Sunset & Sunrise Today in Macon, Georgia

Macon, Georgia sees the sun come up at 7:07 AM and go down at 8:02 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 12h 55m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Macon falls at 1:35 PM.

Macon lies at latitude 32.84°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 54 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Macon keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Macon runs from about 7:30 PM to 8:18 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:18 PM to 8:28 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Macon is at 8:01 PM and sunrise at 7:08 AM — about 1m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Macon drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Macon, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Macon ranges from as early as 5:27 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:46 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 18m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 58m.