Sunset & Sunrise Today in Essex, Maryland

In Essex, Maryland, the sun rises at 7:16 AM and sets at 6:26 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 10m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Essex, is at 12:51 PM.

Essex lies at latitude 39.31°, 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 29 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Essex keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Essex runs from about 5:51 PM to 6:43 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:43 PM to 6:54 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Essex is at 6:25 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 28s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Essex drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Essex, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Essex ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 56m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 23m.