Sunset & Sunrise Today in Columbus, Indiana

In Columbus, Indiana, the sun rises at 7:53 AM and sets at 7:04 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 10m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Columbus at 1:29 PM.

Because Columbus is at 39.20° (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 28 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Columbus keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Columbus runs from about 6:29 PM to 7:21 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:21 PM to 7:31 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Columbus is at 7:03 PM and sunrise at 7:54 AM — about 2m 28s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Columbus drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Columbus, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Columbus ranges from as early as 5:20 PM (around December 1) to as late as 9:13 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 55m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 23m.