Sunset & Sunrise Today in Mission Viejo, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Mission Viejo at 6:17 PM, having risen at 6:55 AM. That works out to 11h 22m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Mission Viejo falls at 12:36 PM.

Mission Viejo lies at latitude 33.60°, 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. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Mission Viejo move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Mission Viejo's golden hour, about 5:45 PM to 6:33 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:33 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Mission Viejo is at 6:16 PM and sunrise at 6:55 AM — about 2m 0s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Mission Viejo drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Mission Viejo, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Mission Viejo ranges from as early as 4:41 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:04 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 54m.