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 CDT in Rothschild, Wisconsin, giving 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 52 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 27 | 10h 24m | −2m 52s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 21m | −2m 52s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 18m | −2m 50s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 15m | −2m 49s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 13m | −2m 48s | ||
| Sun Nov 1 | 10h 10m | −2m 47s | ||
| Mon Nov 2 | 10h 07m | −2m 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 |
97% illuminated · 16.5 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Tuesday, November 24, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Rothschild.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Rothschild |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Mountain | 3.2 mi WNW | same minute | ||
| Weston | 3.6 mi E | same minute | ||
| Kronenwetter | 4.7 mi SSE | same minute | ||
| Wausau | 5.0 mi N | same minute | ||
| Merrill | 21 mi N | 47 seconds later | ||
| Stevens Point | 25 mi S | 49 seconds earlier | ||
| Antigo | 29 mi NE | 1 minute 25 seconds earlier | ||
| Plover | 30 mi S | 1 minute 4 seconds earlier | ||
| Marshfield | 31 mi WSW | 1 minute 49 seconds later | ||
| Wisconsin Rapids | 36 mi SSW | same minute |
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 Rothschild, Wisconsin today, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, is at 7:30 AM CDT, and sunset is at 5:54 PM.
Rothschild gets 10 hours, 24 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 52 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Rothschild runs from 5:13 PM to 6:13 PM CDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Rothschild is June 20, 2026, with 15 hours, 36 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 8 hours, 47 minutes.
Rothschild uses the America/Chicago time zone, currently CDT (UTC−5).
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