Sunset & Sunrise Today in Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:16 AM and go down at 6:25 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 09m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Quincy falls at 12:51 PM.

Sitting at 39.94° latitude puts Quincy 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 33 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Quincy move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Quincy runs from about 5:50 PM to 6:43 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:43 PM to 6:53 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Quincy is at 6:24 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Quincy drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Quincy, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Quincy ranges from as early as 4:40 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 00m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 19m.