Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bethesda, Maryland

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Bethesda is at 6:29 PM and sunrise was at 7:18 AM, giving Bethesda 11h 11m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Bethesda at 12:54 PM.

Bethesda lies at latitude 38.98°, 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 27 seconds. This is autumn in Bethesda, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Bethesda this evening is roughly 5:54 PM–6:46 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:46 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bethesda is at 6:28 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 26s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bethesda drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Bethesda, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bethesda ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.