Sunset & Sunrise Today in Silver Spring, Maryland

In Silver Spring, Maryland, the sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 7:42 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 08m of daylight. Local solar noon in Silver Spring falls at 1:09 PM.

Silver Spring lies at latitude 38.99°, 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 24 seconds. This is summer in Silver Spring, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Silver Spring's golden hour, about 7:08 PM to 8:00 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:00 PM to 8:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Silver Spring is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:35 AM — about 2m 25s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Silver Spring drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Silver Spring, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Silver Spring ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 53m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 25m.