What is the deal with sunrise/set times???

[mcconnellcs]

I am new to hunting and need some clarification on the times at which I am aloud to hunt in VA. It says that it is one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sun set, but the times they list for rise and set seem to be way off. For example the set time for Oct. 13th is 5:35pm. Does that really mean that I can only hunt till 6:05pm? It doesn"™t even begin to get dark till much later than that.

[Rebel Hog]

ORIGINAL: mcconnellcs


I am new to hunting and need some clarification on the times at which I am aloud to hunt in VA. It says that it is one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sun set, but the times they list for rise and set seem to be way off. For example the set time for Oct. 13th is 5:35pm. Does that really mean that I can only hunt till 6:05pm? It doesn"™t even begin to get dark till much later than that.

In camp we always had a radio which broadcasts the NOAA staion with Weather Forecasts, Time Of Sunrise & Sunset andNational time....

Hey, that's a big money maker for the State's....

[mitchmtm1]

The times that they list are for standard time...we are still in daylight savings time. In other words add one hour.




Mitch

[RenaissanceBiker]

The official timekeeper for the US Government is the US Naval Observatory. You can get exact sunrise/sunset times for any location and datefrom their website here:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php

ETA: Here's what it says for Chester, SC on Saturday.

U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department


Sun and Moon Data for One Day
The following information is provided for Chester, Chester County, South Carolina (longitude W81.2, latitude N34.7):
Saturday
18 October 2008 Eastern Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 7:08 a.m.
Sunrise 7:33 a.m.
Sun transit 1:10 p.m.
Sunset 6:46 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:11 p.m.

MOON
Moonrise 8:43 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 4:22 a.m.
Moonset 12:04 p.m.
Moonrise 9:43 p.m.
Moonset 1:06 p.m. on following day


Phase of the Moon on 18 October: waning gibbous with 80% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Last quarter Moon on 21 October 2008 at 7:55 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.