Sunset & Sunrise Today in Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky sees the sun come up at 6:57 AM and go down at 6:10 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 13m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Owensboro falls at 12:34 PM.

Sitting at 37.77° latitude puts Owensboro 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 20 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Owensboro move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Owensboro runs from about 5:36 PM to 6:27 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:27 PM to 6:37 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Owensboro is at 6:09 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 20s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Owensboro drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Owensboro, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Owensboro ranges from as early as 4:29 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:14 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 46m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 32m.