Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bloomington, Illinois

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Bloomington at 7:32 PM, having risen at 6:20 AM. That works out to 13h 11m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Bloomington, is at 12:57 PM.

Because Bloomington is at 40.48° (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 32 seconds. This is summer in Bloomington, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Bloomington runs from about 6:56 PM to 7:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:50 PM to 8:00 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bloomington is at 7:30 PM and sunrise at 6:21 AM — about 2m 33s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bloomington drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Bloomington right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bloomington ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 03m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 16m.