Sunset & Sunrise Today in Novato, California

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Novato is at 7:52 PM and sunrise was at 6:32 AM, giving Novato 13h 19m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Novato falls at 1:13 PM.

Sitting at 38.11° latitude puts Novato in 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 16 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Novato keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Novato's golden hour, about 7:17 PM to 8:09 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:09 PM to 8:20 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Novato is at 7:50 PM and sunrise at 6:33 AM — about 2m 17s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Novato drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Novato, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Novato ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 48m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 30m.