Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fountain Valley, California

In Fountain Valley, California, the sun rises at 6:56 AM and sets at 6:18 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 22m of daylight. Local solar noon in Fountain Valley falls at 12:37 PM.

Fountain Valley lies at latitude 33.71°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 1 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Fountain Valley keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Fountain Valley runs from about 5:46 PM to 6:34 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:34 PM to 6:44 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fountain Valley is at 6:17 PM and sunrise at 6:57 AM — about 2m 0s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fountain Valley drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Fountain Valley, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fountain Valley ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:06 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 23m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 54m.