Sunset & Sunrise Today in Hamden, Connecticut

In Hamden, Connecticut, the sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets at 7:38 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 29m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Hamden, is at 12:54 PM.

Hamden lies at latitude 41.40°, 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 33 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Hamden keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Hamden runs from about 7:02 PM to 7:56 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:56 PM to 8:08 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Hamden is at 7:37 PM and sunrise at 6:10 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Hamden drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Hamden, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Hamden ranges from as early as 4:21 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:28 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 09m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 10m.