Sunset & Sunrise Today in Germantown, Maryland

In Germantown, Maryland, the sun rises at 7:19 AM and sets at 6:29 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 10m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Germantown, is at 12:54 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 28 seconds. This is autumn in Germantown, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Germantown runs from about 5:54 PM to 6:47 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Germantown is at 6:28 PM and sunrise at 7:20 AM — about 2m 28s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Germantown drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Germantown, and the days are drawing in. 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.