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 Caruthersville, Missouri, giving 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 7 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 55m | −2m 07s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 53m | −2m 06s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 51m | −2m 05s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 49m | −2m 05s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 47m | −2m 03s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 45m | −2m 03s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 43m | −2m 01s |
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 Caruthersville.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Caruthersville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyersburg TN | 19 mi SE | 1 minute 17 seconds earlier | ||
| Kennett | 22 mi W | 1 minute 39 seconds later | ||
| Blytheville AR | 24 mi SW | 43 seconds later | ||
| Ripley TN | 32 mi SSE | 1 minute 5 seconds earlier | ||
| Union City TN | 37 mi ENE | 2 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Osceola AR | 38 mi SSW | 38 seconds later | ||
| Covington TN | 43 mi S | 50 seconds earlier | ||
| Dexter | 45 mi NNW | 2 minutes later | ||
| Martin TN | 46 mi ENE | 3 minutes 2 seconds earlier | ||
| Brownsville TN | 47 mi SSE | 2 minutes 20 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 Caruthersville, Missouri today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:15 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:10 PM.
Caruthersville gets 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 7 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Caruthersville runs from 5:35 PM to 6:26 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Caruthersville is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 38 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 42 minutes.
Caruthersville uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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