Sunset & Sunrise Today in Gaithersburg, Maryland

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Gaithersburg is at 6:29 PM and sunrise was at 7:18 AM, giving Gaithersburg 11h 10m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Gaithersburg at 12:54 PM.

Gaithersburg lies at latitude 39.14°, 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 28 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Gaithersburg keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Gaithersburg runs from about 5:54 PM to 6:46 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:46 PM to 6:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Gaithersburg is at 6:28 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Gaithersburg drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Gaithersburg, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Gaithersburg ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.