Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bowie, Maryland

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Bowie at 6:28 PM, having risen at 7:16 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Bowie, is at 12:52 PM.

Bowie lies at latitude 38.94°, 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 26 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Bowie keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Bowie runs from about 5:52 PM to 6:45 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bowie is at 6:26 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bowie drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Bowie, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bowie ranges from as early as 4:44 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.