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, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at PDT in Airway Heights, Washington, giving 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight, 3 minutes 11 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Los_Angeles (UTC−7)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 27 | 10h 13m | −3m 11s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 10m | −3m 10s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 07m | −3m 09s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 04m | −3m 07s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 01m | −3m 06s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 9h 58m | −3m 05s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 9h 55m | −3m 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 | PDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | PST |
96% illuminated · 16.6 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Airway Heights.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Airway Heights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane | 7.7 mi E | 38 seconds earlier | ||
| Cheney | 11 mi S | same minute | ||
| Country Homes | 11 mi NE | 33 seconds earlier | ||
| Fairwood | 12 mi NE | same minute | ||
| Mead | 14 mi NE | 43 seconds earlier | ||
| Spokane Valley | 17 mi E | 1 minute 22 seconds earlier | ||
| Liberty Lake | 22 mi E | 1 minute 50 seconds earlier | ||
| Otis Orchards-East Farms | 24 mi E | 1 minute 56 seconds earlier | ||
| Post Falls ID | 30 mi E | 2 minutes 25 seconds earlier | ||
| Rathdrum ID | 34 mi ENE | 2 minutes 27 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 Airway Heights, Washington today, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, is at 7:27 AM PDT, and sunset is at 5:40 PM.
Airway Heights gets 10 hours, 13 minutes of daylight today, 3 minutes 11 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Airway Heights runs from 4:57 PM to 6:00 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Airway Heights is June 20, 2026, with 16 hours of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 25 minutes.
Airway Heights uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
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