Background

Below is a table for sunrise and sunset and moonrise and moonset for Paradise, Mt. Rainier NP. For the month of August 2012 and the azimuth of sunrise and sunset, the sunrise moves south from 62 to 76 degree true north, which is east-northeast, and the sunset moves south from 298 to 284 degrees true north, which is west-northwestward during the month, respectively.

The table of moonrise and moonset azimuth for Seattle is available for August 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 August 2012
Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Twi: 5:12am Sunrise: 5:47am Sunset: 8:39pm Twi: 9:15pm Moonrise: 8:07pm Moonset: 5:26am Full Moon: 8:29pm	2 Twi: 5:13am Sunrise: 5:48am Sunset: 8:38pm Twi: 9:13pm Moonrise: 8:37pm Moonset: 6:39am	3 Twi: 5:15am Sunrise: 5:50am Sunset: 8:37pm Twi: 9:12pm Moonrise: 9:03pm Moonset: 7:51am	4 Twi: 5:16am Sunrise: 5:51am Sunset: 8:35pm Twi: 9:10pm Moonrise: 9:28pm Moonset: 9:00am
5 Twi: 5:17am Sunrise: 5:52am Sunset: 8:34pm Twi: 9:08pm Moonrise: 9:52pm Moonset: 10:07am	6 Twi: 5:19am Sunrise: 5:53am Sunset: 8:32pm Twi: 9:07pm Moonrise: 10:17pm Moonset: 11:13am	7 Twi: 5:20am Sunrise: 5:55am Sunset: 8:31pm Twi: 9:05pm Moonrise: 10:44pm Moonset: 12:17pm	8 Twi: 5:22am Sunrise: 5:56am Sunset: 8:29pm Twi: 9:04pm Moonrise: 11:14pm Moonset: 1:19pm	9 Twi: 5:23am Sunrise: 5:57am Sunset: 8:28pm Twi: 9:02pm Moonrise: 11:47pm Moonset: 2:19pm Last Qtr: 11:56am	10 Twi: 5:24am Sunrise: 5:58am Sunset: 8:26pm Twi: 9:00pm Moonrise: none Moonset: 3:16pm	11 Twi: 5:26am Sunrise: 6:00am Sunset: 8:25pm Twi: 8:58pm Moonrise: 12:26am Moonset: 4:10pm
12 Twi: 5:27am Sunrise: 6:01am Sunset: 8:23pm Twi: 8:57pm Moonrise: 1:12am Moonset: 4:59pm	13 Twi: 5:29am Sunrise: 6:02am Sunset: 8:21pm Twi: 8:55pm Moonrise: 2:03am Moonset: 5:42pm	14 Twi: 5:30am Sunrise: 6:03am Sunset: 8:20pm Twi: 8:53pm Moonrise: 3:02am Moonset: 6:21pm	15 Twi: 5:32am Sunrise: 6:05am Sunset: 8:18pm Twi: 8:51pm Moonrise: 4:05am Moonset: 6:55pm	16 Twi: 5:33am Sunrise: 6:06am Sunset: 8:16pm Twi: 8:50pm Moonrise: 5:12am Moonset: 7:25pm	17 Twi: 5:34am Sunrise: 6:07am Sunset: 8:15pm Twi: 8:48pm Moonrise: 6:21am Moonset: 7:53pm New Moon: 8:56am	18 Twi: 5:36am Sunrise: 6:09am Sunset: 8:13pm Twi: 8:46pm Moonrise: 7:33am Moonset: 8:19pm
19 Twi: 5:37am Sunrise: 6:10am Sunset: 8:11pm Twi: 8:44pm Moonrise: 8:45am Moonset: 8:46pm	20 Twi: 5:39am Sunrise: 6:11am Sunset: 8:09pm Twi: 8:42pm Moonrise: 9:59am Moonset: 9:14pm	21 Twi: 5:40am Sunrise: 6:12am Sunset: 8:08pm Twi: 8:40pm Moonrise: 11:13am Moonset: 9:46pm	22 Twi: 5:41am Sunrise: 6:14am Sunset: 8:06pm Twi: 8:38pm Moonrise: 12:27pm Moonset: 10:22pm	23 Twi: 5:43am Sunrise: 6:15am Sunset: 8:04pm Twi: 8:36pm Moonrise: 1:40pm Moonset: 11:04pm	24 Twi: 5:44am Sunrise: 6:16am Sunset: 8:02pm Twi: 8:34pm Moonrise: 2:49pm Moonset: 11:55pm First Qtr: 6:55am	25 Twi: 5:46am Sunrise: 6:18am Sunset: 8:00pm Twi: 8:32pm Moonrise: 3:50pm Moonset: none
26 Twi: 5:47am Sunrise: 6:19am Sunset: 7:59pm Twi: 8:31pm Moonrise: 4:43pm Moonset: 12:54am	27 Twi: 5:48am Sunrise: 6:20am Sunset: 7:57pm Twi: 8:29pm Moonrise: 5:28pm Moonset: 2:00am	28 Twi: 5:50am Sunrise: 6:22am Sunset: 7:55pm Twi: 8:27pm Moonrise: 6:05pm Moonset: 3:10am	29 Twi: 5:51am Sunrise: 6:23am Sunset: 7:53pm Twi: 8:25pm Moonrise: 6:37pm Moonset: 4:21am	30 Twi: 5:53am Sunrise: 6:24am Sunset: 7:51pm Twi: 8:23pm Moonrise: 7:04pm Moonset: 5:32am	31 Twi: 5:54am Sunrise: 6:25am Sunset: 7:49pm Twi: 8:21pm Moonrise: 7:30pm Moonset: 6:42am Full Moon: 6:59am

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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