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 Holdrege, Nebraska, giving 10 hours, 43 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 29 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 43m | −2m 29s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 41m | −2m 27s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 39m | −2m 27s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 36m | −2m 25s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 34m | −2m 25s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 31m | −2m 23s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 29m | −2m 23s |
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 Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Holdrege.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Holdrege |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearney | 23 mi NE | 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Lexington | 31 mi NW | 1 minute 59 seconds later | ||
| Hastings | 53 mi ENE | 3 minutes 43 seconds earlier | ||
| Grand Island | 63 mi ENE | 3 minutes 24 seconds earlier | ||
| McCook | 68 mi WSW | 4 minutes 41 seconds later | ||
| North Platte | 87 mi WNW | 6 minutes 35 seconds later | ||
| York | 98 mi ENE | 6 minutes 30 seconds earlier | ||
| Hays KS | 108 mi S | 2 minutes 23 seconds earlier | ||
| Concordia KS | 109 mi ESE | 8 minutes 5 seconds earlier | ||
| Colby KS | 115 mi SW | 5 minutes 15 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 Holdrege, Nebraska today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 8:00 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:43 PM.
Holdrege gets 10 hours, 43 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 29 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Holdrege runs from 6:05 PM to 7:00 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Holdrege is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 4 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 17 minutes.
Holdrege uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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