Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wheeling, Illinois

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Wheeling is at 6:09 PM and sunrise was at 7:04 AM, giving Wheeling 11h 04m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Wheeling falls at 12:37 PM.

Because Wheeling is at 42.14° (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 45 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Wheeling move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Wheeling 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 6:38 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wheeling 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 Wheeling drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Wheeling, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wheeling ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 15m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 05m.