Sunset & Sunrise Today in Normal, Illinois

Normal, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:07 AM and go down at 6:15 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 08m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Normal at 12:41 PM.

Sitting at 40.51° latitude puts Normal in 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 36 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Normal keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Normal's golden hour, about 5:39 PM to 6:32 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Normal is at 6:13 PM and sunrise at 7:08 AM — about 2m 34s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Normal drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Normal, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Normal ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 4) 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 15m.