Sunset & Sunrise Today in Placentia, California

In Placentia, California, the sun rises at 6:19 AM and sets at 7:28 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 08m of daylight. Local solar noon in Placentia falls at 12:54 PM.

Sitting at 33.87° latitude puts Placentia in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 56 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Placentia keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Placentia runs from about 6:55 PM to 7:44 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:44 PM to 7:54 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Placentia is at 7:26 PM and sunrise at 6:20 AM — about 1m 57s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Placentia drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Placentia, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Placentia ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around November 27) to as late as 8:06 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 24m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 53m.