | ||
| Grenada | 38 mi SSE | 1 minute 12 seconds earlier | ||
| Helena-West Helena AR | 40 mi WNW | 2 minutes 51 seconds later | ||
| Helena AR | 40 mi WNW | 2 minutes 52 seconds later | ||
| Holly Springs | 42 mi NE | 1 minute 25 seconds earlier | ||
| West Helena AR | 43 mi WNW | 3 minutes 5 seconds later | ||
| Horn Lake | 45 mi N | 1 minute 10 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 Batesville, Mississippi today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:14 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:14 PM.
Batesville gets 11 hours of daylight today, 1 minute 58 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Batesville runs from 5:39 PM to 6:29 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Batesville is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 27 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 52 minutes.
Batesville uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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