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 PDT in Winnemucca, Nevada, giving 10 hours, 42 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 31 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Los_Angeles (UTC−7)
| 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 42m | −2m 31s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 39m | −2m 31s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 37m | −2m 29s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 34m | −2m 28s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 32m | −2m 28s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 29m | −2m 26s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 27m | −2m 25s |
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 | PDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | PST |
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 Winnemucca.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Winnemucca |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elko | 103 mi E | 8 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Spring Creek | 114 mi E | 8 minutes 58 seconds earlier | ||
| Fallon | 117 mi SSW | 2 minutes later | ||
| Fernley | 124 mi SW | 4 minutes 6 seconds later | ||
| Silver Springs | 133 mi SW | 3 minutes 43 seconds later | ||
| Spanish Springs | 138 mi SW | 5 minutes 59 seconds later | ||
| Sun Valley | 144 mi SW | 6 minutes 11 seconds later | ||
| Lemmon Valley | 144 mi SW | 6 minutes 30 seconds later | ||
| Sparks | 146 mi SW | 6 minutes later | ||
| Cold Springs | 148 mi SW | 7 minutes 6 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 Winnemucca, Nevada today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:14 AM PDT, and sunset is at 5:56 PM.
Winnemucca gets 10 hours, 42 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 31 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Winnemucca runs from 5:17 PM to 6:13 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Winnemucca is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 8 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 14 minutes.
Winnemucca uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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