Sunset & Sunrise Today in Rock Island, Illinois

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Rock Island at 6:20 PM, having risen at 7:14 AM. That works out to 11h 06m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Rock Island, is at 12:48 PM.

Because Rock Island is at 41.51° (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 41 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Rock Island keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Rock Island runs from about 5:44 PM to 6:38 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:38 PM to 6:49 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Rock Island is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:15 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Rock Island drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Rock Island, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Rock Island ranges from as early as 4:32 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 10m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 09m.