The precise time of sunrise or sunset depends on the location; a difference of 15 miles will mean a minute's difference. You can calculate the time for your location at the US Naval Observatory's Sunrise Sunset Times web page, linked below.
I ran the numbers for Greensboro, NC, which is sort-of in the center of the state.
U.S. Naval ObservatoryAstronomical Applications Department
The following information is provided for Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina (longitude W79.8, latitude N36.1):
Saturday 19 October 2013 Eastern Daylight Time SUNBegin civil twilight 7:04 a.m. Sunrise 7:30 a.m. Sun transit 1:04 p.m. Sunset 6:38 p.m. End civil twilight 7:04 p.m. MOON Moonrise 6:29 p.m. on preceding day Moon transit 1:14 a.m. Moonset 8:05 a.m. Moonrise 7:07 p.m. Moonset 9:04 a.m. on following dayPhase of the Moon on 19 October: waning gibbous with 99% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
Full Moon on 18 October 2013 at 7:39 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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