Sunset & Sunrise Today in Des Moines, Iowa

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Des Moines is at 6:32 PM and sunrise was at 7:26 AM, giving Des Moines 11h 05m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Des Moines, is at 1:00 PM.

Des Moines lies at latitude 41.60°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 42 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Des Moines keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Des Moines runs from about 5:56 PM to 6:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:50 PM to 7:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Des Moines is at 6:31 PM and sunrise at 7:27 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Des Moines drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Des Moines, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Des Moines ranges from as early as 4:43 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:52 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 09m.