Sunset & Sunrise Today in Union City, California

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Union City is at 7:41 PM and sunrise was at 6:36 AM, giving Union City 13h 04m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Union City, is at 1:09 PM.

Because Union City is at 37.60° (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 17 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Union City keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Union City runs from about 7:06 PM to 7:58 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:58 PM to 8:08 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Union City is at 7:39 PM and sunrise at 6:37 AM — about 2m 18s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Union City drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Union City right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Union City ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 45m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 33m.