Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas sees the sun come up at 6:48 AM and go down at 7:48 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 00m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Fort Smith, is at 1:18 PM.

Because Fort Smith is at 35.39° (the mid-latitudes), daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 6 seconds. This is summer in Fort Smith, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Fort Smith's golden hour, about 7:15 PM to 8:04 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:04 PM to 8:14 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fort Smith is at 7:46 PM and sunrise at 6:48 AM — about 2m 7s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fort Smith drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Fort Smith, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fort Smith ranges from as early as 5:04 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 32m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 45m.