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 EDT in Hollymead, Virginia, giving 10 hours, 50 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 17 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 25 | 10h 50m | −2m 17s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 10h 48m | −2m 15s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 46m | −2m 15s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 43m | −2m 13s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 41m | −2m 13s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 39m | −2m 12s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 37m | −2m 11s |
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 |
100% illuminated · 14.2 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Monday, October 26, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Hollymead.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Hollymead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottesville | 6.4 mi SSW | same minute | ||
| Crozet | 14 mi WSW | 58 seconds later | ||
| Lake Monticello | 15 mi SSE | 41 seconds earlier | ||
| Waynesboro | 25 mi W | 1 minute 44 seconds later | ||
| Fishersville | 29 mi W | 2 minutes 5 seconds later | ||
| Harrisonburg | 33 mi NW | 2 minutes 10 seconds later | ||
| Stuarts Draft | 33 mi W | 2 minutes 15 seconds later | ||
| Bridgewater | 34 mi WNW | 2 minutes 30 seconds later | ||
| Staunton | 34 mi W | 2 minutes 34 seconds later | ||
| Culpeper | 34 mi NE | 1 minute 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 Hollymead, Virginia today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 7:32 AM EDT, and sunset is at 6:23 PM.
Hollymead gets 10 hours, 50 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 17 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Hollymead runs from 5:46 PM to 6:39 PM EDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Hollymead is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 49 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 31 minutes.
Hollymead uses the America/New_York time zone, currently EDT (UTC−4).
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