Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wilmington, Delaware

In Wilmington, Delaware, the sun rises at 6:27 AM and sets at 7:37 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 09m of daylight. Local solar noon in Wilmington falls at 1:03 PM.

Because Wilmington is at 39.75° (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 28 seconds. This is summer in Wilmington, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Wilmington runs from about 7:02 PM to 7:55 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:55 PM to 8:06 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wilmington is at 7:36 PM and sunrise at 6:28 AM — about 2m 29s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Wilmington drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Wilmington right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wilmington ranges from as early as 4:37 PM (around December 1) 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 20m.