Sunset & Sunrise Today in Grand Junction, Colorado

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over Grand Junction at 7:57 PM, having risen at 6:35 AM. That works out to 13h 22m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Grand Junction at 1:16 PM.

Grand Junction lies at latitude 39.06°, 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 21 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Grand Junction keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Grand Junction runs from about 7:22 PM to 8:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:15 PM to 8:26 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Grand Junction is at 7:56 PM and sunrise at 6:36 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Grand Junction drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Grand Junction right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Grand Junction ranges from as early as 4:51 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:43 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.