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, Monday, October 26, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at EDT in Long Beach, North Carolina, giving 10 hours, 59 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 56 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 26 | 10h 59m | −1m 56s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 57m | −1m 55s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 55m | −1m 54s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 53m | −1m 53s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 52m | −1m 52s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 50m | −1m 51s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 48m | −1m 51s |
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 |
99% illuminated · 15.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Long Beach.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Long Beach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Island | 2.5 mi W | same minute | ||
| Boiling Spring Lakes | 8.8 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Carolina Beach | 15 mi NE | 44 seconds earlier | ||
| Silver Lake | 20 mi NE | 31 seconds earlier | ||
| Myrtle Grove | 21 mi NE | 40 seconds earlier | ||
| Masonboro | 24 mi NE | 45 seconds earlier | ||
| Leland | 24 mi N | same minute | ||
| Wilmington | 25 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Kings Grant | 28 mi NNE | 34 seconds earlier | ||
| Little River SC | 29 mi W | 1 minute 56 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 Long Beach, North Carolina today, Monday, October 26, 2026, is at 7:27 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:26 PM.
Long Beach gets 10 hours, 59 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 56 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Long Beach runs from 5:51 PM to 6:41 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Long Beach is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 25 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 54 minutes.
Long Beach uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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