Background

 November is the month to change from Pacific Daylight (Savings) Time (PDT) to Pacific Standard Time (PST), which happens on November 4th at 2:00 am. The times in the table below reflects this change.

Below is a table for sunrise and sunset and moonrise and moonset for Paradise, Mt. Rainier NP. For the month of November 2012 and the azimuth of sunrise and sunset, the sunrise moves south from 111 to 122 degree true north, which is east-southeast to southeastward, and sunset moves south from 249 to 238 degrees true north, which is west-southwest to southwestward during the month, respectively.

The table of moonrise and moonset azimuth for Seattle is available for November 2012. The difference between Seattle (shown in table) and Mt. Rainier is relatively minor and can be adjusted in the field.

Sun and Moon times

Please note that while the sun/moon rise and set times are correct, the light and actual visibility of sunrise and sunset varies due to Mt. Rainier itself, sun/moonrise later on the west side and sun/moonset earlier on the east side. In addition the local terrain around your location will change the light and actually visibility of each.

Paradise, Mount Rainier NP November 2012
Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Twi: 7:17am Sunrise: 7:49am Sunset: 5:52pm Twi: 6:24pm Moonrise: 7:44pm Moonset: 10:36am	2 Twi: 7:19am Sunrise: 7:51am Sunset: 5:50pm Twi: 6:22pm Moonrise: 8:34pm Moonset: 11:24am	3 Twi: 7:20am Sunrise: 7:52am Sunset: 5:49pm Twi: 6:21pm Moonrise: 9:28pm Moonset: 12:08pm
4 DST Ends Twi: 6:22am Sunrise: 6:54am Sunset: 4:47pm Twi: 5:19pm Moonrise: 9:27pm Moonset: 11:46am	5 Twi: 6:23am Sunrise: 6:55am Sunset: 4:46pm Twi: 5:18pm Moonrise: 10:29pm Moonset: 12:19pm	6 Twi: 6:24am Sunrise: 6:56am Sunset: 4:45pm Twi: 5:17pm Moonrise: 11:34pm Moonset: 12:49pm Last Qtr: 4:37pm	7 Twi: 6:26am Sunrise: 6:58am Sunset: 4:43pm Twi: 5:16pm Moonrise: none Moonset: 1:17pm	8 Twi: 6:27am Sunrise: 6:59am Sunset: 4:42pm Twi: 5:14pm Moonrise: 12:41am Moonset: 1:44pm	9 Twi: 6:28am Sunrise: 7:01am Sunset: 4:41pm Twi: 5:13pm Moonrise: 1:50am Moonset: 2:10pm	10 Twi: 6:30am Sunrise: 7:02am Sunset: 4:39pm Twi: 5:12pm Moonrise: 3:03am Moonset: 2:39pm
11 Twi: 6:31am Sunrise: 7:04am Sunset: 4:38pm Twi: 5:11pm Moonrise: 4:18am Moonset: 3:10pm	12 Twi: 6:33am Sunrise: 7:05am Sunset: 4:37pm Twi: 5:10pm Moonrise: 5:36am Moonset: 3:47pm	13 Twi: 6:34am Sunrise: 7:07am Sunset: 4:36pm Twi: 5:08pm Moonrise: 6:54am Moonset: 4:31pm New Moon: 2:09pm	14 Twi: 6:35am Sunrise: 7:08am Sunset: 4:35pm Twi: 5:07pm Moonrise: 8:09am Moonset: 5:24pm	15 Twi: 6:37am Sunrise: 7:10am Sunset: 4:33pm Twi: 5:06pm Moonrise: 9:17am Moonset: 6:26pm	16 Twi: 6:38am Sunrise: 7:11am Sunset: 4:32pm Twi: 5:05pm Moonrise: 10:15am Moonset: 7:35pm	17 Twi: 6:39am Sunrise: 7:12am Sunset: 4:31pm Twi: 5:04pm Moonrise: 11:02am Moonset: 8:48pm
18 Twi: 6:41am Sunrise: 7:14am Sunset: 4:30pm Twi: 5:04pm Moonrise: 11:41am Moonset: 10:01pm	19 Twi: 6:42am Sunrise: 7:15am Sunset: 4:29pm Twi: 5:03pm Moonrise: 12:14pm Moonset: 11:13pm	20 Twi: 6:43am Sunrise: 7:17am Sunset: 4:28pm Twi: 5:02pm Moonrise: 12:42pm Moonset: none First Qtr: 6:33am	21 Twi: 6:45am Sunrise: 7:18am Sunset: 4:28pm Twi: 5:01pm Moonrise: 1:07pm Moonset: 12:21am	22 Twi: 6:46am Sunrise: 7:19am Sunset: 4:27pm Twi: 5:00pm Moonrise: 1:31pm Moonset: 1:27am	23 Twi: 6:47am Sunrise: 7:21am Sunset: 4:26pm Twi: 5:00pm Moonrise: 1:56pm Moonset: 2:32am	24 Twi: 6:48am Sunrise: 7:22am Sunset: 4:25pm Twi: 4:59pm Moonrise: 2:21pm Moonset: 3:35am
25 Twi: 6:50am Sunrise: 7:23am Sunset: 4:24pm Twi: 4:58pm Moonrise: 2:50pm Moonset: 4:37am	26 Twi: 6:51am Sunrise: 7:25am Sunset: 4:24pm Twi: 4:58pm Moonrise: 3:22pm Moonset: 5:38am	27 Twi: 6:52am Sunrise: 7:26am Sunset: 4:23pm Twi: 4:57pm Moonrise: 3:59pm Moonset: 6:36am	28 Twi: 6:53am Sunrise: 7:27am Sunset: 4:22pm Twi: 4:57pm Moonrise: 4:41pm Moonset: 7:31am Full Moon: 6:47am	29 Twi: 6:54am Sunrise: 7:29am Sunset: 4:22pm Twi: 4:56pm Moonrise: 5:29pm Moonset: 8:21am	30 Twi: 6:55am Sunrise: 7:30am Sunset: 4:21pm Twi: 4:56pm Moonrise: 6:22pm Moonset: 9:06am

Resources

Below are some Web-based calculators for sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset and sunrise/sunset azimuth. For what it's worth, knowing your exact location in the NP isn't that critical as you can use the calculation for Seattle, Washington to be sufficient close to make any minor adjustments in the field. Otherwise, Paradise is 46.77 ° north 121.73 ° west and the crest of Mt. Rainier is 46.85 ° north and 121.76 ° west for exact calculations.

• Websites
  • Time&Date.com
  • US Navy Calculator
  • LF Calculater
  • Sunrise/Sunset Calculator

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