Sunset & Sunrise Today in Milpitas, California

In Milpitas, California, the sun rises at 7:15 AM and sets at 6:31 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 16m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Milpitas, is at 12:53 PM.

Milpitas lies at latitude 37.43°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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. This is autumn in Milpitas, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Milpitas this evening is roughly 5:57 PM–6:48 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:48 PM to 6:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Milpitas is at 6:29 PM and sunrise at 7:16 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Milpitas drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Milpitas, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Milpitas ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 44m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 34m.