Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lincoln, California

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over Lincoln at 7:48 PM, having risen at 6:26 AM. That works out to 13h 21m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Lincoln at 1:07 PM.

Because Lincoln is at 38.89° (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 19 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Lincoln keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Lincoln this evening is roughly 7:13 PM–8:05 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:05 PM to 8:16 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lincoln is at 7:46 PM and sunrise at 6:27 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lincoln drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Lincoln right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lincoln ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.