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, Thursday, October 29, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at CDT in Richland Center, Wisconsin, giving 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 41 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 29 | 10h 24m | −2m 41s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 21m | −2m 40s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 19m | −2m 38s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 16m | −2m 38s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 13m | −2m 36s | ||
| Tue Nov 3 | 10h 11m | −2m 34s | ||
| Wed Nov 4 | 10h 08m | −2m 34s |
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 |
83% illuminated · 18.7 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Richland Center.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Richland Center |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedsburg | 24 mi NE | 1 minute 11 seconds earlier | ||
| Baraboo | 34 mi ENE | 2 minutes 20 seconds earlier | ||
| Mount Horeb | 40 mi SE | 3 minutes 10 seconds earlier | ||
| Platteville | 42 mi S | 42 seconds earlier | ||
| Prairie du Chien | 43 mi WSW | 2 minutes 31 seconds later | ||
| Tomah | 45 mi N | 1 minute 38 seconds later | ||
| Sparta | 47 mi NNW | 2 minutes 48 seconds later | ||
| Middleton | 47 mi ESE | 3 minutes 57 seconds earlier | ||
| Waunakee | 48 mi ESE | 3 minutes 59 seconds earlier | ||
| Portage | 48 mi ENE | 3 minutes 20 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 Richland Center, Wisconsin today, Thursday, October 29, 2026, is at 7:33 AM CDT, and sunset is at 5:57 PM.
Richland Center gets 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 41 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Richland Center runs from 5:16 PM to 6:15 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Richland Center is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 24 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 58 minutes.
Richland Center uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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