Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bear, Delaware

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Bear at 6:23 PM, having risen at 7:13 AM. That works out to 11h 10m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Bear at 12:48 PM.

Bear lies at latitude 39.63°, 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 31 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Bear keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Bear runs from about 5:47 PM to 6:40 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:40 PM to 6:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bear is at 6:21 PM and sunrise at 7:14 AM — about 2m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bear drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Bear, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bear ranges from as early as 4:37 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 58m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 21m.