Sunset & Sunrise Today in Marion, Iowa

Marion, Iowa sees the sun come up at 7:19 AM and go down at 6:24 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Marion, is at 12:52 PM.

Marion lies at latitude 42.03°, 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 44 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Marion keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Marion runs from about 5:47 PM to 6:42 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:42 PM to 6:52 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Marion is at 6:22 PM and sunrise at 7:20 AM — about 2m 44s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Marion drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Marion, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Marion ranges from as early as 4:34 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:45 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.