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, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Hornell, New York, giving 10 hours, 30 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 36 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 28 | 10h 30m | −2m 36s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 28m | −2m 35s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 25m | −2m 34s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 22m | −2m 33s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 20m | −2m 32s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 17m | −2m 30s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 10h 15m | −2m 29s |
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 |
91% illuminated · 17.5 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Hornell.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Hornell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | 18 mi E | 1 minute 22 seconds earlier | ||
| Geneseo | 33 mi NNW | 1 minute 25 seconds later | ||
| Corning | 34 mi ESE | 2 minutes 44 seconds earlier | ||
| Penn Yan | 39 mi NE | 1 minute 52 seconds earlier | ||
| Big Flats | 39 mi ESE | 3 minutes 13 seconds earlier | ||
| Big Flats Airport | 41 mi ESE | 3 minutes 21 seconds earlier | ||
| Canandaigua | 42 mi NNE | 34 seconds earlier | ||
| Olean | 43 mi WSW | 2 minutes 40 seconds later | ||
| Horseheads | 44 mi ESE | 3 minutes 38 seconds earlier | ||
| Elmira | 47 mi ESE | 3 minutes 49 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 Hornell, New York today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, is at 7:39 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:09 PM.
Hornell gets 10 hours, 30 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 36 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Hornell runs from 5:30 PM to 6:27 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Hornell is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 17 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 5 minutes.
Hornell uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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