Sunset & Sunrise Today in Phoenix, Arizona

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Phoenix is at 6:57 PM and sunrise was at 6:00 AM, giving Phoenix 12h 56m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Phoenix falls at 12:29 PM.

Because Phoenix is at 33.45° (the lower mid-latitudes), daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 57 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Phoenix keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Phoenix runs from about 6:24 PM to 7:13 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:13 PM to 7:22 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Phoenix is at 6:55 PM and sunrise at 6:01 AM — about 1m 58s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Phoenix drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Phoenix, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Phoenix ranges from as early as 5:19 PM (around December 2) to as late as 7:41 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 21m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 55m.