Sunset & Sunrise Today in Joliet, Illinois

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Joliet at 7:29 PM, having risen at 6:15 AM. That works out to 13h 14m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Joliet, is at 12:53 PM.

Joliet lies at latitude 41.53°, 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 38 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Joliet keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Joliet 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 Joliet is at 7:28 PM and sunrise at 6:16 AM — about 2m 38s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Joliet drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Joliet, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Joliet ranges from as early as 4:21 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 10m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 09m.