Sunset & Sunrise Today in Frederick, Maryland

Frederick, Maryland sees the sun come up at 6:35 AM and go down at 7:44 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 09m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Frederick at 1:10 PM.

Frederick lies at latitude 39.41°, 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 summer, the sunset time in Frederick keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Frederick runs from about 7:09 PM to 8:02 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:02 PM to 8:12 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Frederick is at 7:43 PM and sunrise at 6:36 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Frederick drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Frederick, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Frederick ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 56m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 22m.