Sunset & Sunrise Today in North Bethesda, Maryland

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over North Bethesda at 6:29 PM, having risen at 7:18 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above North Bethesda at 12:54 PM.

Sitting at 39.04° latitude puts North Bethesda 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 27 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in North Bethesda move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in North Bethesda this evening is roughly 5:54 PM–6:46 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:46 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in North Bethesda 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 North Bethesda drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in North Bethesda, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in North Bethesda ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.