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 Monahans, Texas, giving 11 hours, 6 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 46 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 | 11h 06m | −1m 46s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 11h 05m | −1m 45s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 11h 03m | −1m 45s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 11h 01m | −1m 44s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 59m | −1m 43s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 58m | −1m 43s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 56m | −1m 41s |
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 Monahans.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Monahans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit | 22 mi NNW | 1 minute 6 seconds later | ||
| West Odessa | 29 mi NE | 1 minute 17 seconds earlier | ||
| Odessa | 35 mi ENE | 1 minute 49 seconds earlier | ||
| Pecos | 37 mi WSW | 2 minutes 12 seconds later | ||
| Fort Stockton | 48 mi S | 52 seconds earlier | ||
| Andrews | 54 mi NNE | 33 seconds earlier | ||
| Midland | 55 mi ENE | 2 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Hobbs NM | 78 mi N | other time zone | ||
| Seminole | 79 mi N | same minute | ||
| Big Spring | 94 mi ENE | 4 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 Monahans, Texas today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 8:02 AM CDT, and sunset is at 7:09 PM.
Monahans gets 11 hours, 6 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 46 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Monahans runs from 6:35 PM to 7:24 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Monahans is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 13 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 10 hours, 5 minutes.
Monahans uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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