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 CDT in Woodward, Oklahoma, giving 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 8 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 55m | −2m 08s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 52m | −2m 07s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 50m | −2m 07s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 48m | −2m 05s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 46m | −2m 05s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 44m | −2m 03s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 42m | −2m 03s |
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 Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Woodward.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Woodward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alva | 48 mi ENE | 2 minutes 25 seconds earlier | ||
| Clinton | 68 mi SSE | 2 minutes 52 seconds earlier | ||
| Elk City | 71 mi S | 1 minute 15 seconds earlier | ||
| Weatherford | 73 mi SSE | 3 minutes 54 seconds earlier | ||
| Perryton TX | 79 mi W | 5 minutes 37 seconds later | ||
| Enid | 84 mi E | 6 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Pratt KS | 91 mi NNE | 1 minute 1 second earlier | ||
| Liberal KS | 95 mi WNW | 6 minutes 55 seconds later | ||
| Dodge City KS | 97 mi NNW | 4 minutes 15 seconds later | ||
| El Reno | 102 mi SE | 6 minutes 54 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 Woodward, Oklahoma today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:54 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:49 PM.
Woodward gets 10 hours, 55 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 8 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Woodward runs from 6:13 PM to 7:05 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Woodward is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 39 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 40 minutes.
Woodward uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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