Sunset & Sunrise Today in Northbrook, Illinois

In Northbrook, Illinois, the sun rises at 7:04 AM and sets at 6:09 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 04m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Northbrook at 12:37 PM.

Sitting at 42.13° latitude puts Northbrook 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 44 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Northbrook keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Northbrook runs from about 5:32 PM to 6:27 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:27 PM to 6:37 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Northbrook is at 6:07 PM and sunrise at 7:05 AM — about 2m 44s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Northbrook drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Northbrook, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Northbrook ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 05m.