Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bethesda, Maryland

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Bethesda is at 7:51 PM and sunrise was at 6:29 AM, giving Bethesda 13h 22m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Bethesda at 1:11 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 20 seconds. This is summer in Bethesda, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Bethesda this evening is roughly 7:16 PM–8:09 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:09 PM to 8:20 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bethesda is at 7:50 PM and sunrise at 6:30 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bethesda drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Bethesda right now, when daylight is at its most generous. 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.