Sunset & Sunrise Today in Germantown, Maryland

In Germantown, Maryland, the sun rises at 6:36 AM and sets at 7:42 PM today, Sunday, August 30, 2026, for a total of 13h 06m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Germantown, is at 1:09 PM.

Sitting at 39.17° latitude puts Germantown in the mid-latitudes — 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. This is summer in Germantown, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Germantown runs from about 7:07 PM to 7:59 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:59 PM to 8:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Germantown is at 7:40 PM and sunrise at 6:37 AM — about 2m 26s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Germantown drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Germantown right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Germantown ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:39 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 55m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.