Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
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Today, Monday, October 26, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Mineral Wells, Texas, giving 11 hours, 2 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 50 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 26 | 11h 02m | −1m 50s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 11h 00m | −1m 50s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 58m | −1m 49s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 56m | −1m 48s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 54m | −1m 48s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 53m | −1m 47s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 51m | −1m 45s |
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 |
99% illuminated · 15.4 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Mineral Wells.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Mineral Wells |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford | 19 mi E | 1 minute 19 seconds earlier | ||
| Granbury | 31 mi SE | 1 minute 43 seconds earlier | ||
| Azle | 33 mi E | 2 minutes 10 seconds earlier | ||
| Graham | 34 mi NW | 2 minutes 16 seconds later | ||
| Bridgeport | 35 mi NE | 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Briar | 35 mi ENE | 2 minutes 3 seconds earlier | ||
| White Settlement | 38 mi E | 2 minutes 41 seconds earlier | ||
| Benbrook | 39 mi ESE | 2 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Eagle Mountain | 39 mi E | 2 minutes 34 seconds earlier | ||
| Pecan Plantation | 40 mi SE | 2 minutes 18 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 Mineral Wells, Texas today, Monday, October 26, 2026, is at 7:45 AM CDT, and sunset is at 6:47 PM.
Mineral Wells gets 11 hours, 2 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 50 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Mineral Wells runs from 6:13 PM to 7:03 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Mineral Wells is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 19 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 59 minutes.
Mineral Wells uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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