Sunrise and Sunset Times
For any place and date: sunrise, sunset, the three twilights, golden hour and how long the day lasts, computed in your browser.
New York · 40.71°, -74.01° · times in America/New York
Day length through the year
Reading the numbers
Near the equator the day stays close to 12 hours all year; the farther you go from it, the bigger the swing. New York runs from about 9 h 15 m in December to 15 h 05 m in June; Anchorage from under 5 h 30 m to over 19 h. At the equinoxes every latitude gets roughly 12 hours, slightly more in practice because of refraction. Try the tilt explainer to see why.
Sunrise and sunset questions
How is sunrise defined?
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the Sun touches the horizon, allowing for about 34 arcminutes of atmospheric refraction, the same convention the US Naval Observatory and NOAA use. Times assume a flat, sea-level horizon.
What is civil, nautical and astronomical twilight?
Twilight is counted by how far the Sun is below the horizon: civil to 6° (enough light to be outdoors without lamps), nautical to 12° (horizon still visible at sea) and astronomical to 18° (sky fully dark for faint stars).
When is golden hour?
Photographers use the time the Sun is lower than about 6° above the horizon: from sunrise until the Sun climbs past 6°, and from when it drops below 6° until sunset. This calculator shows both windows.
Why isn’t the earliest sunset on the shortest day?
Because solar noon drifts later through December (the equation of time), the earliest sunset in mid-northern latitudes comes in early December and the latest sunrise in early January, although the shortest day is the December solstice.