Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Cedar Rapids is at 6:24 PM and sunrise was at 7:19 AM, giving Cedar Rapids 11h 05m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Cedar Rapids at 12:52 PM.

Sitting at 42.01° latitude puts Cedar Rapids 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. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Cedar Rapids move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Cedar Rapids this evening is roughly 5:47 PM–6:42 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:42 PM to 6:53 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cedar Rapids is at 6:22 PM and sunrise at 7:20 AM — about 2m 43s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cedar Rapids drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Cedar Rapids, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cedar Rapids ranges from as early as 4:34 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:46 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.