Sunset & Sunrise Today in Waterbury, Connecticut

In Waterbury, Connecticut, the sun rises at 6:15 AM and sets at 7:29 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 14m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Waterbury, is at 12:53 PM.

Sitting at 41.56° latitude puts Waterbury 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 38 seconds. This is summer in Waterbury, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Waterbury runs from about 6:53 PM to 7:48 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:48 PM to 7:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Waterbury is at 7:28 PM and sunrise at 6:16 AM — about 2m 39s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Waterbury drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Waterbury right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Waterbury ranges from as early as 4:21 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 10m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 09m.