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 Elizabethton, Tennessee, giving 10 hours, 49 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 6 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 49m | −2m 06s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 46m | −2m 04s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 44m | −2m 03s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 42m | −2m 02s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 40m | −2m 02s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 38m | −2m 00s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 10h 36m | −1m 59s |
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 Elizabethton.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Elizabethton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City | 8.3 mi WSW | 31 seconds later | ||
| Jonesborough | 15 mi WSW | 59 seconds later | ||
| Bristol | 17 mi N | same minute | ||
| Bristol VA | 17 mi N | same minute | ||
| Erwin | 18 mi SW | 32 seconds later | ||
| Colonial Heights | 19 mi WNW | 1 minute 22 seconds later | ||
| Bloomingdale | 22 mi NW | 1 minute 27 seconds later | ||
| Kingsport | 24 mi NW | 1 minute 41 seconds later | ||
| Abingdon VA | 28 mi NNE | same minute | ||
| Chuckey | 28 mi WSW | 1 minute 43 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 Elizabethton, Tennessee today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, is at 7:48 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:37 PM.
Elizabethton gets 10 hours, 49 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 6 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Elizabethton runs from 6:01 PM to 6:53 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Elizabethton is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 39 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 41 minutes.
Elizabethton uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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