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, Thursday, October 29, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Borough Park, New York, giving 10 hours, 33 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 26 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/New_York (UTC−4)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 29 | 10h 33m | −2m 26s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 31m | −2m 24s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 28m | −2m 24s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 26m | −2m 22s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 24m | −2m 22s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 10h 21m | −2m 20s | ||
| Wed Nov 4 | 10h 19m | −2m 18s |
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 | EDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | EST |
84% illuminated · 18.7 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Borough Park.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Borough Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Park | 1.1 mi NW | same minute | ||
| Brooklyn | 2.7 mi ENE | same minute | ||
| Gravesend | 3.0 mi SSE | same minute | ||
| East Flatbush | 3.7 mi ENE | same minute | ||
| Sheepshead Bay | 4.0 mi SE | same minute | ||
| New York City | 5.6 mi N | same minute | ||
| Bushwick | 5.8 mi NE | same minute | ||
| East New York | 6.4 mi ENE | same minute | ||
| Bayonne NJ | 6.6 mi WNW | 32 seconds later | ||
| Jersey City NJ | 7.8 mi NNW | 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 Borough Park, New York today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, is at 7:23 AM EDT, and sunset is at 5:56 PM.
Borough Park gets 10 hours, 33 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 26 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Borough Park runs from 5:18 PM to 6:13 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Borough Park is June 21, 2026, with 15 hours, 5 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 16 minutes.
Borough Park uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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